I may still be in there with you! I've been shooting all morning with both and it's incredibly close - whichever I'm shooting with at the moment is the one I like best. So, if I find it easier to get images that look right to me with the Nikon files, I'll probably be in there with you.I guess I can not suggest a coolpix A subforum as I might be the only member
And I have to admit that the Ricoh folks (particularly on DPR, as usual) tend to seem like a small but VERY dedicated religion. Which tends to send me running in the other direction. Even when, as in this case, I share most of their beliefs.
-Ray
And I have to admit that the Ricoh folks (particularly on DPR, as usual) tend to seem like a small but VERY dedicated religion. Which tends to send me running in the other direction. Even when, as in this case, I share most of their beliefs.
-Ray
That's quite common to all brand and unavoidable on internet, unfortunately.
And I have to admit that the Ricoh folks (particularly on DPR, as usual) tend to seem like a small but VERY dedicated religion. Which tends to send me running in the other direction. Even when, as in this case, I share most of their beliefs.
Ray, I don't think this is unique to the Ricoh forum. In fact, except for when new products are rumored or announced, the Ricoh forum is fairly congenial. Still, there are some strong personalities there at times.
You can't hardly scare up a discussion about it on the Nikon forum.
I think we should have a shootout between shootouts: The Camera Store guys vs. Alamby and Kai from DigitalRev!
We've reached out to those guys, but they've never responded. If we have an option to shoot in Hong Kong, we'll try and make this happen.
It's been my experience that by and large Nikon shooters are not camera enthusiasts and in general, they hold compact cameras in low regard. I went on a flickr walk with a bunch of Canikon-ites and many were curious about the X100. They asked why I didn't have tripod. I said I don't need one....the ISO is good up to 6400 and the lens is f2. They seemed to either not process that or didn't believe it. I told them it was an APS-C sized sensor.....same as the ones in their (predominantly cropped in this crowd) DSLRs. They still thought that their cameras were going to be better. We weren't shooting action. Street shooting, architecture, people. When they saw my photos later, many were amazed. How can that goofy retro camera make such clean images? Too bad you can't put a zoom on that thing, etc.....
I know that was a huge, sweeping generalization, but I think by and large most DSLR shooters that aren't gear heads (and most of them aren't) see the word Coolpix or see a compact camera and just assume lower quality.
We've reached out to those guys, but they've never responded. If we have an option to shoot in Hong Kong, we'll try and make this happen.
I guess I can not suggest a coolpix A subforum as I might be the only member