John your argument below, while valid, is from the photographers perspective.
I know lots of people who own D/SLR's and only have one lens. They simply got caught up in the "Pro's use SLR's, ergo SLR's must take better pictures" mindset, bought one with a cheap Sigma zoom & use it like a P&S camera at parties. Hell, for the first 3 years of my Pentax ownership I had just one lens FA 28-105mm f4-5.6 PZ. Although that had more to do with being a student who couldn't afford the lenses I wanted. I show my photos now and again to people with no interest in photography, and the most common comment I get is, "WOW, you must have a really good camera". That makes me want to scream "I had something to do with it too you know", but I just nod and say "It's alright" I think you have to understand there are a lot of people out there with too much cash, not enough understanding of photography & some very capable salespeople. Cheers, Dave On 12/16/06, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If someone is going to buy a DSLR, but it's NOT > to use multiple lenses, WHY would they buy > a DSLR in the first place? The only answer I > can think of is for better image quality and > you are not going to get that from a cheap > supernormal zoom lens. They would be much better > served buying a high end P&S cemera with a really > good lens on it ( even over a DSLR with a really > good supernormal lens on it) because > it would be smaller, lighter, and can have a lens > system optimized for the sensor without the limitations > a reflex system imposes IMHO. To me, the main advantage > of an SLR/DSLR is the ability to change lenses > to meet the specific requirement. And I dont believe > that a supernormal zoom can meet 99% of a typical > person's shooting needs. A majority, maybe yes, but 99% NO. > And your example of using three primes is not the same > as one zoom because primes typically offer way better image > quality than cheap zooms do, as well as tyically being > smaller and faster than supernormal zooms of the same range. > jco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
