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Are we being too demanding of digital? - shuttertalk - Aug 9, 2004
Just doing some reflection of digital cameras vs their film counterparts, and our expectations of digital cameras these days. With every new digicam that comes out - be it a DSLR or point-and-shoot, we scoff if the shutter lag is greater than a millionth of a second, snigger when it can't capture a hundred frames per second...
With film cameras though, people have long accepted that if you buy a point-and-shoot camera, that's what you get. So what it didn't have spot metering or a grid overlay? You would get a SLR if you needed those "pro" features.
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Are we being too demanding of digital? - peter - Aug 10, 2004
id say im about as demanding as i am with film cameras ..
basically ... i stil lsee things the same ...
if you want more power ..
you have to fork out more cash ..
Are we being too demanding of digital? - mic - Aug 10, 2004
Yes, we are too demanding. But with good reason, digital cameras are more expensive.
Are we being too demanding of digital? - shuttertalk - Sep 6, 2004
True true...
Are we being too demanding of digital? - Toad - Sep 6, 2004
I am more demanding of a digital camera. It has a computer inside it after all - it should do a lot more for the money. They do lots more now - but not for the same $.
Are we being too demanding of digital? - matthew saville - Sep 7, 2004
I own a DSLR and a film SLR. I can get the DSLR body used for eight or nine hundred bucks, and the film SLR goes for ninety nine bucks, I coul find ten of them right now on Ebay for that much. If I were to buy a film SLR that could do most everything my DSLR can do, other than display the images right away and never run out of film, I'd only have to pay a couple more hundred bucks. My case in point: The Nikon D70, what film body would you relate that to? the N80? N70? Those bodies go for a few hundred, not a grand.
I rest my case.
-matt-
Are we being too demanding of digital? - slejhamer - Sep 8, 2004
Why doesn't my darned DSLR have a built-in wireless slave trigger??? Why doesn't it have a built-in 20GB hard drive, instead of a port for those wimpy 1GB flash cards? Why doesn't it have a built-in GPS receiver, or at least a compass???
Demanding? You bet!
Are we being too demanding of digital? - shuttertalk - Sep 8, 2004
Lol... you should rant here!
Are we being too demanding of digital? - StudioJ - Sep 8, 2004
Wooh I was thinking of a camera wishlist but couldn't come up with much, I like your ideas Mitch.
I think the medium format folks have got a good handle on things, wireless control and viewing via modded PDA, 20gb storage... could be the way of the future.
Are we being too demanding of digital? - shuttertalk - Sep 8, 2004
defintely sounds good... i second the wirelesss and HDD storage...