Digital BW, The Print

Austin - 

the camera Jerry is referring to is the Canon D-60 - we hope it's 
announced at PMA next month. Like the D30 (and 1D) this will be an 
EOS system camera. The quality of this lens system is well 
established I think and the availablity of high quality, fast EOS 
lenses is limited only by one's ability to put the cash on the barrel-
head.

Perhaps I'm confused but it appears that you don't know that the D30 
uses Canon EOS SLR lenses.....

Shaun Granleese

> > Canon is releasing a 6 megapixel camera soon, that
> > has a full size chip. a 17 mm lens will still be a 17mm lens. 
Wonder
> > what THAT is going to cost?
> 
> One of the issues I have with getting that type of digital camera 
now, is
> none of them use any of the lenses I already have tens of thousands 
of
> dollars invested in!  It'll probably be 5 or more years before I 
get a
> traditional "35mm" SLR digital camera, and it'll probably be the
> Contax...used, as well as wait for more lenses to come out.  I know 
I will
> eventually get one, it's just a matter of time.  I'm in no hurry to 
stop
> using my film based 35mm, and I shoot mostly B&W anyway, except P&S 
with my
> little Contax TVS.
> 
> I shoot WIDE open most of the time, and really need FAST lenses and 
manual
> focus.  I don't believe any autofocus can reliably give me what I 
want when
> shooting with a 1/4" DOF.  Most of the digital (and autofocus) 
cameras have
> slow lenses...probably for increased DOF purposes...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin