on 1/25/03 5:03 PM, Winsor Crosby at wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Besides the size and weight of pro level digital cameras which no one
> makes a big deal of(In Reichmann's set up for his tests it was hard to
> tell which black lump on the tripod was the 6x7 and which was the
> digital camera.), no one seems to mention shielding from the elements
> which seems essential for a pro who is going to be getting his pictures
> no matter the weather, heat, cold or humidity. I know it was a big
> deal with Olympus and the OM3/4 series. Sometimes when I think one
> might be a good deal for a travel camera which would avoid the hazards
> of taking film through security, but then I wonder whether it go caput
> in the tropics or bad weather.
That thought did cross my mind. The Canon D1s was on the left in the picture
of the two cameras on their tripods, and it actually looked bigger than the
Pentax 6x7. I handled a D1s body with a 50/1.4 lens at Macworld... its
heavy, very easily heavier than two OM-4's together. Nicely shaped, but like
holding a large square blob of camera. I don't know that I'd like the Pentax
6x7 much more, but at least for that large bulk and weight you get a large
negative as well. I guess what most struck me while handling the D1s was
that although its $8000+ now, in two years it will be 1/4 that or less...
for that much money I'd buy four Leica's <g> or a 'big white' Zuiko or
two...
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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