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Your right... I'm still using the 5700... and....just waiting for a real
replacement.... All manufacture's are pumping out way to fast.... I'm
wondering if...They just would rather sell a bunch,,,take the profit..dump
the camera and pop out a new one..
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"David J Taylor" <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk>
wrote in message news:CfsUd.24966$8B3.2404@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> JackN wrote:
>> Can you qualify this statement? Why do you ''reject'' the A2 when the
>> respected review sites reach a somewhat different conclusion. Surely
>> they can't all be in the thrall of Minolta Konica?
>
> Jack, look back over this newsgroup for the full story, but in summary:
>
> - image quality was no better than the 5MP Nikon 5700 is was due to
> replace
>
> - there were unacceptable JPEG artefacts in the in-camera firmware (also
> reported in the reviews). These had been reported in the Minolta A1, and
> I had expected them to be fixed in the A2. Why weren't they fixed?
> Cameras rushed out? The effect was to require the camera to be used in
> RAW mode, and this was unacceptable to me.
>
> - the swivel LCD was of tinny construction and limited in its swivelling
> compared to the Nikon 5700.
>
> - the image stabilisation indicated that it would not work at the typical
> exposures I would have required (longer than 1/10s).
>
> As I was making an upgrade, I made sure that the supplier I chose had a
> no-questions-asked returns policy. The camera would have to have been
> significantly better than my 5700 to justify purchase. Having to use RAW
> to extract images was the real killer.
>
> I stuck with the Nikon 5700, regretting that the EVF was not as good as
> the one in the A2, and missing the zoom ring. Later, my wife bought a
> Panasonic FZ20 with its Leica f/2.8 36 - 432mm lens, with which she is
> very pleased, and I bought a Nikon 8400 for its 24mm capability.
>
> Cheers,
> David
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