Which Is the Better Camera F6, OR D2X?

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fishingrulz@aol.com (TIM) wrote:

>I'm A Advamced Amature and was wandering Which Of these two Nikon
>SLR's are better for taking Photographs Og My Model Railroad?


Given your "Advamced Amature" status the best Nikon SLR I can think Og
would be a Nikon FM-10 with a 35-70mm f/3.5-4.8 Cosina "Nikkor" lens.

So stop wandering and Go Buy One!

;-)

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fishingrulz@aol.com (TIM) writes:
> I'm A Advamced Amature and was wandering Which Of these two Nikon
> SLR's are better for taking Photographs Og My Model Railroad?

Neighter. Both are on the heavy side, and serious overkill for model
railroad photography.

The F6 is environmentally sealed, which is great if you work in harsh
environments. I assume your model railroad is located indoors - so
you don't need that level of environmental protection.

The D2x is a photojournalist's camera, with a fast firing mode,
etc., which again does not seem relevant for your intended use.

I would suggest that you get the Nikon D70 and spend your money on
good glass for macro photography - for example the Nikon AF
Micro-Nikkor f/2.8D.

(And if you were just trolling - well then you caught one.)
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- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
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When you say you live in the real world, which one are you referring to?

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I assume that you are refereeing to



http://www.nikonians.org/html/reso [...] _pc_1.html



This lens is expensive and rather heavy. I do not think it is a good idea to
stick a heavy pro lens on a D70. Remember, the D70 has a plastic mould that
holds the Nikon mount in place.



There have been reports at Nikonians.org of users that were able to damage
the D70 due to the increased torque caused by moving the camera with heavy
lenses.



If someone has the pocketbook to buy the lens mentioned above, he should
seriously consider purchasing an F5 (for 35mm film) or a D2H (for digital).
Regarding indoor photography, the larger pixels of the D2H should make it a
more suitable camera than the overly expensive D2X. Last but not least, the
F6 isn't recommended either (too expensive). But the F5 with this nice
discount is preferred.



Gregor




"Andrew Koenig" <ark@acm.org> wrote in message
news:FX3pd.54907$7i4.32654@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> "Gisle Hannemyr" <gisle+njus@ifi.uio.no> wrote in message
> news:q5k6sbxt29.fsf@seitseman.ifi.uio.no...
>
>> I would suggest that you get the Nikon D70 and spend your money on
>> good glass for macro photography - for example the Nikon AF
>> Micro-Nikkor f/2.8D.
>
> For model railroads, or other small, inflexible items, I would seriously
> consider the Nikkor 85mm f/1.8 shift lens for depth-of-field control.
> That lens is expensive, but less than the difference between a D70 and D2X
>
>> (And if you were just trolling - well then you caught one.)
>
> The advice is sound regardless of the soundness of the question.
>
>
>