On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Ray Moth wrote:
> My problem is that I've been spoiled by using SLRs over the past 20
> years or so.
Maybe you could use a lighter SLR in lieu of a P&S ? Something like
an OM-PC and a 40/2 ? Or a Canon Rebel 2000 with a 35/2 ? It would not be
'pocketable' (a nebulous term at best), but almost as light as some P&S's.
> I've been used to WYSIWYG and having control <snipped eloquence over
controls>
One would not see DOF with an M6, either. Let's throw that baby and
bathwater out the window as well. It's just a different hardware domain,
and perhaps if one is too set in their ways (the way of the SLR), it
isn't possible to jump to any other domain. But when National Geo
guys like Allard are using Minolta TC's, Galen Rowell has used the XA,
etc. You have to face the reality that they're perfectly capable
cameras. I just read about a guy who's doing a lot of fashion and uses
Nikon 35 & 28 ti's. Gibson used a Leica Minilux and did great work with
color. Herb Ritts, Mario Testino all have used various P&S's, all
published pictures done with them.
Some of the specs Ray cites for P&S's can only be fulfilled by cameras
that are much too big to be P&S's.
It's a different domain, with a different set of parameters. You get
something, you give up something, just like with everything else in life.
Yes, the flashes are simpler, but...at least you have it there with
you to use. The whole camera/flash/winder is smaller than a 283 !!!!
A little ingenuity, the right camera choice, and yes, you can do
slaved bounce flash (or use studio units) if you wish, but that's
defeating the performance envelope of the P&S.
Don't like program ? Some P&S models have manual, others allow aperture
preferred operation. I do not like zooms in P&S's.
They're just another way of working. For some, it may be too 'out
of control', granted. But it's obvious that in the right hands,
P&S's are capable of first-class pictures.
*= Doris Fang =*
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