I'm afraid I'm in that camp, too. I keep bypassing the available dslr's in
favor of
advanced P&S's for my digital shooting. Even more confirmation - I just sent
a
"new" OM-1n to John H for rehab.
Rick
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > And good riddance too. As an avid ex-DSLR user, I can admit that they
> > are kludges, all of them,
> > good as they may be. In the bigger scheme of things, this temporary
> > era of mixing optics/mechanics,
> > and a digital sensor, will soon pass.
> >
> snip
> > Anybody else feel the same?
>
> A little bit. The article Chuck cites is about markets. Being a
> cranky niche user, isolated and self-subsistent, I don't care what
> shows up in my next cell phone.
>
> But there was something wonderful about my first digicam, the C5060W,
> followed soon by the C-8080, that has not been equaled by any DSLR. A
> near perfect camera would be the C8080 with a modern 4/3 sensor and
> much better EVF and the ability to change lenses. Micro4/3 is not
> very far away from this, I should think.
>
> I took a little flak from people for going with a digicam instead of
> just making the leap to a DSLR when I first experimented with digital
> capture, but that was a really fun and creative time for me. The DSLR
> has been a necessary phase but a slight letdown in comparison. I
> certainly doubt that my children will ever pass through any sort of
> SLR-DSLR phase.
>
> I think the OM-1 or similar camera is really useful for learning about
> managing exposure, but other than that, I don't see an SLR as
> essential..
>
> Joel W.
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