Nikon Announces D40x

$10 the D200 and D2x were made in Japan while the D80 was
made...elsewhere.

 

Bit of a conundrum, given that the anti-dust systems in these cameras
actuate each time they are powered on.

Mark my words: Just like I said with the Canon people who criticized
anti-dust/live LCD systems...until Canon adopted them! Nikon owners
will do the same when Nikon adopts an anti-dust system.
The more forward thinking are either supporting the idea, or keeping
quiet.

The telling thing is this: I have never seen an Olympus (E-1, E-300,
E-500, E-330, E-400) produced image that displayed dust problems, not
one, and I've seen thousands of images from them. I have seen many
examples of dust with cameras that don't have an anti-dust system.
I'm not saying dust on an Olympus image is impossible, but based on
experience, it must be rare.

 

BS.
I haven't seen any cheering for the dust feature on the 1D Mark III.
What I DO think is helpful is the dust subtraction software capability.
This is a very good alternative. It remains to be seen how well the
vibration technique works... I remain skeptical.

 

You lose - my D200 was made (and very well made) in Thailand.....

PC

 

You owe me $10. None of the D200 or D2x cameras are made in Japan. They are
all made in Thailand.

 

Only a fool would prefer software that mutilates an image to remove
dust, post-image, nstead of a system that actually removes the dust
before the image is taken.

 

Oh my God! That's disgusting! Poor Nikon!
Send me a paypal email and I'll send the money.

 

During pre-production, it should be relatively easy to prove this.
Camreas do not spring up, fully developed, at the day of announcement.

Quiter possible; but this does not mean they are worth anything.

You seriously want me to take *your* word on something as being
definitive?

--
The New York Times reported
Barack Obama made investments
in companies owned by his
campaign donors, then tried
to help them with legislation.
He says he didn't know he owned
their stock. Scooter Libby
watched his performance and
gave it a seven.

 

Do you see why I can not accept what you say as definitive?
The country of productiuon has what, exactly, to do with how much dust
a camera picks up?

--
The New York Times reported
Barack Obama made investments
in companies owned by his
campaign donors, then tried
to help them with legislation.
He says he didn't know he owned
their stock. Scooter Libby
watched his performance and
gave it a seven.

 

More BS. Does it never stop?
The D2X are (or were), in fact, made in Japan as also was the D2H.
Just a radical thought to have the said cameras in hand and read the labels
prior to issuing such drivel. You never know, someone who knows no better
might just believe you.
Bob

 

He's right about the D200 as it's made in Thailand. You are right, the
D2x(s) are made in Japan.

http://www.geocities.com/ritaberk2007/pics/d2xs_jap.jpg






Rita

 

Ha. That's great, except that if you notice dust AFTER shooting, it's an
excellent alternative to removing everything via cloning...which is
significantly worse, and also means losing true detail. Most dust evidence
results only in a darkening of spots, and not a true loss of detail. The
subtractive software create custom corrective actions based entirely upon
the exact location of the dust, and is very intelligently implemented. You
should read up on it. If you'd prefer cloning out 1000 images' worth of
dust spots...more power to you.

 

It is STILL just like read forward and patch software used in CD/DVD
playback correction, a patch, not true detail, substituting adjacent
pixels for obscured ones.
Unless you think that magically, the software can "see" what the lens
couldn't relay past the dust specs?
You know the best way to minimize the need for this software? A
WORKING anti-dust system that keeps dust particles on the sensor to a
minimum AND keeps the sizes of the dust specs left on the sensor to
below a certain threshold. If you think the software can eliminate
all these problems by itself, then why even bother cleaning the fronts
of lenses or filters? Just let the dirt and dust build-up, because
the software will "fix" the image, restore the lost detail, contrast,
etc.

 

But that isn't usually how dust specs show up. Rarely to they completely
obscure the image. Normally, they look more like slightly darkened
areas...not full blockage. Perhaps if you owned a DSLR you'd be more
familiar with this.

Of course. But we're dealing with what's out there right now, aren't we.

If you think the software can eliminate

No Rich. We (not you...rather those with DSLRs) clean our sensors when they
need it. But sometimes you don't know it until after a shoot.