1. Is there a GPS location option with the 950 and 990? I thought I saw this somewhere on Nikon doc's but can't find it on recent doc's. 2. Could you make the manual for the 950 and 990 available in pdf format on your website. I'd like to look at it in detail before I make my final purchase decision. 3. I'd like to use the 950/990 for astronomical photography. The ISO rating seems low for this application and long shutter opening lead to noise, however is there any tips for this use. In the future will Nikon consider lower noise chips (such as Kodak's) for this.

-- terry garbutt (tgarbutt@mac.com), March 20, 2000

Answers

1. No. Originally planned for 950 but was taken out of the early spec.

2. It is (for the 950-the 990 will be up shortly) http://www.nikontechusa.com/ PDF's have been up for almost 2 years.

3. We use the lowest noise small sized CCD's available today. The ISO is a limit of the CCD size. You can do a 1 minute bulb exposure on the 990-or just underexpose and raise the gamma of the exposure in software....

Michael

-- Mike Rubin, Product Marketing Manager Nikon (web@imaging-resource.com), March 23, 2000.