Okay: I went out last week and purchased an A75. Based on the reviews I'd read it seemed like a good compromise to get me in to digital photography without breaking the bank. Then on Saturday I tried some macro work of the new spring buds. I learned two things about the A75, and I guess low end digitals: they're bad, and they're bad. 1) Focusing was a real issue, the camera could not sense the objects I was trying to shoot and kept focusing on the background. 2) Forget the viefinder, totally useless, and no data. And the LCD was unreadable in bright light (although I thought at the time it was good).
So I took it back right away, and I was going to get the S1-IS, but settled for the G5. Now that is a great machine. The reviews just don't do it justice, it is just an awsome camera. (Don't plan to use the viewfinder, useless on this model also), but the LCD is great. It seems a little smaller than the A75's but significantly better resolution, and much higher brightness. So, with my digital appetite satisfied for now, (I really wanted a 10D with the 1.6x factor, but I also wanted a swing-out/flip-out LCD, and a better price), time will tell what my split use ration will be between the G5 and the eLAN IIe. Which brings me to my main subject: I have been using print film Kodak Max (because of price, mainly) which I take to Walmart for developing, (develop only, do not cut). I then use my Pacific Image 1800 film scanner to scan the film on to CD's then I index them with Adobe Photo Album. I've had a problem with developing in that some rolls exhibit streaks along the travel axes of the film. I originally thought it was the development process (I went to Walmart because I know the developer, and he is very careful), but I still get streaks. I was just reading somewhere about that very issue being cause by the film and I'm thinking it might not be the development process, but the film instead. The normal artifacts I see in the digitized photos seem to be dust or little scratches a few mm. in size, but occasionally I get the streaks, which span two or three photos. The streaks seem to occur on some film rolls, but not on others. I've also been told I should be using slide film because it's better, but I can't seem to understand why. If anything, it seems slide film will be worse for me (rank amateur) because I hear tell it is less tolerant of exposure. I was ready to order some film from B&H, and I thought I would get some proffessional opinions as to which way to go, print or slide. And if you'd care to chime in on any of the other subjects I've brought up, please do, I'd appreciate the comments. Thanks Tas Papadopoulos * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
