OK I'm buying one

[Rufus]

Very soon. 10D, 550EX, Tokina 28-200


Watch this space....................:D

[JamieAU]

Are you feeling "Let down by your equipment?"

:o)

[Brendan]

Have fun with the Digital jump
Using a D1, and P&S's I know it can be hard, latitude is not always what you think it will be

[Rufus]

Not let down as such. The Fuji 602 is an amazing tool, but lacks DOF control to any useable degree, shutter is a tad laggy, high ISO is noisy, auto focus is too slow, manual focus is appalling! Unuseable in fact.
Example:
Fireworks..... No focus scale so cant pre focus in the semi dark. Autofocus non functional in that light. OK, yes, I did get some quite reasonable firework pics in the end, but it was a big hassle. My old Pracktica LTL would've been so much easier, quicker, and nore reliable.
There are other reasons too, but I wont bore you all with them.
Please dont think I hate the 602, I dont! Its a fantastic bit of kit.

Brendan? I'm not sure about your reference to latitude. Can you say more of whats on your mind please?

:)

Rufus.

[Brendan]

With using digital, and talking to other dightal users, atleast the Nikon, and HP bodies have a smaller latitude. Instead of a nice wide print film latitude, its more like Slide Film. Also theirs still a slight dulay from shutter to rigger. and BATTERIES carry plenty of them. get atleast 2 batteries for your digi.
-Brendan

[JamieAU]

Speaking of batteries! I had a very early night last night so I could get up at the crack of dawn and take a few shots of the hot air balloons taking off before I had to toddle off to work at 7am.

So I left my camera out and had it all ready, went out to the airfield where they take off and switched my camera on to a blinking red battery low light.

Damn the cold! It was 35 here this morning when I went out, I thought to make myself all nice and warm but I forgot my poor battery! I took two photos and then it was gone, all that sleep for nothing :D

As for the 602.. its a nice camera as is my G2 but not good enough anymore, 105mm isn't far enough for me and I don't need a dorky looking extender, its bad enough just having a black tube on a silver camera just so I can use filters.

Your reasons for buying one are pretty much the same as mine, especially the 400 ISO noise that is pitiful on the G2, I love shooting in low light and its just not worth it with this camera. The same goes for the focus speed and working in low light, sure it has a focus assist beam but thats only good for a few metres.

I could go on and on but I'm not going to.