----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: RE: 4MP Point and shoots
> Does the frase "Point and Shoot" make sence anymore, in the age of > digital/acomputerrized photography? > To me it seems that even small, easy to handle 2-4 MP cameras have more > adjustable funtions than most professional cameras of the seventies or > eighties. I guess a small 2MP camera can be more adjsutable than a Pentax > MX! > > At the same time most SLR's and DSLR's can be used as a Point & Shoot > camera. Most point and shoots of the 80s, starting with the Zoom 70, had more features than most of the SLR cameras out there. The term is a useful one, not to determine a feature set, but to determine a camera type, in this case, a fixed lens rangefinder variety. William Robb
