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Subject: [OM] Re: Big Cameras (Re: Scan OM/film or get digital camera?)
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:13:58 -0700

On Apr 24, 2004, at 12:53 PM, AG Schnozz wrote:

>> Certainly a larger camera means more room for electronics,
>> mechanics, and batteries.  I doubt whether C and N actually
>> waste much space inside those big bodies.  If you look at the
>> E-1, it's just about the same size as a 10D or D100, and much
>> larger with the booster pack.
>
> Look at the current crop of 8MP digicams.  I seriously doubt
> that you need 5x the volume for electronics in the DSLRs.

Apples and oranges. A dslr is a large format camera compared to an 8MP 
digicam with a size difference larger than between 35mm and 6x7. It is 
not bigger just because of electronics, plus it has a mirror box and a 
pentaprism.

Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA


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