On 16/05/07, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DP Review's tests work fine for people who buy the camera body with the > tested lens, and who never buy another lens. In other words, people who > don't take advantage of the single most important characteristic of an SLR > camera. > > In addition to that, the camera buyer must never change the default > settings, and never use RAW. > > If you're happy with that approach, fine. For me, it's completely > useless. One might as well buy a simple p&s camera.
The vast majority of DSLR users behave in exactly the way that you describe above though now I suspect more do own a second lens (mainly because of the lens kit deals) than they used to do in the height of the film SLR era. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

