Message from discussion WHY?!? Why am i thinking i need an SLR, and thinking of going 35mm?

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From: Ron Hunter <rphun...@charter.net>
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Subject: Re: WHY?!? Why am i thinking i need an SLR, and thinking of going
 35mm?
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:44:35 -0600
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Steven C (Doktersteve) wrote:

> 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?
> 
> 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?
> 
> What do you think. Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> 
> 
It seems, that needs aside, you really WANT a film SLR camera.  Yes, you 
get changeable lenses, at considerable expense, and through the lens 
viewing (which you ALREADY have on the F717).  But if what you want it a 
film SLR, go for it!  You might want to keep the digital also.