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See also:
http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=8959
which has a reply by me extolling my 800
In lugnet.general, Jeff Johnston writes:
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> Matthew Miller wrote:
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> > Peter A. Vogel <pavogel@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > > (for righties!) out there right now. The swivel head of the Nikon is good
> > > for the "gee whiz" effect, but the fact is, (and I know many owners of
> > > the Nikon who concur) most of the time you won't use it, and it can be
> > > more of a hindrance than a help when you don't need it. At this point the
> >
> > I couldn't disagree more. I *love* the swivel when composing shots from the
> > LCD, which is what I do mostly. I wouldn't buy a digital camera without this
> > feature.
> >
> > (And if you don't like the swivel, the Nikon 800 is still a nice
> > camera -- most of the features of the 950 minus the swivel.)
>
> I'll speak up in favor of the 800 as well. I love it. I took it as my primary
> camera on my honeymoon (to London) and got some absolutely incredible shots.
I have an 800 and like it a lot. The only thing I miss from my older camera
(now defunct) is the swivel feature. I believe the 950 has more additional
features than just the swivel, though.
I believe the 800 may be superceded by the 880 though. Either that or the
880 is a new model but it appears to have a similar camera body.
FUT publish because I think by convention camera questions are "publish-fodder"
++Lar
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| (...) this (...) Me too. Well, I compose using the swivel usually, I can imagine circumstances that would lead me to buy a camera without the swivel, but it would be pretty powerful in other ways. (...) primary (...) My 950 is a pretty good camera. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) The 880 is great, it can record 40 sec movies, has 3.3 megapixels and 2.5 optical zoom. But the problem is how to download pictures. Sure I go into Adobe Photo Deluxe and open the file from My Camera and then save it, but I cant post any of (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.publish)
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