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Adoration of cameras
"Robert Coe" wrote in message
... [] So what do you make of me, a three-time Nikon owner in film days who bought a Canon when I went digital because my daughter liked her Canon P&S? Judas If you bought without handling both Canon and Nikon DSLRs then you may have made the wrong choice. The feel and ease-of-use of a camera is rather important, and somewhat different between Nikon and Canon. You also may have lost the investment you made in Nikon lenses. David |
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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:43:40 -0500, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote: ..... That's exactly my point. Shoot what you want. It's the output that matters. If you're producing the images you want to produce, the hardware is irrelevant. I totally agree. |
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On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:18:54 GMT, "David J Taylor"
wrote: : "Robert Coe" wrote in message : ... : [] : So what do you make of me, a three-time Nikon owner in film days who : bought a Canon when I went digital because my daughter liked her : Canon P&S? : : Judas : : If you bought without handling both Canon and Nikon DSLRs then you may : have made the wrong choice. The feel and ease-of-use of a camera is : rather important, and somewhat different between Nikon and Canon. You : also may have lost the investment you made in Nikon lenses. I'm afraid Martha and I blundered into digital photography fairly cluelessly. Our daughter liked her S-50, so I got one of those for Martha and a G-5 for myself. Those were OK cameras for their time, and digital SLRs were still pretty expensive. But after a while the shutter lag nearly drove us nuts, especially when we tried to photograph our grandchildren. Martha got so frustrated that she almost went back to her film Nikkormat. So I bought us each an XTi (400D). At that point my main reason for sticking with Canon was that the features and controls on their DSLRs were very similar to those on their P&Ses, so I thought we might have less to re-learn. All our Nikon lenses were manual primes, so they wouldn't have been useful in any case. Bob |
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"Robert Coe" wrote in message ... [] I'm afraid Martha and I blundered into digital photography fairly cluelessly. Our daughter liked her S-50, so I got one of those for Martha and a G-5 for myself. Those were OK cameras for their time, and digital SLRs were still pretty expensive. But after a while the shutter lag nearly drove us nuts, especially when we tried to photograph our grandchildren. Martha got so frustrated that she almost went back to her film Nikkormat. Can't have that, can we? G So I bought us each an XTi (400D). At that point my main reason for sticking with Canon was that the features and controls on their DSLRs were very similar to those on their P&Ses, so I thought we might have less to re-learn. All our Nikon lenses were manual primes, so they wouldn't have been useful in any case. Bob I sold my Nikon film SLR stuff some time back - some zooms but not very good auto-focus, and nothing like the quality of today's zooms. I had got fed up with dragging round a fairly heavy camera and multiple lenses. Now I have the compact and light Nikon DSLR (D5000) and I can take just the 18-200mm zoom if I want a simple outfit. I can appreciate that having a familiar control set is important, and I guess I probably had that between the DSLR I bought and the Nikon compact cameras I had owned (lately the Nikon 8400 with its 24-85mm zoom). I wouldn't call it clueless at all, but a quite natural progression. Cheers, David |
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On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:34:16 -0500, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote: .... I agree. I am also sad to say I am not a talented photographer. I am fairly well skilled, but most of my skill set goes back to a different context (I worked with 20X24 to 2¼ equipment) I and just over snapshoot shooter with modern equipment. In reality, it doesn't matter your level of performance. If you're getting the results you want, and you're enjoying the process, you'll improve to the level you wish to pursue. Exactly! I have been able to keep my skills to a level I am happy with. I have many interest so photography has to share my attention with other persuits. |
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