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To: SBHX who wrote (10856)	5/8/2000 6:41:00 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

I'm getting better photos on my Nikon 950, now that I'm getting used to the camera. There are two features, however, that disappoint, and I was wondering if the 990 has improved on these: First, the time it takes to write a high resolution (TIFF) image to the flash card is about 30 seconds, during which period, the camera cannot make any additional photos. Does the 990 have faster write times? Also, when reading a stored 990 image to the LCD display, it takes a similar amount of time. Second, the built-in flash is just too low powered to be of use beyond about 12 feet. Maybe it's better to have an accessory flash, with the light source located farther away from the lens, to reduce red eye, but I still think a more powerful flash ought to be supplied with cameras of this quality. I just took a photo of a pink dogwood blossom, using the macro setting on the zoom lens. The detail was astounding, right down to the dew drops on the petals. My old conventional Olympus OM-! with its 90 mm macro f.2.0 lens does a better job on a shot like this, but to be frank, I haven't even used that camera during the eight months I've owned the 950. Art

To: SBHX who wrote (10856)	5/9/2000 12:10:00 AM
From: Ron C	Respond to of 60323

OT:-) SCARED ACTUALLY, I HAVE A REP I WORK THROUGH WITH GATEWAY. THE NIKON 990 WITH 8 MB CF CARD,STRAP,USB CORD,RCA CORD,LENSE COVER,WITH AC ADAPTER AND CASE DELV'D WAS $889.00 I WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THE PRICE AND THE CAMERA IS GOING TO TAKE GETTING USED TO. I WAS USING EPSON PHOTOPC 600 AND PHOTOPC 700. IN THE AUTO MODE IT'S A WINNER. HAVEN'T USED THE MANUAL INFO YET. THE 3X DIGITAL ZOOM IS KILLER. VIEWFINDER IS LIKE SLR, WHICH MAKES IT NICE WITH THE ZOOM. THEY CHANGED THE CF SLOT TO THE SIDE. DROP ME A LINE AT Groomerdude@aol.com if you would like the stats on purchase. P.S. All of my SanDisk Cards work in this extraordinary device. Ron