Re: 5 Mpixel price breakthough

[Leonard Paris]

One of the really big reasons is the ability to catch "the decisive moment" 
with the DSLR.  So far, point and shoots do not have that ability.  The time 
delay between shutter button press and actual capture in the P&S makes it 
much more difficult to capture that decisive moment.

Len
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Subject: Re: 5 Mpixel price breakthough
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:47:08 -0600 (CST)
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, J. C. O'Connell wrote:

> I just saw on TV that gateway has a 5Mpixel
> digital P&S for $249.99
>
> I think 35mm film's days are really numbered.
>
> Why does a DSLR cost $1250.00 more WITHOUT
> a lens???
Apples and Oranges.  Why does a pro SLR cost so much more than a film
point-and-shoot?  The sensor size is the same (35mm film), right?
Much of the answer is the LENS part.
I think it's interesting that Canon is using a big print apparently made
from the 300D DSLR as a sales technique.  It looks like Cibachrome or
something, which is a bit of a cheat in and of itself.
However, it's rather like using a picture taken by a pro on Fuji Velvia
with some $1500 lens on a Canon film Rebel and saying "look, this camera
takes great pictures"!
DJE

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