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Subject: [OM] The Wonderbrick Hype
From: Stephen Scharf <scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:26:45 -0800

Nah. It's never too late. And digital will get better and better, and simpler to use as well. With film, the technology and ergonmetrics are pretty well figured out, while we are still figuring out what a digital camera ought to be and do.

Yes, don't you see? That's the *fun* part....(must be the scientist in me).

Present-day cameras (digital and film wunderbricks) are far too complex, being encrusted with so many features that nobody can remember how to take a picture, and burdened with misfeatures like agonizing shutter lag and slow picture storage time andinadequate capacity. Not to mention battery problems.


You know, this is just not true. When I first joined this list, having only shot Oly equipment for the last 22 years, I believed everyone's comments about wonderbricks. In retrospect, I see that I fell for a bunch of hype. Yes, my OM-1 is well made, simple, elegant...beautiful to hold and to use. But it has its limitations, too, things like shutter speed and aperture flexibility, flash sync, and the simple metering. I was very pleasantly surprised to see how well Canon designed and implemented this camera. It has cool design touches *everywhere*. Having used my D30 or D60 "wonderbrick" for the last month, I find it to be extremely well-made, well thought-out and well-executed, and very user-friendly, too. It just WORKS. It delivers the goods. Yep, it's heavy....but like a Zuiko 350/2.8, it's benefits "outweigh" its disadvantage of it's portliness. 'Nuff said....

-Stephen Scharf
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