advice on switching from 35 mm SLR to digital please

Hi Mark

I cannot answer from a DSLR point of view but IMHO from a P&S compact point
of view I summarise by one word Fantastic!

There again, I prefer digital processing anyway and am not too frightened by
computers.

Bear in mind that a 35mm SLR approach has film, camera, lenses, chemical
processing, printing & software as does DSLR bit with digital processing as
opposed to chemical & darkroom stuff Luckily enough the software seems to
work on both 35mm & DSLR once the film based media have been scanned in to a
computer :-)

das B

"Mark Panszky" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I am an amateur (intermediate?) photographer considering trading in my
35 mm SLR to a digital camera.

I currently have a Minolta Maxxum 550si with a 28-200 mm Tamron lense
and I am considering buying the Minolta Dimage A-2.

I use my camera for taking mostly outdoor, landscape photographs (some
nightshots) while travelling. I like the versatility of a 28-200 mm
lense, I have 4x6 prints developped with the occasional 8x6 blowups. I
can't really afford a DSLR but I've read some good reviews about the
Dimage A-2.

Some of my reasons for going digital a
- being able to take more pictures without the extra cost,
- being able to delete images and have prints done from the frames I want
- being able to take short video clips
- better manage my pictures
- limited "life" of printouts and negatives

My question is whether a 4x6 or 8x10 print made with the A-2 would match
the quality of a printout made with my SLR. Also I wonder what the
quality of the video and sound is of the video clips taken with the A-2.
(Is there perhaps a site where I could view some movieclips?

Please also write to my e-mail address, I cannot always access the groups.

Thanks,

Mark