frank theriault wrote: > > Well, I'm a pessimist (see sig, below... <g>) > > But, seriously (and I haven't used any P&S except for tourists asking me to > take piccies with their cameras, standing in front of the CN Tower) these > cameras have limitations. They have to. > > I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm not saying they're garbage. But they > aren't great big SLR's that can do things in an instant, or that have manual > over-ride or any of that stuff. > > I guess there's a reason that PJ's and Papparazzi don't use P&S's. > > OTOH, it's hard to fit an MZ-S in your breast pocket - or any other pocket > for that matter. If I had the money, I might even buy one (after I buy a > nice medium format kit, and a *istD). True, as a few posts have mentioned, > the limitations can be minimized, but not eliminated. That's the trade-off > for small size and convenience, as you quite correctly point out, Boris.
Frank, Frank, Frank... I thought you knew by now. It ain't how big it is, it's how. . . keith <g> > > regards, > frank > >From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Optio S4 - first impressions > >Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:41:24 +0200 > > > >Hi! > > > > > > >Shel, I think of it somewhat differently. It is like this, you decide > >that *now* is the moment, but since this camera is a sign of the > >future, it would actually photograph the future moment *after* you > >decided that you want shutter to trip and even pressed a button ... > > > >I am a positive man, normally, so I tend to think of a full half of a > >glass of water ... > > > ><VBG> > > > >Boris
