Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> The "Rebel Flash People"* are the ones you'll see in the stands at the
>> Olympic games, using flash to get shots of athletes on the track 200
>> yards away.
>
>The Canon does not sell the Rebel in Greece; it's the 300D, I guess
>:-) And I don't think many fork out the serious money it costs out
>there. 

That's OK, there will be plenty of American and Japanese tourists
carrying them ;-)
(Actually, in Japan it's called the "Kiss D", isn't it? So at least
"ist" isn't *the* most embarrassing camera name in the world!)

>My (limited) experience is that people (ab)use digi and film P&S,
>complete with flash, in stadia this side of the pond.

It's a world-wide phenomenon!

-- 
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

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