Digital BW, The Print

Paul D. DeRocco wrote:

>>From: Altaf Bhimji
>>
>>Regarding the complexity of digital - there is an interesting article
>>on choosing a digital camera on photo.net web site. I wonder if this
>>still applies to the EOS 20D?
>>
>>http://photo.net/equipment/digital/choosing2/
>>
>>"Many people have been disappointed by the (in April 2003) new Canon
>>EOS 10D, the first digital SLR to come close to a (rich) consumer's
>>price range, simply because it is too complex. It is designed as a
>>professional tool and more than likely, if you use it as a point and
>>shoot automatic, your results will be less than those of a camera
>>designed for that purpose. In general, unless you have been using an
>>SLR for years as advanced amateur or professional, if you need to
>>read this article to learn about digital photography, you are not
>>ready for a digital SLR. You have been warned."
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>>
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>I expect that's true of all DSLRs. Despite a few nods in the direction of
>ease of use, they're really SLRs, with all that entails. But we can all
>handle that around here, can't we?
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>Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
>Paul                mailto:pderocco@...
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The lower-end ones have idiot modes (including the 10D's successor, the 
20d) to solve the problem of people with too much money who buy them as 
expensive P&S's. These modes actually work pretty well, although I never 
use them (My DSLR, the Pentax *istD, has a generic Auto mode, but no 
canned scene modes)

-Adam