Re: Another stupid Move-on Ad

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:29:46 -0500, Harry Krause <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>John H. wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:28:08 -0500, Harry Krause <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> John H. wrote:
>>>
>>>> My eyes have been failing me for years. Luckily they haven't totally failed,
>>>> yet. My current problems are, for the most part, correctable. How long they
>>>> remain that way is anyone's guess.
>>> Are you a candidate for Lasik?
>>>
>> No.
>>
>>>> I bought my D200 today. Should be here soon.
>>> Did you trade in your existing camera? Did you take a bath on it? I
>>> looked on the Nikon website at the D200, and noted some improvements,
>>> but I didn't see any that were going to result in visibly sharper photos
>>> or enlargements.
>>>
>> The D70 will go to my older daughter.
>>>> PS. Try not to use the personal information above for nefarious purposes.
>>> I won't tell anyone you drop bread crumbs in the Bay so you can find
>>> your way back to Deale.
>>
>>
>> You must be comparing the D70 to the D70s. There is not much difference in those
>> two. The D200 should be compared to the D100 or the D2X. The D200 is a 10.2
>> megapixel camera.
>>
>> Go here: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond200/
>>
>> Note the comparison to the D2X. Of course, the D2X is a $4000 camera!
>
>No, I looked at the D200 specs. 10.2 megapixels might be of interest for
> huge prints, but the 8x10s I output look just fine. Even when I
>enlarge, unless I go overboard, the resulting prints don't fall apart.
>Don't get me wrong, I am sure it is an improvement, but...I'm not sure
>I'd have a use for that megapixel improvement I would see.

Perhaps not.
--
John H

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"
[A Self-obsessed Hypocrite]
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