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Title: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 15:13
Nikon has announced the successor to its popular D3000 digital SLR camera, the modestly named D3100.

The D3100 raises the resolution from 10.2 to 14.2 megapixels; introduces a Live View mode; and gains the ability to shoot Full HD video in H.264 format at 24 frames per second (rising to 30 fps at 720p resolution).

It’s also smaller and lighter than the older model, and boasts an extended ISO range up to 6400 and an improved Guide Mode to help beginners take successful shots.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/360454/nikon-exposes-d3100-digital-slr
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 15:14
Ah shaddup. ;D
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 15:19
 :)x

Mind you, perhaps something relatively cheap might be a way to start practising again?
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 15:25
I've tried with a bridge whilst in Scotland, it's worse if anything (it is degenerative).
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 15:25
Shame.   :(
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 15:29
Indeed.
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 16:20
I thought coming off some of the meds might have helped.
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 16:21
No, the basic disease remains and the drug that I need to treat it is something I can't take because of the other meds (plus asthma).
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 16:43
Bugger.  Tripod and cable release?
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 16:45
That would be the only way, but those aren't the kind of pictures I want to take.
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 16:47
Is a compromise not better than nothing at all?  
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 16:49
Not for me, I've always done reportage. The pics I take, apart from landscapes, need to be grabbed in the second that they are there. You can't do that with a tripod, especially in crowds.
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 16:50
I guess there's no easy way round that one.  :(
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 16:53
No, I've tried and it just didn't work. For example, I was trying to photograph a pipe band on the march, but I couldn't set up, take it and get out of the way in time. Same with candid shots of dancers practising. A tripod makes you very visible.
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 16:54
Indeed, and as you say, often the best shots are gone in half a second.
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 16:58
Landscapes are really all that's left to me, and that's fine in Scotland, but not round here.
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Simon on August 19, 2010, 17:01
The pipes are calling...  ;)
Title: Re: Nikon exposes D3100 digital SLR
Post by: Rik on August 19, 2010, 17:02
:music: Oh Danny Boy :music: