Kennedy said:
No you didn't. Your specific words were:
"But I haven't take one of the new ones apart to see if they did
something non-traditional rather than "look like Nikon" which it
otherwise appears."
Thanks for reinforcing what I said and meant. Notice
how I referenced how it "looked like Nikon" and how
I explained how I haven't checked to see if their attempt
to APPEAR like Nikon was true in reality as well (context-wise
I think you were arguing things weren't as they appeared,
which is something not in conflict with what I had
said -- statement basically said just that).
You are referring here to something that can be discriminated between
one implementation and another by examination. So unless you were
referring to dismantling the brochure line by line then we are led to
believe that your reference is to the appearance of the hardware itself,
not how it is described on paper.
I think you're reading into what I wrote something I
didn't intend. It may be that I'm not writing clear
enough, and that could be my fault. Most purchasers
probably won't take a unit's hw apart to see exactly what's
going on inside. I own one and still don't plan to
take it apart (although there was a time when I was
younger that I would have despite all the dust and crud
I might inject w/o anything to gain). Maybe when I
replace it after it's obsolete.
I did hog-out one of the 2x2 slide carriers (got 3) to modify
it to take two realist-format stereo slides instead.
Something which was important to me, btw. That it can
be fairly easily adapted to stereo slides, including those
in RBT mounts is a big plus for it. New one probably
uses the same carrier , so that one should work
well too.
The "brochure" itself is quite different from the Nikon brochure, even
in general description. Minolta specifically refer to a "white LED" and
a "tri-linear CCD" whilst Nikon go to some detail (depending on the
actual brochure) to explain that they use 4 LEDs, one for each of the
RGBI colours, and a single linear CCD. How you can claim that this is
an attempt to look like the Nikon brochure beats me.
They both say "LED + CCD" methods while the old 5400 doesn't.
The old 5400 instead heavily promo'd the grain dissolver.
Of course, both brochures use the same letters but not necessarily in
the same order - they are sooooo similar!
You know, you're right! Thanks for coming over to
my side of this dust-mite sized arguement.
Mike
