"F. Craig Callahan" wrote:
>
> Most of the things you want or don't want appear to be part of the physical
> construction (ECF, adjustable diopter) which can't be added by reprogramming the
> firmware. I'm not bothered by having a few "useless" features on my camera--better
> to have a few things I don't use than lack something I would; and I don't really
> understand all the griping about the 3 having "too much stuff" since no one is
> *forced* to use any of it. If Canon or any other manufacturer made bodies with
> lots of different configurations of features, we'd have the 1v, 1vv, 1vxl, 3, 3b,
> 3dfx, 30, 33, 330, 333, 3000, 3003, 3333, 33333, X-15--and they'd all cost more
> than the actual models do now.
>
> You know, on the FD list there's a lot of trashing of EOS gear by folks who have
> never used it, due to its supposed fragility, poor build quality, electronics, and
> "too many features," and it is pretty unattractive--I hope we can avoid that kind
> of thing on this list. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> fcc
> I'm not trying to trash anyone else's wants or needs, I'm sorry if it came across
>that way. I have used, breifly, some of the features of which I speak, and I don't
>see the need for them with what I do. If you do, then fine, that's my point. I
>don't want to pay for features I won't use, but I want a camera that does include the
>features I do want. Presently, I can pay in the neighborhood of $500 for a camera
>without ECF, but also with out a spot meter, the Elan 7, or I can pay in the
>neighborhood of $800 for a camera with a spot meter, but also with ECF, which I don't
>want. I'm not "forced" to use features I don't want, but I am forced to pay for them
>in order to get other features I do want. I don't have to buy a Cadillac to get
>leather seats and air conditioning, I can get them in a Chevrolet. OTOH, if I don't
>want leather seats, I don't have to order on the Chevy, but I do have to take them on
>the Cadillac. If want them, you can get them.
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