On Oct 1, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Jinx wrote:

> Although non-DSLR is considerably cheaper than DSLR I'm not tempted.

My previous camera was a KM A2, which was very SLR-like (manual  
zoom!), and cost more than the entry level SLR I got.  It doesn't seem  
to be easily replaceable, either.

The non-SLR cameras feature better zoom range and faster lenses,  
mostly due to their smaller sensor.  Worse noise, for the same  
reason...  Manual modes used to be a big issue, but most of the high- 
end P&S cameras have them as well, and many DSLRs are just as  
impossible to manually focus as a P&S...

It's tough call.  I figure that ideally I need three cameras:
1) DSLR
2) super-zoom P&S.
3) Pocket-size P&S.

The SLR is the least "important" of those for my purposes, I think.

The Canon SLR did allow me to use my old OM1 lenses, but see above  
about "impossible to manually focus."  I have to bracket my focusing,  
which is very annoying.

One thing that I have decided is a NON-issues is flash media type.   
For a while I was trying to be able to move my flash cards forward to  
new cameras.  But flash has gotten cheaper faster than picture size  
has gone up, and it no longer makes much sense, IMO.

BillW


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