Best APS Camera
Written: Aug 13 '00 (Updated Aug 15 '00)
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Pros: Tons of features, excellent exposures
Cons: No DOF preview
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| mdtaylor's Full Review: Nikon Pronea S Film Camera |
The interface on the Pronea is not intuitive, but once you take a few minutes to read the manual it's easy. I've found the Pronea 6i to be incredibly easy to use, and the pictures are always of extremely high technical quality. That's one less thing to worry about when you are learning photography. If you can manage to avoid camera shake, then this camera will do the rest.
My wife, who could care less about the details, can use the camera in 'basic' mode and produce great pictures. The advanced mode has all but one of the features I think I might ever want. I really wish this camera had a way to 'stop-down' the lens to get a depth-of-field preview.
If you don't know what depth-of-field is, that's probably not reason enough to dismiss this warning. Check it out. Ironically, as soon as you've learned to make pictures that aren't blurry you will want to learn how to make parts of your picture blurry again. Go figure.
All in all, I would recommend this camera to anyone who wants to take photos without a lot of hassle.
I would also recommend that you use standard Nikon D-type lenses instead of the IX lenses that are made for the Pronea. These lenses are great, but they may not be useful if you later decide to upgrade or augment your kit with another Nikon camera body. I seem to recall something about these lenses extending further into the camera body than normal and working with only cameras designed to support them.
I've had great results with Pronea 6i using only a 24-70mm IX lens and a Nikon 70-300mm lens.
I highly recommend this camera. I think you would be hard pressed to find another camera with this much power and quality in an easier to use package.
Recommended:
Yes
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