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Re: Digital Camera
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Date: 
Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:45:12 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote:

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.

J



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See also: (URL) has a reply by me extolling my 800 (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

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(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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