--- Klaus Schleicher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Susan, > > Susan Luten wrote: > > First Question: You are a serios amateur, did you > belive to miss the > possibility to change your lenses? > > > > > 1. Should I upgrade from my IIe to a 7e? The > assessment of the 7e in > > the archives seems to be either neutral to > negative. Is there any good > > reason to go to the 7e?
The question to ask yourself is, why? Is there some specific feature or capability you find lacking in the IIe that the 7e offers? For example, if you frequently find only 3 AF points a limitation, then consider upgrading. But if the IIe suits your needs fine, then save the money, or spend it on a lens, or on film and processing, or maybe a photo class. > > > > 2. As a first digital camera, the powershot G3 > looks very attractive, > > and, of course, $1300 less than the D60. Is the > D60 worth the extra > > money at this point? > > You will do some macro work? Then the G3 will be not > the best solution. > With the G3 you have the parallax error. The view > finder shows another > image than the display. This will get worse, if you > minimize the > distance. As a second point is the great depth of > field rang from > digital cameras. Here you have the problem to blur > the background and to > isolate the object. Umm, actually, if you're shooting macro you would probaby use the LCD panel to compose, and there's no parallex at all. Again, ask yourself what you plan on using the digital for. The D60 has a much larger sensor, which leads to significantly better image quality, even though the G3 has more pixels. And the CMOS sensor in the D60 also seems to offer significantly better color smoothness and accuracy. And, of course, the D60 uses your existing lenses, which is a plus for telephoto work, but maybe not for wide angle work. The G3 has, I suspect, a much longer shutter release lag than the D60, which could be a serious problem if you're going to use it to shoot action. But it is, as you say, much cheaper, as well as smaller and lighter. If you plan to use it primarily for snapshots, the G3 is probably a better choice. As always, there's no simple answer. It all depends on what YOU are going to do with it. ===== Bob Meyer I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger... http://www.meyerweb.net/epson __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
