copake_ham said:
"Say it ain't so, Joe.." - young lad to Shoeless Joe Jackson
Actually, why not get yourself a digital P&S to play with the mode? I did that a few years ago. Of course then it was a D-70 and now I'm looking lustily at a D-200!
It's fun to "play around" once in a while. And I'm certain you will return to your lifetime partner after a brief fling. 🙂
Ham,
Thanks for supporting me on the other thread, that grandpa Huck acts like a Zeiss Nazi (not the real one but like that Soup Nazi on SEINFELD show). And he is the one who's spreading vicious lies about CameraQuest selling ZeissIkon 'rejects' smuggled out by dishonest Japanese Cosina workers. Of course, busy Mr. Gandy scolded him on the same thread later on. I assume that he is selling some Zeiss gear and we are cutting into his profit.
I though this forum is for rangefinder talkings only?
I jsut bough the Panasonic FX-9($350) a 6 MP camera, because of the Leica lens. 2 months early a Fuji F10(also $350 and 6 MP) because it's cute. Before F10, a KMinolta S414( $300), a 4 MP but bigger 1/1.8 inch sensor, w an excellent Minolta GT lens(35-140mm Eqv.), before that, a bunch of 1,2,3 MP Canon or Taiwan's own BenQ (lots of Japanese OEM P&S was made by BenQ) cameras.
I am going to get Fuji E500 in a few days now, because of the 28-90mm( equv.). These stuff is great for street shooting. I work for several magazines, other than manual Nikon, manual Canon gear, I use two film EOS, because I am so familiar w them.
Digital P&S can do without question, double page layout and fool you, are these pictures taken with D70 or Rebel XT.
When I want to buy digital Rebel, the D70 came out(which is a hit), then, XT came out, then D70S, then D50, now, answer to D50, Canon may come out w something already, I just have to headed to the Camera districts (about a hundred stores or so around 3, 4 blocks here also across town a district selling digitals only).
Wait, because I also have a bunch of Pentax lenses, I may want to get Pentax ist*-D, (I hate the name) Pentax lenses are excellent, there is a Pentax manufacture company in Taiwan called Cosmicar ( if Pentax is GM, Cosmicar is Olds or Pontiac something), I'll get a 24, or 20 2.8., Now, *ist-D-S, came out, then *ist-D-L came out, I hate to buy it and another *ist-D-L-X came out when I got home.
Olympus just for sale the E-500 w two lenses, Zuiko lenses performs excellently if you want to compare them to leica, one Japanese photographer Iwago Mitsuaki, he shot a series of Morocco sheep and people with Leica R 6.2 and bunch of R lenses along w OM 4-Ti Zuiko 21mm, 28mm 2.8, no one can tell the diffience.
E-500 plus two Zuiko lenses ,$1,200. Then, Sony came out with the big sensor R-1( Aps-C, I am not touching full frame yet because it's too expensive now, and I don't need the weight for my work), the lens on it is ZEISS 14.3-71.5mm f2.8-4.8(24-120mm equv.) Vario-Sonnar,OMG. and one of my favorite beautiful female photographer Orisaku Mineko( book/Colorful Shanghai )is using it. So I think I should get the R-1(street $1,000), and hope R-2 won't be out tomorrow!
Digital is FUN!
Joe, Coolpix 4600's only $179 or less, excellent for street work, shutter lag? so you get 0.3 sec after decisive moment...ha ha ha...
well, You may get laid when you buy that KBCamera $8,500 M7... the girl is going to leave you for some other man with R9-digital back or digital M guy anyway...
