On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Herb Chong wrote:
then the camera. if you pay attention to what Frank posts, you'll see that
sharpness isn't especially important. neither is high resolution since he
doesn't go beyond 8x10 often. he can get a more than adequate camera that
will take 80% of the shots he shows by looking for a used 4 megapixel P&S
camera set to B&W mode. that's assuming that he doesn't have a friend looking
to upgrade and letting him have their old one for next to nothing. if Frank
really were interested in getting into digital, he could do it for about
mostly likely no more than $150, $250 at the outside if he has to buy another
computer, and at close to the same quality he shoots today. that camera would
cover about 80% of his shooting that he shows us, all except the indoor
shots.
So, you are suggesting dumping the features of his DSLR system and
his Leica in favour of low-res, small-and-crappy sensor, single-lens
piece of crap. You may want to ask yourself "why does he not use
single-use cameras, or even Pentax-110?". No, it's not cost.
nonsensical figure and you swallowed it all. next thing i know, the lot of
you will cheer Frank's heroic sacrifice for refusing to save up for a car
because he'll never afford $100K for a decent BMW.
His heroic sacrifice is not giving up his old, usable Jaguar for a new
Trabant[1].
And mine too.
But the backlash you got, you thoroughly earned. This wording below
is unacceptable, irrespective of the point you want to put through:
if that is a hardship, should you be shooting anything?
Kostas
[1] Conscious choice not to denigrate an existing, low-cost marque.
