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More options Jan 19 2004, 10:26 pm

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From: michael.j.hoff...@att.net (street shooter)

Date: 19 Jan 2004 03:26:46 -0800

Local: Mon, Jan 19 2004 10:26 pm

Subject: Re: WHY?!? Why am i thinking i need an SLR, and thinking of going 35mm?

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"Steven C $Doktersteve$" <real_dokterst...@hotmail.com> wrote in message <news:HsFOb.35145$n44.842@clgrps13>...

> OK. This might sound stupid.

> I have a sony dsc F717, and I use it quite a bit. I like the camera. I have
> owned it since last April, and so I am going on a year with it.

> When I bought it, I thought "good, now I wont have to buy anything else for
> some time", but now I am starting to feel as though it is really not doing
> the job for me I would like.
> I have thought of this rationally, there are a few features that I can
> simply love about the camera, such as its awesome macro capabilities, and
> nice zeiss lens (whether it is just the coating or not, its a nice lens).

> But there are a few things that I don't like, one of them being the lack of
> a changeable lens, a fixed 5x zoom, and a relatively tame "wide" angle zoom
> out.

> Added to that, I still am paying this sucker off. I got it before the price
> started to plummet, and I owe about 80% on it still.

> I don't really know if I would benefit very much from moving to the digital
> rebel right now. That isn't to say that I am not interested in DSLR, quite
> the opposite, I very much AM interested in it, but for now I feel for some
> reason like I would do well to explore SLR in general, and that puzzles me.
> I mean, there are all the added costs of developing, scanning (I don't have
> a good scanner, I would get photo cd's made), and buying film.
> I don't want to give up on digital, just to carry both camera's when I go
> out, and use both of them for different things.

> I know that when I do go DSLR, I will go canon. It is a personal preference
> that I have formed.
> As such, I have been looking at getting myself a decent used canon which
> takes EF mount lenses (so I can use the lenses on whatever DSLR I get in the
> next few years).

> WHAT ARE GOOD OPTIONS FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME?
> I was looking at the EOS Kiss, until I found out it was just a variation on
> the rebel, which as I understand it is a crippled camera for consumers.
> What about the late 1980's type cameras? The EOS-850 for instance?

The EOS 850 is just as crippled in that it lacks a Quick Control Dial
(thumb wheel on the back of the camera) to change the aperture. Same
with the EOS 600 series. So, in that respect you'd be better off
spending the extra money on a new Rebel.

> I don't want to spend much more than $200 Canadian for a used camera, but as
> I understand it, a good camera from the late 1980s that takes current lens
> technology will do me as well as a brand new ELAN 7 will, yes?

Depends on if you do much in manual mode. This is where the QCD
really shines. Without the QCD you need to press a button behind the
lens mount and turn the exposure dial to change the aperture. Turning
only the exposure dial will change the shutter speed in manual mode.

> What do you think. Thanks for any suggestions.

If you shoot in Program and Priority modes most of the time any EOS
will be fine. If you use manual mode even semi-frequently get one
with a QCD.

Michael

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