>> That is always what gets me about digital photography and why >> I am always tempted to get one, but haven't done so yet: "I >> think for the price it's a good camera." The problem is that >> the price is as much as (if not more than) an elan 7 with a >> Canon 28-105 zoom. One of the reasons I picked the SLR in >> the first place was better responsiveness, and I am not sure >> if I want to give that up, even for just a backup camera >> (much less a backup camera that costs more than my main camera).
Actually the two things I find attractive about digital are (in order of importance for me) real time feedback (I can experiment on the fly and see it/discard it/fix it immediately); and processing costs (my trip to the UK will set me back way over $150 in processing for example.) I will eventually go entirely digital for colour work and stick with film for B&W since I enjoy darkroom work and find the printing aspect in particular very rewarding. Once SLRs like the D30 get to reasonable prices (and they surely will eventually) I will certainly go that route. In the mean time a G2 or something equivalent might be fun! That being said it makes no sense for me to go with a digital camera that doesn't at least have some pro features like spot metering and exposure flexibility. A cheap P&S digital camera that didn't allow for some user flexibility would not allow me to grow and learn - which is one of the things I hope to achieve (infra red experiments, filter experiments, etc.) Cheers Steve Hilmy -- --- Steven Campbell Hilmy I c � r � � � * � n � ---� Washington DC * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
