A couple of questions on features of new cameras (particularly Nikon dslr's)

[Deleted member 49549]

Do any cameras have backlit buttons?

Do any cameras have auto iso, with a minimum shutter speed linked to the focal length? eg will set 1/75s ISO100 at 50mm, 1/225 at 150mm?

Do any cameras have bracketing of wider than 1 stop between shots?

 

[Nod]

Have a look at the manuals which are available to view or download from Nikon UK's site (under support/downloads/manuals IIRC). FWIW, my (now discontinued) D700 doesn't have backlit buttons, unsure of auto ISO settings (that's the parameter I like to control most) and bracketing but I believe the maximum step between shots in a bracketing burst is 1EV

 

[hyeongsoong]

For Nikon cameras :

1. Only D4 has back-lit button.
2. AutoISO is base on the min shutter speed that you defines but not linked to the actual lens on the body.

 

[Deleted member 49549]

Cheers all,

shame, but hopefully the features will come one day...

Any other makes offer these features?

 

[Nod]

Some compacts have touch screen controls.

While backlit buttons may seem a good idea for exposures in the dark, they won't do your night vision any more good than a red LED's light.

 

[JohnMcL7]

The post above is incorrect in regards to auto-iso, some of the newer Nikon cameras (at least D4, D800, D600 and D5200 I believe) can now take the focal length of the lens into account when calculating auto-iso:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikon-d800-d800e/16

The D800's new trick is an Auto option for minimum shutter speed. In this mode - provided you are using a modern 'CPU' lens which transmits data to the camera - the D800 automatically sets a minimum shutter speed value based on the focal length of the attached lens. This comes in particularly handy when shooting with zoom lenses. In the examples below, the camera was set to aperture-priority mode with maximum ISO sensitivity set to 6400. As you can see, at four different focal lengths the ISO was adjusted to allow roughly a '1 over focal length' shutter speed.

 

[heidfirst]

Any other makes offer these features?

2. I believe that Pentax does
3. upper end Sonys do bracketing with more than 1 stop between stops - but they only do 3 shot bracketing whereas iirc Nikons will do something like 5?

 

[Deleted member 49549]

2. I believe that Pentax does
3. upper end Sonys do bracketing with more than 1 stop between stops - but they only do 3 shot bracketing whereas iirc Nikons will do something like 5?

its 9 shots on a d300s, so imagine the same (or more) on d3's and d4's.