I have to second that. For my anniversary last December, my wife got me a
Nikon Coolpix 990. When I opened it I looked at her and said "Do you know
what this is?" In my mind I was thinking, "Why did you get me one of these?
I have no interest in it." After playing around for a bit, I discovered,
much like Mike, that I can take great shots with this thing. The quality is
not like a typical P&S - soft. It is sharp and the colors are pretty
accurate. Well, 2000 images later I can attest to the fact that it is a
very useful medium. My wife almost never uses her ZX-10 now. It has not
replaced my film cameras at all, but it certainly has supplemented them. It
has all the basic problems of a P&S (Slow AF, delay on shutter firing,
single lens), but the image quality is far better than all our previous
P&S's. We can also tell instantly if the shot was screwed up or not and get
another.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: Slides vs. digital
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>
> How many of you who are railing against digital have actually TRIED
digital?
> I mean recently, and in a way that gives it a fair chance?
>
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> Now, I'm probably as pigheaded a film-snob as you could hope to find. I've
> been shooting Tri-X through thick and thin. But I've got to say, folks,
that
> for anybody who likes pictures and taking pictures and looking at
pictures,
> this digital stuff is as close to a kid in a candy shop as photography
gets.
> It's an absolute BLAST.
>
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