On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Ken Norton wrote:
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:Wildlife photography - Probably the only category where technology has been
:absolutely revolutionary. You can easily take pictures with the Nikon F5
:that were previously unattainable. This is the one category where the new
:technology is absolutely required. I wouldn't dream of trying to do
:serious wildlife photography without an F5.
Uhm, mind explaining this one? Why the F5? I though Canon and their line
of USM/IS lenses dominated here.
:Scientific/medical/forensic photography - Cameras such as the F5 have been
:very welcome in this area. The data backs are extremely important for
:forensic and scientific work along with lenses capable of UV and IR
:applications. Medical, including dental, photography is generally macro in
:nature and extremely good flash options are required.
And this one too; AFAIK, dental is Yashica mostly, and macro, well,
Olympus is the one to beat. Even in microscopes, Oly has some great stuff.
Or am I totally in some other world?
:Snapshooter - This category represents the bulk of photographic dollars
:spent, but constitutes the lowest grade of quality. This is the category
:that Kodak keeps introducing the new "formats" to. 120, 110, Disk, APS...
:the list goes on and on and on... Disposables have reached a high
:acceptance and now digital is being foisted upon the consumer as the "new
:format." The P&S cameras of the late '80s and early '90s were
:substantially better than today because the manufacturers didn't realize
:yet that quality didn't matter. The early Nikon One-touch cameras actually
:took good quality pictures and were sharp from edge-to-edge. P&S cameras
:today have more features (sell-points) but the lenses are getting smaller
:and with less quality.
Hehehe, glad the family still uses the Pentax p&s from '86 (35mm f:2.8
Asahi lens).
/Acer "steppenwolf" Victoria
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