> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex Z > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 3:45 AM > To: EOS mailing list > Subject: Fwd: Re: EOS-3 AF sensors sensitivity > <<SNIPPED>> > > Yeah Tim, I feel the truth in your words. > Generally no compliants about my system (probaly except it is yet 1V, > but in some future... hopefully near future.. :-) > Lens technology was actually my main turning point and you put it > here > right way. As about matching the EOS-3, M9 (and M7) actually override > the EOS-3 (and presumably 1V) in the field I was reffering to, > however > probaly the best overall system compromise is still offered by Canon. > Yeah, I also miss MML, however, on my last few times visiting there > noticed many of our old friends left or just stopped to show up there > and most of the Listeners theer are new faces now (at least for me). > Moreover, I was getting a few nasty messages from a few listeners as > about my right of posting to MML while switching over... > Besides of that, the Digital/non Digital, Minolta vs Canon pointless > threads took over entire bandwidth there... > Since then I do not show up there... > > Alex >
Hi Alex, I've said and posted this many time before, IMO (uh oh, I'm really going out on a limb here), once the decision to build a 35mm or 35mm sized SLR system is reached you need to find a camera system that can meet as many of your shooting requirements as possible. One of the primary features of any SLR system (or camera system with interchangeable lenses), is of course the lens system. If you do the research on the complete lens systems for each of the major SLR makers and consider what will be needed for the majority of your shooting you can narrow down the choices pretty quickly. Take the few remaining brands and pick a body with the features you want and what your head can wrap itself around operationally and you are going to be down to just 2 or 3 brands. Then consider if you will occasionally need to travel to shoot, what makes are widely offered for hire for that occasional lens that you don't own but need for a shoot and/or the occasional extra body and your choices will be down to 2 makes. All of this is assuming you are a working pro or a very serious or very wacky amateur shooter. This is one reason why the vast majority of working pros and serious (and otherwise), amateurs use Canon or Nikon SLR gear. The other reason is advertising of course. 8^) Anything else is as you say a pointless discussion as to which is "best." It was Canon's lens system that brought me to the EOS system and Canon's engineering lead and willingness to explore technology across the lens spectrum in the compact SLR format is what keeps me here. I was at one point a Nikon user long ago and soon after a Minolta user for many of the same reasons but Nikon long ago slipped to a distant second and sadly seem all too comfortable in that spot. Minolta I just don't understand, they have the technology and manufacturing capabilities but just don't seem interested any more. Sigh. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
