So, finally got my Nikon 8800 up and running, in time to drag it to the Mets-Astros game last night at Shea.
Aside from some of the negative issues pointed out by owners on dpreview.com, the camera works brilliantly. Images are sharp and colors seem to be okay. Zoom is much quicker than expected, and while the machine has a tendancy to hunt in AF mode at greater than, say, 150mm, it's pretty accurate overall. Some shots looked questionable on the 1.8" LCD, but they were crystal clear once loaded to PC.
But sadly, all the cons I read about are very prevalent for such a high-end (consumer) machine. AF-assist lamp is really weak, write time to CF card is unbearably slow at times and the manual focus option will take some time to get acclimated. Lastly, the lens is incredibly noisy! I hope I don't find myself in situations that are too quiet or won't be disrupted by the audible grinding of Nikon mechanics.
Then I forgot to upload photos to my web server last night. Sorry, no examples until I'm off work later this afternoon. Sucky. |
