From: "S. C. ''3:55:56'' Hilmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 5:57 AM Subject: RE: EOS Going digital - G2?
> > >> 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 I was looking for not very expensive digital camera and finally bought CASIO QV 4000, 4.13MP, Canon zoom lens (probably the same as G2), TIFF and JPG, Flash Card or IBM Microdrive, pictures come out perfect, camera is compact, power consumption acceptable, evaluative, partial and spot metering, nine focus points plus macro and infinity, full manual mode, panorama and up to 30s video. Canon G2 and Olympus E10 were both more expensive. Sufficient to start with digital photography. Why I decided to buy such compact camera ? Because I saw prices of new Canon digital SLR's ;o(( Bye, Rafal * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
