I meant to write"lower grained/higher resolution film". On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > Granted, the older DSLR's likely still work and mine do also. And for > those applications where more MP are not necessary they are certainly > still useful. My son just had a short part-time opportunity doing > real estate inspections, and it made sense to use the lowest > resolution setting on the camera because the photos were only going to > be on a website for a short while and upload speed was important. > > But when it comes to purchasing a digital camera for personal use I > think most of us tend to purchase the best that we can afford at the > present time. > > We used to get relatively frequent improvement by switching to a new > higher grained film, or a better lens, and moving to a different > format was a gigantic leap. > > In a business setting an older outdated camera can see plenty of use, > just like other assets may. But in a personal setting, if I'm going > to make the effort to go out and photograph and carry all the gear, > it's my best camera and lenses I'm reaching for. > > Tom > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Desjardins, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have an *istD sitting right behind me in my office at work. It's the >> official dept. camera. We will continue to use it until it breaks. We just >> don't' need more MP or AF speed. Eventually, I think that more cameras will >> be like that. $2000 or less, 32 MP, acceptable AF speed. Shoot RAW, let >> the PC do the processing. You could have a camera like that for 10 years >> before upgrading, maybe longer, just like a film camera. >> >> How long do you think the new Leica M9 will be in service before in ends up >> in Technotrash? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Malcolm Smith >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 4:58 AM >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' >> Subject: RE: DPR review of K-7 >> >>> Tom C wrote: >> >>> Not being argumentative, just thinking out loud and thinking that >>> because of the short life cycle of digital products, maybe our >>> parameters for measuring them should also be changing. >> >> Before the introduction of the *ist D, this was discussed at length and from >> memory, most of the things that were written then have come to pass. >> >> At the time, the biggest issues I had about digital SLRs, were the cost, >> durability and how quickly it would become obsolete and worthless. I've been >> pretty much found wrong on all of these points, although the most difficult >> thing (that I still struggle with at times) is the mindset of film v digital >> cameras. When you have had a camera 20+ years and the only thing you use is >> film, it is hard to see the camera itself as a consumable, and I agree with >> your comment above. >> >> Anyway, the cost issue, is pretty much the same investment as a film camera, >> with the same pros and cons on choice. Durability has been a great surprise, >> and the original *ist D still goes strong and the only times it has played >> up a little has been when on low battery power. And although some years back >> we discussed the fact that these cameras would quickly date and be replaced >> - which has happened - they are certainly worth something some years on, and >> not the dispose of nil value I had imagined. Once you throw the reduction of >> film costs and processing in, mine paid for itself years ago. >> >> I always intended to get the 'next but one' replacement - what turned out to >> be the K20D, but events always stopped that from happening and so a K-7 is >> on order. From my position as a current *ist D owner, that represents a >> great leap forward, and I now have the confidence that it will last me until >> the 'next but one' replacement for this, whatever that may be. >> >> Malcolm >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >
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