On 21 Aug 2002 at 16:53, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > WHEN CONSIDERING A CURRENT DSLR > DONT FORGET ABOUT : > > 1. EXPENSIVE 1GB OR GREATER HARD DRIVE (OR TWO) > --FRAGILE TOO
The drives are coming down in price as are the memory cards, FWIW there is now a Compact Flash card at 1GB > 2. MULTIPLE EXPENSIVE BATTERIES THAT DONT LAST > AND ARE HARD TO FIND ESPECIALLY A FEW YEARS > AFTER BUYING THE CAMERA. YOULL NEED PLENTY TOO My Oly E-10 DSLR uses regular AA NiMH > 3. ULTRA EXPENSIVE WIDE ANGLES NEEDED TO MAKE UP FOR > THE LESS THAN FULL FRAME SENSORS Integrated lens on the Oly but I appreciate your point > 4. OVERALL COMPLEXITY WHICH MAKES IT FAR LESS > RELIABLE IN THE LONG RUN COMPARED TO A > SPOTMATIC FOR EXAMPLE Can't tell how reliable mine is yet, but it hasn't been babied and it's still going strong. > 5. SPOTTY AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR FACILITIES > LOCAL SHOPS PROLLY WONT TOUCH THEM Local Oly distributors will handle mine directly > 6. VERY FAST DEPRECIATION DUE TO NEW MODELS > COMING OUT EVERY SIX MONTHS THAT OUTSPEC THEM. Not so in the case of the E-10 Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
