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OT: might be switching cameras. Thoughts?

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Posted by Nate Zeman on February 1, 2011 at 9:41 PM
I hear the resolution is great, but I'm not sure its worth the gain in weight and size.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on February 1, 2011 at 9:47 PM
The perfect gear for Dream Lake ice abstracts! :biggrin:
Posted by CAZ on February 1, 2011 at 9:50 PM
That's cool! :biggrin:
Posted by Anne K. Rusk on February 1, 2011 at 10:03 PM
I've heard the front element is prone to freezing?
So neat!
Posted by CAZ on February 1, 2011 at 10:49 PM
This might be good for desert trips - it will scale down automatically.
Posted by Nate Zeman on February 1, 2011 at 10:54 PM
i wonder how long we could keep the one liners about this photo going for! haha
Posted by Morris McClung on February 1, 2011 at 11:03 PM
I can't warm up to this model. :biggrin:
Posted by CAZ on February 1, 2011 at 11:54 PM
Large format for sports photography? This one ought to be able to freeze the action.
Posted by Jim Bennett on February 2, 2011 at 12:28 AM
I was there on Sunday night and all of these sculptures were spectacular with the changing colored lights on them. At night, that front lens is actually translucent, which was backlit in a different color. After seeing them at night, I don't want to go back again during the day, especially with the extra weekend crowds. (I also avoided the awful Sunday afternoon traffic on I-70 coming back later.)
Posted by Bert Fukuda on February 2, 2011 at 12:36 AM
Good luck finding a bag...
Posted by Paul DeCesare on February 2, 2011 at 1:48 AM
I hear there's problems with this body... the weathersealing fails when it's exposed to mositure and heat. I just can't take that chance of having an important shoot end in a major meltdown. There's talk of a successful firmware fix at the R&D center in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but for some reason the manufacturing line in Scottsdale, AZ hasn't been successful installing it. This could put a freeze on production, which the Marketing Department keeps insisting would be a good thing.

:jump:
Posted by Rod Chandler on February 2, 2011 at 11:31 AM
The biggest problem is batteries. They just don't last in the cold. :biggrin:
Posted by Darren Huski on February 2, 2011 at 12:03 PM
Your dark cloth could double as your tent and what a swimming pool to develop your negs?
Posted by Don Grall on February 2, 2011 at 12:13 PM
"Freeze-frame! Snapshot image froze without a sound" (J.Geils Band)

Pretty cool!
Posted by Don George on February 2, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Cool image
Posted by Pam Colander on February 2, 2011 at 3:09 PM
I hear they'll be giving these away by summer :razz:
Posted by Paul DeCesare on February 2, 2011 at 10:51 PM
In all seriousness, that's quite a nifty task, making something like that in the snow. Best I could do is a Charlie Brown snowman.

BTW Nate, I think it's time to hit your sensor with a little Dust-Aid... kinda spotty in the sky, lol! :biggrin:
Posted by Nate Zeman on February 3, 2011 at 12:43 AM
haha i know! I just went to take some snapshots.. it was way too cold for me to worry about dust at that point!