Saturday, November 8, 2008

More Lenses

Dear Nikon,

There are more than enough Nikon DSLR bodies out there right now. Please focus on producing some lenses. Nikon was the premier lens producer in the past, but now lags Canon in almost every AF lens range, especially zooms. I personally would like to see a new VRII version of the 80-400 zoom. This lens is needed by both FX and DX users. I believe it could be a top selling lens for years to come, so be prepared to manufacture them in quantity, but do not forget the quality. Please make all the new zoom lenses top quality, even for kits. The new 18-105 vr is truly a disappointment. The 18-55 vr and 55-200 vr’s are quite good and extremely good values. If you build a quality lens, the Nikon camera owners will buy it.

Wildlife Photography Lenses

Dear Nikon,

I would really like to see two lens' from you Nikon. I am becoming very interested in wildlife photography but I am just an amateur would like to see some affordable wildlife long lens'
The Nikkor 70-200mm F2.8 VR is not exactly affordable..
And the 300mm F2.8 VR is most certainly not.

This is why I would really like to see a Nikkor 70-200mm F4 VR made.
And a 300mm F4 VR.

I know they would still not what you call cheap but I would expect them to be more affordable than the F2.8 versions.

Nikon D90 auto ISO minimum shutter speed

Dear Nikon,

How about upping the auto ISO min shutter speed to at least 1/1000. I realize that I can shoot in manual with auto ISO – I can set my D80 to 1/1000 & 2.8 and the ISO will increase all the way up to 1600. What I want is the shutter speed to gradually increase once ISO 1600 has been reached rather than having to think about it.

Duncan

Artificial Horizon

Dear Nikon,

Please add an artificial horizon (e.g., level) to the D90 in two forms: 1) on the LCD, and 2) in the viewfinder. For the viewfinder case, figure out how to override an existing indicator to indicate if the camera is level or not. I am tired of discovering that my images aren’t level after the fact. The grid lines are a poor substitute.

Duncan