Adam, My point wasn't anything to do with performance (and you already know that I find the reviewers online to be complete jerks in that respect). Only the pigeonholing that equipment junkies seem to love to do.
If you don't think that the D300 and E-3 are professional quality bodies, well, that's you're opinion. They certainly seem that way to me, regardless of what Nikon and Olympus have to say about it, based on their build and performance. The E-1 is another pro class body, albeit an old one with somewhat lower feature load and resolution spec. The A700 body I picked up at the store the other day doesn't feel like a pro-class body at all, imo. It may produce photos like one and have similar features ... just as the K10D does ... but as far as I can see these two are advanced amateur bodies. The Canon 40D I've been totally uninterested in so I haven't even looked at it. And of course the quality of the photos all of them make is more dependent on who's pushing the button than any review tester's spec sheet. G On Jan 23, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > Might also have something to do with the E-3 being generally > outperformed by the 40D and A700, which both deliver superior High ISO > performance, as good or better AF and 5-6 fps. The E-3 is comparable > to these 'semi-pro' bodies, not the D300 it's priced against (which > stomps the E-3 in pretty much every regard except for sealing in-body > IS). Oly can say what it wants but the E-3's real competition is the > so-called 'Semi-Pro' bodies at the $1300 pricepoint. > > -Adam > > On 1/23/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> LOL ... At least two reviews have relegated the Olympus E-3 to being >> a "semi-pro" or "advanced amateur" status camera already simply >> because it *only* supports 5 fps capture speed. "hey man, if you >> haven't got 9, you're a wuss." >> >> I think reviewers and equipment junkies today are idiots. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
