5 Jul
2011
5 Jul
'11
3:44 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 09:11:47PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
Actually, I didn;t know if such thinbgs were useable with all digital
SLRs. I realise that optically it must be possible, but since modern
equipment seems to be universally designed to make mildly complex things
impossible, I wondered if there was some gotcha, like the exposure meter
or autofocus wouldn't bahave and the camera would refuse to record an
iamge as a result.
Most compact digital cameras I've seen seem to be lacking features that I
regard as essential (and which are on film cameras that I own that are
over 70 yrars old)
Well, the compact digital cameras usually target the point&shoot market.
While they may have computationally expensive features like face detection,
smile detection, ... they tend to aim for a rather simple user interface
and usually omit anything the casual (not even hobby) photographer usually
doesn't need.
The DSLRs however are another matter, since they target the serious amateur,
semiprofessional or professional photographer market. Speaking (as an example)
for my Nikon D300S:
> Can you use 'traditional' closeup methods
(extension tubes, bellows, etc)
> with digital SLR cameras? If so, that's what I would be looking at using.
To answer Tony's question, in general, yes of course you can use rings,
bellows, and all the other things with digital SLRs. I suspect he knew
that, maybe he was asking if Dave has access to those things. -- things like filter threads,
check, currently
using a simple UV filter (more as a cheap mechanical
protection for the lens than anything else since it is 99% transparent).
cable release sockets,
check, currently via a
Canon cable release and a GPS interface module, but
I'm sure Nikon has something appropriate
flash sync contacts
check, while it has its own
surprisingly useful popup flash, it does have
the mount & contacts for a proper flash unit
, etc. So I would not have assuemd thatr digital SLRs
would allow me to do everytthing my 50-year-old Exakta Varex will do.
A good DSLR should allow you to do that.
Kind regards,
Alex.
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