[digtial_sniper]

Continoue from 買1st DC 既歷程同feel~ 分享一下~

自從買左Minolta F100, 去到邊帶到邊~ 有friend gathering and 有F100 = 有group pictures & funny pictures﹐D friend 又一定主動問我transfer D picture back to them, and we have 1 more topic to discuess~ 好過引 & 好滿足~ ^___^

BUT......

滿足唔到好耐....... F100係一部幾 advance 既 DC, 同當時幾Sony P9部份功能上可以話係有過之而無不及..... such as faster LCD frame rate, and AF subject auto focus tracking system~ but......................................
距好X慢..................

點慢? 開機慢, pre-focus/AF慢, zoom慢, 息機慢.....mu 叉都慢....!!!!!!!!!
and the its a super battery EATER..... 1800 mAH 要帶成3,4排出街.....好似打仗感..... : (

一直suffer 到我開始留意dpreview.com 同dcresource.com.....and around February 03..... fuji announced a camera that i've been waiting for so long......

Fuji Finepix F700

by the time i read the spec....WOW!!! DAME!! YEAH!!!!!!! even tho its 3.2mp (vs. F100's 4mp), but its very very speedy EVERYTHING is something the 4mp F100 doesnt' and never capable of.....
我開頭有問自己 "係唔係 really need Fuji F700....?" becuz it use xD card... by the time is a very new type of memory card which is so Fxxking expensive (by that time 512mb xD cost USD 160.......) and it use the Lithium Ion battery which is expenisve as well.....
BUT
SPEED AH SPEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's why i have to say bye bye to my once beloved F100 : :::: o
(my heart was actually : ::::: P hahahhaa)
i wait & wait, wait & wait....... from February 'til August..... due to SARS.... the production of F700 has delay..... supposed available by May, but then posboned 'til August.... >____<~~
I ordered it on eBay... by the time it cost a killing-people-price USD $550...... for a 3.2mp..... (@ this moment i never willing to pay even 1/4 of the price for it, but by the time i was just tooooooo exciting for it), by the time i received the F700 and the 1st thing i do is fully charge its battery and...... test 一下 f700 既 buying point .... SPEED.
result is....
開機: F700 win
focus: F700 win
snap: F700 sure win
zoom: F700 win a whole street
turn off speed: F700 大勝..........!
well.... even not F700, but other newer dc... also speedy ~~~
"沒有這 Fu~Ji 妨礙我們, 難道我唔會~將你放走!? (ebay....)" ; P
so....F700 became my beloved 2nd camera....

anybody? can share w/ us of similar story?

[truenobzr]

how is the pic quality of F700. I was quite interested in it once. I am looking for a snap DC too. I have K750i, but seems a real DC is much better. I have a Dynax 5D and I don't want to spend much on DC, so I am looking for a cheaper one, maybe second hand.

[Billy仔]

我第一部DC係casio Z40,因為覺得D相既質素同我想要既有所出入,所以唔夠一年就賣左佢lu,之後轉左 fujifilm E550,好好多~

[digtial_sniper]

F700 is VERY VERY VERY VERY fast..... but here're the drawback....

1. ISO start @ 200.... its quaility can compare w/ some other's ISO 100....but ........today........ for best quaility..... ISO 80 and below is necessary.... =___<

2. battery is barely OK.... due to its tiny NP-40 battery.....good thing is.... NP-40 has many company using it.... pentax & panasonic...which mean pricing is not really expensive.... if u want to buy 3rd party generic brand.... get Maxell la

3. 15% out of focus @ tele and @ dark condition.... flash is somehow below average....

here some store in US selling the refubished (factory renew) F700 for $199 + tax.

but if u want a nice fast DC... go to store try F810:

its F700's 6mp version and has solve part of F700's problem.... if price in HK is not far expensive than F700.... get F810 : P

[digtial_sniper]

even tho i have the new Fuji F10....but be honest.... F700's speed still BLOW AWAY F10..... ; P

[gapman]

Thanks Digital Sniper ! Let me shard about buying 2nd DC la ! Same as Sniper, I bought F100 for my first DC. Although F100 have lots of problem, I finally fixed them all in the Service Centre and enjoy using it. But I find that although F100 is not really big, it still takes up lots of space in my bag. So I try to find a even smaller DC. In Mar 2004, when I shop in Mongkok, I find the Sony U30 for only $990 (Brand New Hong Product, the sales said). I think it is a really good size DC to put in my pocket. So I buy it. I love this DC really really much ! For Photo quality, yes, U30 is not good but still acceptable. But this super small size DC let me to brint it all around ! My friends like this ultra small DC and stop bringing their DC when we come out ! Because they know that I always have the U30 with me ! If you just want a small DC and share photos on web, for sure you love Sony U-series ! This is a great DC !

