"Steven Green" <steven.green30@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I am just starting to look into digital cameras.
>
> My film SLR is a Contax so there is no real upgrade path for me. I
figure
> I will need all new lenses. (Most of my lenses were ya****ca with a
couple
> zeiss)
>
> I figure I will save for a while and pick up a camera in the fall.
> Sony sounds like they are going to have an interesting camera soon; It
> will be even more interesting if it is in the Canon 5D price range ...
we
> will see what happens.
>
> I wanted a 5D, but given that the a700 seems to be sealed up better for
> dust and elements than the current 5D and the new FF Sony is supposed to
> be an impressive 24MP assuming it is in the same price range as the 5D I
> can see myself taking a chance with the Sony.
>
> I want full frame, because I like to shoot wide landscapes and don't
want
> to get a 14mm to get 20mm equivalents. Canon has a 14mm I want but it is
> 2 grand from BH so that is more of a dream lens. I would rather put the
> extra money into the body, get some less expensive lenses and get this
> lens if I win the lotto.
>
> I was originally thinking a Canon 5D but I am not married to a system as
> yet. When Sony's FF SLR comes out I might jump on it but I have heard
> that Sony cameras have quality issues and the same source thought Ziess
> lenses are not what they once were. I noticed that Zeiss makes a couple
> lenses for the Sony SLR.
>
> What do you think of Sony's lenses? any good?
>
> I like there older stuff and this really sounds like a dumb question,
but
> Zeiss newer lenses any good?
>
> How about the quality of the Sony cameras?
>
> I like the idea of IS lenses (Canon) rather than IS in the body (Sony)
> but that aside any thoughts on which you would go with given that there
> are no existing lenses to worry about?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
I own a Sony DSC H1. For what it is, it is a good camera. You need more.
I would not buy a Sony, but something in the Nikon 200D or the Canon D40
type. Maybe more.
Sony may not be one of the top manufacturers of cameras, but their cameras
take good pictures. Hell, I even took good pictures on my old Olympuses
before they either wore out, got too small for file sizes, or were
destroyed
one way or another.
How in the world did I ever take good photos with such inferior equipment?
I guess I just hadn't been educated yet by the illuminati that you cannot
take a good picture except with an expensive camera and all the right
(expensive) equipment. Boy, was I stupid!
Sony doesn't make good cameras. Olympus doesn't make good cameras.
Everything except Nikon, Hassleblad, Canon, and high end stuff is junk.
What snobbish elitism.
Steve
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