----- Original Message ----- From: Willem-Jan Markerink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:16 AM Subject: Re: Analogue Pro and Semi-Pro Cameras: The end (WAS: EOS Rumours on D80)
> On 20 Jan 2003 at 15:20, Hugo Lopes wrote: > snip > > Quite sad, since even the cheapest cellular phone outranks any camera > on the market in night-time ergonomy, with illuminated buttons. > The 1v is hence still far from perfect (don't like the data-imprint > concept either, it should be along each frame), and hence analog > photographers (there is no digi-equivalent of infrared, both b/w & > color) will be left in the dark forever, if there won't be a next > analog EOS.... Hi Willem The sad truth I believe about this subject, is that the features you've described could easily have been incorporated into Canon's pro and semi-pro range of cameras, several years ago. However I guess that at least some were held back so as to be available should Canon need extra features for a new model. I could add my own, such as in-viewfinder confirmation of sufficient flash exposure - available on my X700 from its inception in ~1982. (Note that I didn't write "correct flash exposure"!) Minolta's user-friendly rear panel on their Dynax 7 was also a step in the right direction - I carry an A4 sheet listing the CFs on my EOS3 and 550EX as the supplied memo sticker is too subtle for me. Afraid I don't change them often enough to get to know them, and does anybody remember the interactions between CF4 & CF11? (Hope I've remembered that pair correctly!) I suspect that some of Canon's problem was connected with a corporate not-invented-here syndrome. Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
