> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Meyer > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 6:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Re: EOS 70-200 IS effective range > > > > --- David Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > As a side note, I was at my local camera store > > yesterday to drop off film > > for processing, and listened to some x-mas shopper > > conversations with sales > > people at the "digital" counter. Teen-ager and her > > father were looking at a > > Digital Rebel and 18-55 lens. Neither seemed to > > know much about > > photography, and they were looking at a camera for > > her to take to college > > next year. Girl & father couldn't understand why, > > for $500 more, the Digital > > Rebel could not 1) show image on LCD for framing a > > shot like digital P&S > > cameras and 2) make video clips like a digital P&S. > > Frankly, neither do I. Canon has shutter technology > that will hold the shutter open and mirror up using no > battery power. While building the capability to do > that into the Rebel might cause it to exceed the price > point, it should be a part of the 10d and higher > bodies, along with a pivoting LCD like the G2, G3 and > G5 have. Imagine how nice it would be to frame low > angle shots from above, on an LCD screen aimed up the > photographer. > > I don't care about video clips, but the same shutter > technology would make that fairly easy, too. > > ===== > Bob Meyer >
Hi Bob, That's what $200 3MP point and shoot digitals are for! Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
