First Impressions
David Roche at Silverpixel in Sydney sent me a brand new body, 80mm and 28mm lens and it was a pleasure to see how well they were boxed. It was the work of moments to pull out the camera and lenses, assemble the kit and get shooting.
The H3D2 feels very solid, as you would expect from such a venerable brand name. The grip is quite ergonomic and the weight of the camera is countered by this to some extent. It's not a light camera and hand holding for extended periods could be a chore, the right thumb in particular takes a lot of weight. I used it on a tripod most of the time and had no problems with steady shots when I chose to grab a shot hand-held, particularly with the mirror timing being adjusted to moderate the effects of mirror slap.
On the tripod the camera is easy to use but the eye-level viewfinder means you have to have the camera higher than one would expect from a medium format camera. I'd have preferred to have the grip camera settings data continuously visible on the rear LCD but they can be seen in the viewfinder � shutter speed, aperture, metering mode and counter are visible all the time whilst the menu selections replace this data as you choose them with the grip controls. Also, if you press the �i� button on the back you can see all the current settings.
Nick Rains
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