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From: simsong@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Simson Garfinkel)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Nikon N2000
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 08:31:13 EST
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Summary: product review

I've had a chance to play with this camera a bit, although I have not
seen any of the film that I shot, (you know, walk into a camera store
and get the feel for the thing...)

The camera strikes me as a Nikon challenge to the field of cheap,
easy-to-use cameras. The autowinder is really fast compared to other
built-in autowinders. The camera has a solid construction.

But if you lose the batteries, you've had it. There's nothing that you
can do without them, except rewind your film and find another camera
(thank Nikon that has not been automated). I wish it had AMP metering,
but I guess that Nikon wishes to keep that feature for the FA (which I
have. Excellent camera, but that's another story). It would also have
been real nice of Nikon had thought to put on a shutter-priority mode.

Doubtlessly, most people who purchase this camera will never use it with
anything but DX-cased film and program mode. And for the
point-and-shooter, its a really great toy.