A "good tripod camera" should be able to shoot all day at ISO 100. No
premium need be paid for fat, low noise pixels. Cheap 10mp body with a
good lens.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> If I can suggest something here. Some time ago you expressed a lot of
> admiration for a Nikon D2X. The ergonomics of Canon and Nikon are
> quite different and while some people can apparently switch between
> them readily, some very good photographers using one or the other
> definitely do not like the other brand. It does not make the other
> one bad. I looked at both brands when I switched. They both make fine
> cameras, but for me the reaction to the Nikon was "ooh this is nice."
> I still get that feeling, kind of like I did with the Oly. Without
> that reaction the little irritants like the crudeness of the feel of
> the click wheel or the unpleasant urethane grippiness of another
> camera are not overlooked.
>
> Believe me, if you do not like it immediately, you may grow to
> respect its capability, but will never like it and you will not pick
> it up with enthusiasm. The question is whether you really need
> another body to hold Oly lenses. Forget the OM holder aspect(you have
> one of those). Buying something you do not want to hold your OM
> lenses will not make you happy, if you are anything like me.
> Consider any of the other 10MP cameras with its own lenses and you
> may find just the thing.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2006, at 3:51 PM, AG Schnozz wrote:
>
>>. Also, I will admit, for art photography, wider is better.
>>I compared the E-500 to the *gag* 350D and WITH THE GRIP the
>>350D was more comfortable.
>>
>>Ok, look at my requirements:
>>
>>1. Pixel-Count. 10MP is minimum. Period. No if-ands-or-butts.
>>2. Must take existing Zuikos. This narrows the field...
>>3. Can't put my hands to sleep. Important, but the goal is to
>>have a good tripod camera. But a vertical battery grip would be
>>nice. Hello, Olympus? E-330, E-500?
>>4. Cheap. I'm looking for a temporary measure.
>>5. Self-cleaning sensor would be very nice.
>
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