--- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/5/07, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >That doesn't seem to be true. While the Canon 5D > is selling > >reasonably well, it's not selling in anything like > the numbers > >of the smaller-sensor models. > > > >For most people, the (significant) extra cost of > the larger > >sensor just isn't worth it. > > Wise words. I am a case in point. I use Canon gear. > I haven't even > thought of the 5D - -why not? Because I would like a > 1Ds and at the > moment it's beyond my reach without significant > sacrifice. > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty >
Good for you, Cotty. And I have a buddy in Texas who is a Canon shooter who is saving for a 5D right now. I talk to him all the time and he's really craving the quality that he's seeing from guys on his Canon forums. I've subscribed myself to one and have seen some of this work and it blows me away. Much of it looks like MF to me. So, you'll excuse me if I don't find John's words to be wise. "Most people" will buy only what they can afford heedless of whether their images improve or not. Does this sound like something a pro would do? And while it's true that a talented photographer may make a silk purse of a sow's ear, the conudrum is, the more talented one becomes the more quickly one bumps up against the limitations of their gear. If this weren't the case, every member of this list will still be using a K1000 and 50mm f2 lens. All John was saying was that people who buy DSLR's don't buy more of the expensive, better cameras than the less expensive more modest ones. Gee, what a genius! And more people drive Fords than BMW's. And how this had anything to do with my original comment about a FF camera being a better idea than the 645D is f'ing beyond me. He was just being contrarian. Again, wise? Hardly. -Brendan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
