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"Your money is better spent on an SLR". Is it?
http://digitalcameraguide.blogspot.com/ says:
"If you want a top-of-the-line camera with TONS of features, awesome lenses, amazing resolution, super-sharp sensors, and no compromises made, AND if you don't want to learn how to use an SLR... then one of these super-expensive cameras is for you. But your money WOULD be better spent on an SLR, which is why the Canon Digital Rebel did sneak into this guide." I guess you have to read the whole Web page (or at least the introduction) to put this quote in its proper context, and indeed the whole page looks interesting and well written (although I've only skipped through it myself). I must confess that I don't agree with the statement, though. Whilst SLRs do have capabilities that are different to non-SLRs, I don't think that choosing a lighter, more compact camera that doesn't require an expensive bag-full of lenses and accessories to make it work to its fullest extent, is a worse way to spend your money. I would suspect that it takes just as much effort to learn how to use a top-range non-SLR as it would to learn how to use an SLR - after all many of the items you need to learn are the same. Just my opinion, of course! Thanks, BNM, for the write-up. Cheers, David |
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"David J Taylor" wrote in
: I must confess that I don't agree with the statement, though. Whilst SLRs do have capabilities that are different to non-SLRs, I don't think that choosing a lighter, more compact camera that doesn't require an expensive I think he's coming from the "awesome lenses, amazing resolution, and super-sharp sensors" perspective. He didn't mention lighter and more compact as desirable traits. Bob |
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"David J Taylor" wrote in
: I must confess that I don't agree with the statement, though. Whilst SLRs do have capabilities that are different to non-SLRs, I don't think that choosing a lighter, more compact camera that doesn't require an expensive I think he's coming from the "awesome lenses, amazing resolution, and super-sharp sensors" perspective. He didn't mention lighter and more compact as desirable traits. Bob |
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"David J Taylor" writes:
I must confess that I don't agree with the statement, though. It's not universal that's for sure. For the money, for doing available light and snapshot work, you can do a lot better with a P/S 4Mp digicam that comes with a nice f/2.0 lens (my Canon G2 comes to mind) than you can with my digital Rebel and it's kit lens which is several stops slower, and hence not as well tuned to available light photography. There are scenes my G2 shoots much better than my Rebel. To get an f/2.0 zoom on my Rebel would cost me a ****load while, it's already there on my G2 that I paid $300 or so for. The big selling points of an SLR are the optical viewfinder and the focusing assurances you get from that, a marked reduction in shutter lag, interchangeable lenses (though this adds cost to take advantage of), and (in comparison to many P/S's that lack hotshoes, the ability to step up to a real flash unit. Best Regards, -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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Bruce Graham writes:
In article , says... For the money, for doing available light and snapshot work, you can do a lot better with a P/S 4Mp digicam that comes with a nice f/2.0 lens (my Canon G2 comes to mind) than you can with my digital Rebel and it's kit lens which is several stops slower, and hence not as well tuned to available light photography. There are scenes my G2 shoots much better than my Rebel. Doesn't the better sensitivity of the Rebel sensor overcome the slower lens disadvantage for available light photography? Tis an interesting question as to whether the Rebel is better two ISO stops slower or not for available light. It's something I'll play with. I tend to be shyer about going into the higher ISO's on the rebel than perhaps is warranted. -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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Bruce Graham writes:
In article , says... For the money, for doing available light and snapshot work, you can do a lot better with a P/S 4Mp digicam that comes with a nice f/2.0 lens (my Canon G2 comes to mind) than you can with my digital Rebel and it's kit lens which is several stops slower, and hence not as well tuned to available light photography. There are scenes my G2 shoots much better than my Rebel. Doesn't the better sensitivity of the Rebel sensor overcome the slower lens disadvantage for available light photography? Tis an interesting question as to whether the Rebel is better two ISO stops slower or not for available light. It's something I'll play with. I tend to be shyer about going into the higher ISO's on the rebel than perhaps is warranted. -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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"David J Taylor" writes:
I must confess that I don't agree with the statement, though. It's not universal that's for sure. For the money, for doing available light and snapshot work, you can do a lot better with a P/S 4Mp digicam that comes with a nice f/2.0 lens (my Canon G2 comes to mind) than you can with my digital Rebel and it's kit lens which is several stops slower, and hence not as well tuned to available light photography. There are scenes my G2 shoots much better than my Rebel. To get an f/2.0 zoom on my Rebel would cost me a ****load while, it's already there on my G2 that I paid $300 or so for. The big selling points of an SLR are the optical viewfinder and the focusing assurances you get from that, a marked reduction in shutter lag, interchangeable lenses (though this adds cost to take advantage of), and (in comparison to many P/S's that lack hotshoes, the ability to step up to a real flash unit. Best Regards, -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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"David J Taylor" wrote in
: http://digitalcameraguide.blogspot.com/ says: I would never taken anything written on blogspot.com too seriously. -- http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=moosespet |
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