On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mark Roberts <msrobert...@ysu.edu> wrote: > > The Sigma DP2 has a 24mm f/2.8 prime (roughly the angle of view of 50mm on > > FF) and you can get an accessory optical viewfinder. > > > > The camera is about $650.00, though. Not available yet, but should be very > > soon. Amazon is accepting pre-orders: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001W3429E?ie=UTF8&tag=cmrmrs-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001W3429E > > It sure looks nice, but it falls well outside my "inexpensive" > requirement. I basically want the digital equivalent of a Canonet. > It doesn't appear to exist. And if it did it would probably cost at > least as much as the DP2. Grr. > > This really sucks. I just want something simple that I can pull up to > my eye and then throw the photos out on the web when I get home. But > all I see is chimp-approved plastic junk with smile recognition. WTF > happened to cameras? Am I the only person in the whole wide world > that doesn't want a zillion worthless features at the expense of > something functional?
Most of those features are purely software, so don't add anything to production cost. Each one of them is useful to somebody that might not buy the camera if it didn't have it. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
