Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 07:35:02 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Digital cameras (was [LIB] New Website
>Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 09:24:56 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Digital cameras (was [LIB] New Website > http://www.libretto.d2g.com) > > >> 3) No fast lens to speak of. Except for digital SLRs and the Olympus >>digicams with f/1.8 lenses, all other digicams have such slow lenses that >>there's really no point in adjusting Aper. Of course, because they're >>digital >>image, background blur is easily done later in a paint program. > >OK you got me curious ... why is the LACK of a fast lens an advantage? > > >> 4) No features = forces you to think harder and compose better. Can't >>get >>lazy by blurring a messy background out with a more sophisticated model. > >Why would adjusting aperture to cause the background to blur out be classed >as 'lazy'? I thought you'd want to have as much flexibility as you could >... > > >Whilst we're on the topic ... anyone got any opinions on the cheaper >digital cameras? Specifically the Olympus C-200 (the D-510 for you >NTSC'ers) and the Minolta Dimage X (that really tiny, thin one)? Heh. Me not fussy, me just want digital back for Olympus OM-1n. Or preferably, for MPP 4*5 plate camera. With resolution at 3000lpi or better. For under a couple of hundred quids. Thank you. Oh, have I pontificated on this before? Hmm, yes I think I have. Never mind, I'll be quiet now :) Neil _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
