On 2008-11-17, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2008-11-17, Ignoramus6517 wrote:
On 2008-11-17, Christopher Tidy wrote:
DoN. Nichols wrote:

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Hmm ... my Nikon D70 is probably around 5 years now, and it is
still working fine. And -- it uses lenses from the earlier film Nikon
cameras.

In my mind the 5 year figure was referring to compact digital cameras,
as opposed to digital SLRs. With a good digital SLR you may do better.

I would not want to keep a digital camera beyond 5 years. 5 years
means two generations of cameras.

Well ... the D-300 which I want to replace it with is too
expensive to get at this particular time. The D-300 will allow auto
exposure to work with the older Nikon F lenses without a chip in them.
At present, I have to use either another lens to measure the light, or a
hand-held light meter like in the old days. :-)

Thanks, you finally made me understand what light meters are for.

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