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[OM] Re: Event photography with digital vs film

Subject: [OM] Re: Event photography with digital vs film
From: edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 20:33:29 -0400
On Sunday 02 May 2004 20:26, you wrote:
> > This is really confusing!  You  don't need more than 5mp,
> > larger filesize
> > would be bad, but your next camera would be 8mp?  What am I
> > missing?
>
> 5MP is too limiting for other types of professional photography.
> While the 5MP 4x5 ratio sensor is nearly perfect for this one
> application it falls short in other applications.
>
Ah, I see.

> > Where, oh where, is the digital OM?
>
> I'm really intrigued by the new Cosina/Epson camera.  We'll see
> if the full package holds to the promise.  But I'm suggesting
> that a return to the tried and true camera configurations of 20
> years ago (before Canon rewrote the userinterface) might be of
> value.
>
> > Glad I haven't invested in a high-res digicam yet.  We shall
> > see if
> > technological advances continue in the pro level DSLRs.

> Well, it depends on what you are looking for.  The A1 proved to
> be an exceptional purchase for me.  I'm making money with it and
> it is teaching me a lot about the new technologies and
> user-interfaces.  But, I agree that the cameras haven't
> "arrived" quite yet.  There is always something that screams for
> improvement.

As I shoot for a hobby now, no longer professionally, I only want to make one 
investment.  My current fiscal reality makes that necessary, but even were 
that not so, the other decision-maker in the family might so insist... :-)


>
> >> And for film shooting, well, the OM is king.
> >
> > You can say that again!
>
> And for film shooting, well, the OM is king.
>
> AG

Glad you said it.

Earl


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