[digtial_sniper]

hummm......sony u-series.... interesting : )

one of my friend's cousin got a U10..... he knows the camera wont' give him much of picture quaility....

但係卻會帶比距girl's phone number..... cuz its style and size attract many walk-pass girls (by that time) and he looks somehow cool as well...... then sometimes he take picture w/ those girls and those gilrs tell him the phone # in order to manage how to get the picture later..... hehehehehhehhe

Drunk man 之意不在酒; U-10 之意不在相......
just to point out by that time U10 has such attractive level....but i'm not here to encourage ppl to get this cam.....and i AIN'T any Sony fan anyway.... : (

hehe........so.......any other?

[digtial_sniper]

no body in similar case? : P

[mniy]

我第一部機係Kodak DX6440，04年一月買，04年十月被人偷左
第二部機係Olympus C5060，04年十月買，05年三月賣俾人，因為太大部唔多方便週圍去。
第三部機係Fuji F810，05年三月買到依家，同時都係前前後後係唔同途徑玩過十幾部DC後覺得最好玩既一部。

[digtial_sniper]

OH~~ u got F810! that's a nice dc la ; )

(by the time it released, i was struggle "should i upgrade to it from F700...?" but the conclusion is "i use Minolta Z1 most the time and F700 became a backup camera....so F810 won't be that useful")

by the time i still dunno anything about ISO..... so didnt' figured out Fuji is a pro @ this term....

the Z1 story will continue after a few day : )

[Omega]

我第一部DC 係CASIO QV10﹐像素唔好提了﹐
只得四份一百萬pixels﹐4千幾蚊部DC﹐想晒2R
都唔得(而且當時都無乜地方可以晒數碼相)﹐
又慢又食電(用鹼性AA電﹐影唔到半個鐘)

但當時因為工作上需要﹐要黎影貨辦俾人睇﹐
要知道兵貴神速﹐工廠一出SAMPLE個客未收到
辦就先有相睇﹐真係幾開心架。

http://www.casio.co.jp/productnews/qv_10.html

後來出 TRIP 時唔見左﹐老細同我講﹐都係
買返部傻瓜菲林機好過。

我的第二部DC係FUJI FINEPIX 1500﹐呢部機當時
(2000年﹐約$4500) 黎講﹐外形殺晒﹐相片質素亦好好﹐
夠晒 3R相﹐可惜一樣係食電﹐去旅行要帶好多排AA
叉電﹐都幾麻煩。用左2年半左右﹐LCD 開始變暗﹐
無得整﹐索性換過部。

http://www.dpreview.com/news/article_print.asp?date=9905&article=99051802fujinew

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/990520/finepix.htm

第三部就係睇完Men's Machine 介紹之後買的Ricoh RR30﹐
勝在夠快微距又影得夠近。後來呢部機因為粗用而散散地﹐
俾左外父用﹐自己再買Ricoh GX 用到而家。

點解最後兩部都係Ricoh??

因為有3年保用!! 3年剛剛好大約係一架DC 的生命完結.....

我覺得Ricoh行3年保用實在值得幫趁支持。

[digtial_sniper]

3 yrs warranty....... 3 yrs life cycle..... hehe i kind of agree la : )

(well......except the DC wish was a gift from GF.....that can't be sell or trade ; P )

how's the noise control of the GX?

anyone else? upgrade to the 2nd dc because of the 1st dc too slow or bad quaility or wutever reason?

[digtial_sniper]

anyone else got Fuji F700 or F810 as 2nd DC?

[digtial_sniper]

time to post the 3rd part...... about after few months the Minolta Z1 問世....