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From: "Robert Whitehouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 2:53 AM
Subject: RE: [OT]First compact digicam with APS sized CMOS...
But value for money and system-expandability makes the DSLR the choice
hands
down.
Christian
I'm not so sure - the compact format has some advantages;
1- Lens/body/sensor are fixed and so can be perfectly optimised for each
other - better quality.
And less versitile. If you want longer lens, you have to put an adapter on
the lens = less quality. With a DSLR you get a longer lens. Plus there is
more choice if you want good quality lenses.
2- No dust bunnies
not an issue in my opinion. True, i get dust on the sensIor, but it's
simple maintenance to keep it clean.
3- Composition using large LCD - (I have a Canon G3 and never use the view
finder !)
LCD for finder? Why? The viewfinder of the *ist D and Ds are some of the
best in the industry. I understand you never wanting to use the crappy
viewfinder on the G3. It's not the same class of camera.
4 - Everything you need in one piece of kit - much better than lugging a
bag
full of lenses
I can get an *ist Ds with one of the new 18-200 (or whatever) super zoom
lenses.
I think that this format will eventually dominate - SLRs will become very
specialist (like MF today).
This has got to be the most interesting (and misguided) statement I've read
in a long time.... :-) Do you remeber the Olympus "SLRs" of the '80s and
'90s? They used the same reasoning that your last statement is based on.
They never really took off, did they?
The current EVF/SLR all-in-wondercams out today have a place for sure, or
the manufacturers would not be making them. The biggest problem I've seen
is the cramming of pixels on teeny-tiny sensors which makes noise
unacceptable above ISO 200 which makes these cameras worthless for the
target audience. This latest one from Sony, with a bigger sensor, has
potential, but is in NO WAY a replacement for a true SLR system. I
understand budgets and costs, but I think that buying into a system which
gives you more versatility is the better choice in the long term. You can
always save for that next lens, etc, as I have been doing.
Christian
