Boohoo, big deal - Nikon, as usually, is very late (5 years) to the party - in fact the LAST ONE... #
Posted Tuesday 29th January 2008 16:38 GMT
...because Olympus introduced the first built-in Supersonic Wave Filter dust-off system ~5 years ago, in 2003's E1 if I recall correctly.
Sony's (ex-Konica-Minolta) first DSLR, the A100 came out in Summer 2006 and featured similar dust removal filtering.
Pentax followed suit with K10 as well as Canon with 400D/Rebel XTi, both arrived in Fall 2006.
Nikon, as always, lacks way behind even in implementing a known technology, let alone actually inventing something - but, of course, PR touts it if something big has happened... not.
It's a shame Nikon has felt the need to copy other camera manufacturers gimmicks rather than add something that would actually be useful.
If you change lenses a lot you're still going to need to blow dust off the sensor occasionally, and if you're an amateur who never/hardly ever changes lenses then it's completely useless!
Only a very slight step-up from the D40X really; the new lenses however are of much more interest.
Canon EOS Rebel XSi Black SLR Digital Camera Kit (12.2MP, 4272x2848, SD/SDHC Card Slot)
Nikon D90 Black SLR Digital Camera Kit (12.3MP, 18-105mm, 4288x2848, SD/SDHC Card Slot)
Canon EOS Rebel T1i Black SLR Digital Camera Kit w/ 18-55mm Lens (15.1MP, SD/SDHC Card Slot)
Nikon D5000 Black SLR Digital Camera Kit w/ 18-55mm Lens (12.3MP, SD/SDHC Card Slot)
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35K Black Digital Camera (12.1MP, 18x Opt, SDHC Card Slot)
Levente Szileszky
Boohoo, big deal - Nikon, as usually, is very late (5 years) to the party - in fact the LAST ONE... #
Posted Tuesday 29th January 2008 16:38 GMT
...because Olympus introduced the first built-in Supersonic Wave Filter dust-off system ~5 years ago, in 2003's E1 if I recall correctly.
Sony's (ex-Konica-Minolta) first DSLR, the A100 came out in Summer 2006 and featured similar dust removal filtering.
Pentax followed suit with K10 as well as Canon with 400D/Rebel XTi, both arrived in Fall 2006.
Nikon, as always, lacks way behind even in implementing a known technology, let alone actually inventing something - but, of course, PR touts it if something big has happened... not.
Chris Wood
Sensor cleaning just a gimmick #
Posted Wednesday 30th January 2008 11:31 GMT
It's a shame Nikon has felt the need to copy other camera manufacturers gimmicks rather than add something that would actually be useful.
If you change lenses a lot you're still going to need to blow dust off the sensor occasionally, and if you're an amateur who never/hardly ever changes lenses then it's completely useless!
Only a very slight step-up from the D40X really; the new lenses however are of much more interest.
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