On 9 Sep 2005 at 7:36, Bob Talbot wrote:
> > The EF-S 17-85mm IS would seem to be close to your dream?
>
> What I can't predict now is "what's the future of the EF-S format?"
>
> If "consumer" - by which I mean $1000 - full frame SLR's have become
> available in the wake of the "5" a few things could happen. Certainly,
> die-hards like me (who don't like being TOLD I don't need full frame
> (customer is always right and all that) might now make the switch.
>
> People (customers - including the olf die-hards) could suddenly
> realise the advantages of a smaller format and the "full frame age" be
> relatively short lived. Smaller sensors = lighter cameras. That's a
> long way up there. I don't think even Canon can predict which
> evolutionary fork will prevail. Maybe we'll all just abandon SLRs and
> buy phones insted?
If even high-end digi-compacts fail miserably in providing any wider
angle than a 28mm-equivalent, then it will be a cold day in hell
before even a phone could do any better.
Even an old DCS3 with 14mm Sigma can't be beat by anything more
compact, no matter how many more pixels it has....
> I do find it hard to believe both will survive side by side for ever
> more ...
>
> Come to think of it, there's something distinctly unpleasant about
> walking round a zoo with two house bricks hanging from a strap round
> your neck ...
It's even more unpleasant to have a too small angle of view!....:))
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Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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