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Digital Photography RFD: rec.photo.digital.slr vs rec.photo.digital.slr-systems?
[crossposted to news.groups,rec.photo.digital, followups set to
news.groups only] Do *you* prefer rec.photo.digital.slr or rec.photo.digital.slr-systems? I'm still seeing a lot of people expressing a preference for the earlier name, but with a simpler charter, over the version in the current RFD. While I feel that the current version of the DSLR group RFD is a pretty good match between group name & the proponents' preferred charter, & good enough that I'll vote for it if it's the only choice on the menu, I personally still prefer the idea of a group that's simply about anything people want to say about true digital SLRs, *as well as* digital cameras that broadly fit in the same category, such as the Olympus fixed-lens DSLR that been mentioned here a few times. IMO, this would make for a simple, non-controversial charter that'd be a very good match to the group name, & make it easier for potential users to find the best group for their interests. Other than that, I'd keep the charter as Thad & Alan have written it. "slr-systems" for digital SLRs with a lens system, etc, or: "slr" for DSLRs, regardless of the technicalities? -- W . | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because \|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est ---^----^--------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"Lionel" wrote
[crossposted to news.groups,rec.photo.digital, followups set to news.groups only] same here Do *you* prefer rec.photo.digital.slr or rec.photo.digital.slr-systems? I'm still seeing a lot of people expressing a preference for the earlier name, but with a simpler charter, over the version in the current RFD. While I feel that the current version of the DSLR group RFD is a pretty good match between group name & the proponents' preferred charter, & good enough that I'll vote for it if it's the only choice on the menu, I personally still prefer the idea of a group that's simply about anything people want to say about true digital SLRs, *as well as* digital cameras that broadly fit in the same category, such as the Olympus fixed-lens DSLR that been mentioned here a few times. IMO, this would make for a simple, non-controversial charter that'd be a very good match to the group name, & make it easier for potential users to find the best group for their interests. Other than that, I'd keep the charter as Thad & Alan have written it. "slr-systems" for digital SLRs with a lens system, etc, or: "slr" for DSLRs, regardless of the technicalities? rec.photo.digital.slr regardless of technicalities A P&S, compact, or camera, if it's really wanted And of course new charters for rpd & rpe35, since it's called a re-org. Steve Young |
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Lionel wrote:
Do *you* prefer rec.photo.digital.slr or rec.photo.digital.slr-systems? Yes. The distinction is pretty superficial. SLR by definition refers to cameras with mirrors and optical viewfinders through the lens. Whether the lens is removable or not is a bit of an irrelevancy. "ZLRs" (which should just remain in rec.photo.digital) are not SLRs if they have electronic viewfinders. Pretty simple. If you want to discuss lenses or paraphernalia in r.p.d.slr, then why should that be a problem? It doesn't need to be defined as "systems" to include that. -- Ken Tough |
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Lionel wrote:
Do *you* prefer rec.photo.digital.slr or rec.photo.digital.slr-systems? Yes. The distinction is pretty superficial. SLR by definition refers to cameras with mirrors and optical viewfinders through the lens. Whether the lens is removable or not is a bit of an irrelevancy. "ZLRs" (which should just remain in rec.photo.digital) are not SLRs if they have electronic viewfinders. Pretty simple. If you want to discuss lenses or paraphernalia in r.p.d.slr, then why should that be a problem? It doesn't need to be defined as "systems" to include that. -- Ken Tough |
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schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
Ken Tough wrote: Whether the lens is removable or not is a bit of an irrelevancy. "ZLRs" (which should just remain in rec.photo.digital) are not SLRs if they have electronic viewfinders. if the image in the viewfinder is obtained thru the lens (TTL heard of that??) yes, TTL is a common acronym. It doesn't mean the same as SLR. "Reflex" refers to the fact that the viewfinder image is reflected. then it is a SLR. fixed or changeable is totally irrelevant. No, just because it is TTL does not make it SLR. If you wanted rec.photo.digital.ttl, I think that would be particularly bad. this is so much crap that I am ready for a CFV so that we can vote against anything NOT moderated and get back to business. SLR would encompass much of the Canon and Nikon discussion I see. rec.photo.digital.storage-media would take a good chunk away too. The CFV only comes a set time after the RFD. -- Ken Tough |
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schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
Ken Tough wrote: Whether the lens is removable or not is a bit of an irrelevancy. "ZLRs" (which should just remain in rec.photo.digital) are not SLRs if they have electronic viewfinders. if the image in the viewfinder is obtained thru the lens (TTL heard of that??) yes, TTL is a common acronym. It doesn't mean the same as SLR. "Reflex" refers to the fact that the viewfinder image is reflected. then it is a SLR. fixed or changeable is totally irrelevant. No, just because it is TTL does not make it SLR. If you wanted rec.photo.digital.ttl, I think that would be particularly bad. this is so much crap that I am ready for a CFV so that we can vote against anything NOT moderated and get back to business. SLR would encompass much of the Canon and Nikon discussion I see. rec.photo.digital.storage-media would take a good chunk away too. The CFV only comes a set time after the RFD. -- Ken Tough |
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schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
if the image in the viewfinder is obtained thru the lens (TTL heard of that??) then it is a SLR. No, it is not an SLR if it's electronically transmitted. fixed or changeable is totally irrelevant. A few have argued to the death on that, but the majority don't think so. if you are going with systems then just create a Canon group which will probably take up about 40% of the RPD reader base, and then in descending readership a NIKON and so on. this is so much crap that I am ready for a CFV so that we can vote against anything NOT moderated and get back to business. For one who is promoting a web based forum, I'd fall over backwards if you voted yes; it'd take a very big man to vote counter his interests. -- John McWilliams |
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schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
if the image in the viewfinder is obtained thru the lens (TTL heard of that??) then it is a SLR. No, it is not an SLR if it's electronically transmitted. fixed or changeable is totally irrelevant. A few have argued to the death on that, but the majority don't think so. if you are going with systems then just create a Canon group which will probably take up about 40% of the RPD reader base, and then in descending readership a NIKON and so on. this is so much crap that I am ready for a CFV so that we can vote against anything NOT moderated and get back to business. For one who is promoting a web based forum, I'd fall over backwards if you voted yes; it'd take a very big man to vote counter his interests. -- John McWilliams |
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schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
[] if the image in the viewfinder is obtained thru the lens (TTL heard of that??) then it is a SLR. fixed or changeable is totally irrelevant. That applies to virtually all point-and-shoot cameras! David |
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schuetzen - RKBA! wrote:
[] if the image in the viewfinder is obtained thru the lens (TTL heard of that??) then it is a SLR. fixed or changeable is totally irrelevant. That applies to virtually all point-and-shoot cameras! David |
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