=========================================================== THE NIKONIAN www.nikonians.com Regular Newsletter http://www.nikonians.com #6 06-AUG-2000 =========================================================== In this issue: 1. Editors Note 2. Winner of the Nikonians July 2000 Contest 3. Erroneous votes for the July 2000 Contest 4. JRP's FAQ's - What Camera to Buy? What Film to Use? 5. The Nikon SLR Body Comparison Chart 6. The Links Database 7. The F80 (N80) Pocket Card for Custom Settings 8. Janice Needs Your Help 9. When Girls Smile 10. Are Older Nikkors Better? 11. A True Shutterbug Story 12. When Is the VR 80-400 Available? 13. Congrats to Don! 1. Editors Note =========================================================== Thanks for your interest in our non-profit community for Nikon users. Positive comments are the "food" for all of us in the background investing quite some hours to keep this community up and running. We have received some very nice emails from users and wanted to share one of these with you: "Just had to drop you a line to congratulate you on a most excellent site... I came across the nikonians site a few days back and I've been coming back every day for my fix! Love it!" betterphoto.com said this about us in their latest news: "Fun Site for Nikon Users A friendly community of Nikon photographers, this site features galleries, forums, classifieds, articles and more. There is even a bit where you can win a digital camera (a Nikon, of course) by converting a Canon shooter to Nikon - I, for one, will not go down without a fight :^) Check out this interesting site at: http://www.nikonians.com/" Since we all do this for fun and inspiration, it really does good to receive such nice critics :-) Thank you all for your continuous support! Bo Stahlbrandt (bo@nikonians.com) Jose Ramon Palacios (jrpalacios@nikonians.com) 06-Aug-2000 2. Winner of the Nikonians July 2000 Contest =========================================================== The team at Nikonians congratulates Celia Finsel for winning the July photo contest with her picture "Shy". To see more, check out: http://www.nikonians.com/cgi-bin/imageFolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=NikoniansPhotoContest-Winners 3. Erroneous votes for the July 2000 Contest =========================================================== We had quite a number of erroneous votes for the July contest. These types of votes were ignored: 1. User voting on own picture 2. User not registered 3. User registering under N different names voting for own picture 4. User voting for more than one picture Make sure that you understand our voting policy before voting. It can be viewed right here: http://www.nikonians.com/html/contests/index.html 4. JRP's FAQ's - What Camera to Buy? What Film to Use? =========================================================== JRP has included some 24 pages, especially targeting the to-be photographer. It's quite a read. http://www.nikonians.com/html/resources/jrp_faq/faq.html 5. The Nikon SLR Body Comparison Chart =========================================================== The chart gives you an overview on the various Nikon SLR's. By Nikonian Mark Goodell http://www.nikonians.com/html/resources/nikon_articles/body/chart/nikon_body_comparison_chart.html 6. The Links Database =========================================================== The links database contains links to: 1) Homepages of registered members 2) Good Nikon-related sources on the web. If you're a registered member, you may add your own link(s) here. http://www.nikonians.com/cgi-bin/dclinks/dclinks.cgi 7. The F80 (N80) Pocket Card for Custom Settings =========================================================== Nikon didn't manage to provide the Nikon user with a Pocket Card for the N80 (F80) Custom Settings, but Nikonian BJ Nicholls did. This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF file (some 210KByte in size) including the complete Pocket Card plus a Lens Cap Decal for the most useful CS. http://www.nikonians.com/html/resources/guides/index.html 8. Janice Needs Your Help =========================================================== Janice, our Calendar & Events Administrator could use your help in providing the community with more information on interesting events for Nikonians. http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID38/26.html 9. When Girls Smile =========================================================== On the lighter side: Is it true that cute girls tend to smile when they see you are wearing a Nikon camera? http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID38/30.html 10. Are Older Nikkors Better? =========================================================== We often hear about how happy Nikonians are with their older lenses. Is it true that older Nikkors are generally better than the newer AF/AFS's? http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID38/23.html 11. A True Shutterbug Story =========================================================== One of the most amusing stories on how one Nikonian got rid of the bugs. http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID5/35.html 12. When Is the VR 80-400 Available? =========================================================== Rumours has it that this Nikkor will not hit the shelves until the end of the year... If you know when, check out: http://www.nikonians.com/dcforum/DCForumID6/32.html 13. Congrats to Don! =========================================================== We congratulate member Don Ferrario and his Nikonlinks for breaking the 1,000 links barrier. Terrific work Don! http://www.nikonlinks.com =========================================================== If you have any questions regarding this newsletter, please send an email to editorial@nikonians.com You receive THE NIKONIAN because you have requested it. We hope you find it useful, however, if you'd like your name to be removed from the newsletter, you can simply do so at any time from the main page at our community: http://www.nikonians.com