at a dinner party a few months back, a friend asked me what DSLR he should
get to replace his dead digital P&S. he's not an avid photographer, just a
recorder of family events. he has been tired of the slow response of P&S
cameras while they focus and do other things.
being an engineer, he asked me a few technical questions. among them - "are
Nikon and Canon still the major players?" so far, yes, and unlikely to
change anytime soon. so i ask if he would consider other brands. he says no.
at the entry level, to a person getting their first DSLR, the brands are
close enough to the same with respect to image quality, feel, operability,
reliability, and performance that differences in these were irrelevant.
what mattered to him most was support. what is the likelihood of the camera
vendor being around a long time and updating their equipment with bug fixes
or repairs? what is the likelihood that after a long time, the vendor is
going to be around so that when his new camera wears out, he can get a new
body and everything else works at least as well as it used to? to him, he's
spending a lot of money on something that he uses occasionally. long term
support on a piece of camera equipment that would go obsolete fairly quickly
mattered a lot to him. Pentax, Olympus, and KM were not in the running.
Herb...
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From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side
You *DO* have an existing collection of lenses that work on the Pentax
mount however, whereas he does not.
The new 8MP Rebel acutally felt pretty nice in the hand, much like an *ist
D, very unlike the original Rebel D.
