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Old November 16th 07, 04:38 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems,rec.photo.digital.zlr
Serge Desplanques
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Default DSLR vs P&S a replay of Film vs Digital?

On 2007-11-15 20:34:46 -0700, Wolfgang Weisselberg
said:
What about lens qualities, like flatness of field, vignetting,
resolution, CA, and all the myriad things that can make an image
less than appealing? Especially in soupzooms like the one you
describe such things are prevalent --- even in really goood ones
(for the class).

think of the optics in the kit as a toolbox...one kind of craftsman has
a collection of well-used implements, many of which have value only to
him, while another takes extreme pride in an elegant satin-lined fitted
case containing top-of-the line items which look brand new, a third
exhibits an attitude which looks a lot like reverse snobbery: tools
filthy, dinged, tape & stickers plastered on the sides, etc....I'm not
arguing with Wolfgang here, BTW, but offering my own celebration of the
interchangeable lens mount...I really enjoy experimenting with
different lenses...the other type--the one who wants a do-everything
fixed-lens gadget, that looks like a futuristic weapon from a PS3
game--has a totally different approach, but why must it always be "us
against them"?

The DSLR will have about the same fondness in 15 years as we do when looking
back on the flash-cube Instamatic from the late 60's with all its inherent
faults, drawbacks, and limitations. The phrase "I can't believe we put up with
those DSLRs back then," will be commonly heard.


Sure, and you will be crowned "King of the World".

when the D3s and the lenses coming out contemporaneously are being cast
off, I'll be glad to tinker with them
--
"Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know."