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good camera for the price, but get the F80 if you can afford it.
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The N65 does not have user settable film speed, which is a limiting factor in shooting B/W or slide film – some would even say colour negative film. Other than that it’s pretty good. If you are the same kris that wrote to my email – the N65 is probably not a good night camera because of the film speed setting. I regularly push two stops for certain types of night shooting. I may or may not have sent you an email – my mail server is truly screwed up these days – major upgrade you know. If you follow this link you will get to the Noctonaut pages, my online night gallery. http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html http://home.nc.rr.com/tspadaro/ The Camera-ist’s Manifesto a Radical approach to photography. Or thrill to sights you’ve never seen before all that often Chapel Hill artist Tony Spadaro’s Home page http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html
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good camera for the price, but get the F80 if you can afford it.
Agree 100%. The F80 rocks. Trev M
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Tony has a good point, as usual, but I would add too that I have found no way in my looking at them (the N65) at the photo shops to connect a cable release to the camera. The obvious work around is to use the timer, but I really like being able to connect to a plain threaded cable release. That reason and the lack of user intervention on ISO speed were the 2 major factors that pushed me toward the N80 (F80 outside the US). I’ve had an N80 since they came out (about a year ago maybe) and to be honest it is plenty of camera. It doesn’t meter the older Nikkor lenses, but I have some newer lenses and a light meter to compliment my older ones when needed. IF, you are stepping up to an SLR from a point-and-shoot than the N65 will probably be just fine to you. IF, however, you are an aspiring photog (like me, lol) then I would definetly consider a camera with the ability to be remotely released and with a user override on the film speed. Two seemingly small items that will have you cursing should you need them one day and your camera not have the features. I also am not sure if the N65 does DOF preview, if not I wouldn’t consider it any further. The only camera I own that doesn’t boast this feature is a near and dear to my heart Yashicamat 124G. Surely Nikon included depth of field on the N65… Best of luck to you, edb P.S. Tony, I finally got back over to Chapel Hill a while back, man is that place still growing or what?! LOL I didn’t think they could build anything else over there. I was fortunate enough to be invited to a couple rounds of golf over at the "new" Finley and the Governor’s Club. 2 of the nicer golf courses in the area for anyone in central NC and into golf, BTW.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The N65 does not have user settable film speed, which is a limiting factor in shooting B/W or slide film – some would even say colour negative film. Other than that it’s pretty good. If you are the same kris that wrote to my email – the N65 is probably not a good night camera because of the film speed setting. I regularly push two stops for certain types of night shooting. I may or may not have sent you an email – my mail server is truly screwed up these days – major upgrade you know. If you follow this link you will get to the Noctonaut pages, my online night gallery. http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html http://home.nc.rr.com/tspadaro/ The Camera-ist’s Manifesto a Radical approach to photography. Or thrill to sights you’ve never seen before all that often Chapel Hill artist Tony Spadaro’s Home page http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html Thanks KP
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Tony has a good point, as usual, but I would add too that I have found no way in my looking at them (the N65) at the photo shops to connect a cable release to the camera. The obvious work around is to use the timer, but I really like being able to connect to a plain threaded cable release.
The F/N65 has an infrared shutter release available pretty cheap. The remote for the P&S 120ED zoom will also work. <snip I also am not sure if the N65 does DOF preview, if not I wouldn’t consider it any further. The only camera I own that doesn’t boast this feature is a near and dear to my heart Yashicamat 124G. Surely Nikon included depth of field on the N65…
It does… Overall it’s a nice camera. Better built that most in the price range, but there are definately some limitations to it. One other thing to consider is that if the camera isn’t in one of the auto modes, it’s using centre-weighted metering. If you don’t have experience with this metering style it can be a little bit inaccurate, esp. with the usual tricks: strong backlighting etc. The six-segment matrix metering only works on "Auto" and the subject-specific program modes. And yeah, the ISO thing sucks. You can achieve similar effects with EV +/- bracketing but then you lose the versatility of the bracketing… Blah. Hope this helps. – Scott
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Check out this guy’s work with one. http://www.photo.net/photodb/top-rated-photographer-photos?user_id=33… Mark – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Thanks KP
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The N65 does not have user settable film speed, which is a limiting factor in shooting B/W or slide film – some would even say colour negative film. Other than that it’s pretty good. If you are the same kris that wrote to my email – the N65 is probably not a good night camera because of the film speed setting. I regularly push two stops for certain types of night shooting. I may or may not have sent you an email – my mail server is truly screwed up these days – major upgrade you know. If you follow this link you will get to the Noctonaut pages, my online night gallery. http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html
Yes, I’m the same one! Thanks for replying, I wish I had asked sooner and gotten the F80! Excellent site! KP
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The N65 does have dof preview – and I was told it has a remote release, probably not a cable but a clicker like my Elan. The only fault I can find with the camera is that film speed PITA. I consider that to be pretty much All She Wrote however. I’m quite aware there are workarounds, but why not spend a bit more money and get a camera that helps instead of hinders one’s photography. And MArk is right – You can do very creative photography with ANY camera. It’s just easier to have a camera without artificial limitations imposed upon it. — http://home.nc.rr.com/tspadaro/ The Camera-ist’s Manifesto a Radical approach to photography. Or thrill to sights you’ve never seen before all that often Chapel Hill artist Tony Spadaro’s Home page http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Tony has a good point, as usual, but I would add too that I have found no way in my looking at them (the N65) at the photo shops to connect a cable release to the camera. The obvious work around is to use the timer, but I really like being able to connect to a plain threaded cable release. That reason and the lack of user intervention on ISO speed were the 2 major factors that pushed me toward the N80 (F80 outside the US). I’ve had an N80 since they came out (about a year ago maybe) and to be honest it is plenty of camera. It doesn’t meter the older Nikkor lenses, but I have some newer lenses and a light meter to compliment my older ones when needed. IF, you are stepping up to an SLR from a point-and-shoot than the N65 will probably be just fine to you. IF, however, you are an aspiring photog (like me, lol) then I would definetly consider a camera with the ability to be remotely released and with a user override on the film speed. Two seemingly small items that will have you cursing should you need them one day and your camera not have the features. I also am not sure if the N65 does DOF preview, if not I wouldn’t consider it any further. The only camera I own that doesn’t boast this feature is a near and dear to my heart Yashicamat 124G. Surely Nikon included depth of field on the N65… Best of luck to you, edb P.S. Tony, I finally got back over to Chapel Hill a while back, man is that place still growing or what?! LOL I didn’t think they could build anything else over there. I was fortunate enough to be invited to a couple rounds of golf over at the "new" Finley and the Governor’s Club. 2 of the nicer golf courses in the area for anyone in central NC and into golf, BTW. The N65 does not have user settable film speed, which is a limiting factor in shooting B/W or slide film – some would even say colour negative film. Other than that it’s pretty good. If you are the same kris that wrote to my email – the N65 is probably not a good night camera because of the film speed setting. I regularly push two stops for certain types of night shooting. I may or may not have sent you an email – my mail server is truly screwed up these days – major upgrade you know. If you follow this link you will get to the Noctonaut pages, my online night gallery. http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html http://home.nc.rr.com/tspadaro/ The Camera-ist’s Manifesto a Radical approach to photography. Or thrill to sights you’ve never seen before all that often Chapel Hill artist Tony Spadaro’s Home page http://tspadaro.homestead.com/Home.html Thanks KP