The Pentax *istDL has come way down in price.
--- Allan Mee <bigalsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I see what you mean.
> One wonders how many people like me have bought the
> Fuji/Sony etc. digicams
> because there's no real DSLR around the £300 mark.
> You can get a real [entry
> level] DSLR for around £400. Maybe that's the motive
> behind the new D40?
> Allan
>
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> >From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Fuji S9500 and Canon 300D Digital
> Cameras
> >Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:33:14 -0500
> >
> >
> >Well, you might want to read Simon's conclusions
> before considering
> >the S9500 a replacement for the 300D:
> >
>
>http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms9000/page15.asp
> >
> >ScottGee1
> >
> >On 11/21/06, Allan Mee <bigalsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > > I actually went into the camera shop today and
> compared the 'looks' of
> >an
> > > actual Fuji S9500 Digital camera wth a Nikon D50
> and Canon 400D (by
> >looking
> > > at them in their glass cases). The Fuji S9500 is
> just a tad smaller
> >(maybe a
> > > cm or so) than a D50 and would certainly 'look'
> the job on top of a
> >tripod.
> > > It's my friend's S3100/3500 that's sooo
> diminutive that it would be a
> >joke
> > > to try to use. The Fuji S9500 has a hotshoe for
> external flash too - and
> >I
> > > can afford it cash!
> > > I rang the shop where I'm getting the Canon from
> (to see if I could go
> >and
> > > collect it) - they say it will take up to a week
> to arrive and that they
> > > will ring me when it arrives???
> > > If they mess me about I'll just go out and buy a
> Fuji S9500 from Curry's
> >- I
> > > felt like just buying one today and getting it
> all over with. As far as
> >I
> > > can see, the only 'fault' with the Fuji S9500 is
> that it has a fixed
> >lens.
> > > But the 28-300mm (compared with Canon's 28-80mm)
> plus 3 more megapixels
> >does
> > > make it a very tempting proposition. In
> addition, the Fuji S9500 can
> >make
> > > short movies at up to 30 FPS at VGA resolutions
> (NOT that I'm looking to
> > > make any movies - but it could be useful to have
> a few secs of movie
> > > sometimes, to accompany the shots of/at a
> wedding, say). I didn't
> >actually
> > > play with the camera because I might have said
> 'blow the Canon' and just
> > > bought it. I suspect the camera shop I'm getting
> my Canon from
> >(hopefully)
> > > will have both cameras and I'll be able to have
> a play with, and good
> >chat
> > > about, both. The Fuji S9500 really is a handsome
> beast of a digicam and
> >I'm
> > > sure that only knowledgeable 'photographers'
> would know its a not a full
> > > DSLR. It would quickly pay for itself (I hope)
> doing portraiture -
> >although
> > > the thought of maybe one day accidently
> scratching the lens or dropping
> >the
> > > thing worries me. I thik if Fuji gave it a
> bayonet mount with
> > > interchangable lenses (and kept it at more or
> less its current price)
> >they
> > > really would have a entry level DSLR to
> challenge Nikon and Canon for
> >entry
> > > level digital photographers. I can't see Fuji
> rushing to do that and
> >maybe
> > > risking losing out their S-series pro DSLRs to
> it though.
> > > Allan
> >
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