Re: Best Option for Budget DSLR Upgrade

Richard Freeman <r-usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

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> Or am I looking at this all wrong?  Should I just buy a bigger camera
> without exchangeable lenses and save money with a moderate increase in
> performance?  I suspect that long-term the DSLR will save money with the
> ability to recycle components, but then again I don't plan on buying
$900
> lenses either...

	Whatever you read and learned may have some value or at least add some
value to your life.  I don't know about other but that's how I feel, and
it's one of the reasons why I spend lot of time reading information from
hundreds of thousands or millions of people around the world.

	So I would suggest you to spend few months reading as much possitives and
negatives from many different levels of users from some web forums like
www.dpreview.com www.steves-digicam.com (I hope I get the name right), or
www.photo.net etc..

	This is my opnion about those sites

www.dpreview.com has been going downhill pretty quick in the past 2-3
years
(comparing to the past), but learn what to read and what to ignore than
it's
kinda ok.

www.staves-digicam.com I have known this site for many years but only
visited around dozen times.  The users here seem a little friendlier, but
not as busy as DPreview.

www.photo.net has one heck of the ugliest interface, but real good
information, and lot of good folks rooted here.

	Me? I ain't gonna suggest you to buy anything against your will, or
whatever you buy will benefit you not me.  Or if you ask me what to buy
then
I would say "go for the good" and "don't waste your $$$ and energy on the
cheap".  Cuz what you learn now may benefit to the rest of your life, and
$900 for a good lesson of our life is plenty cheap .. or much cheaper than
spending your $900 on the doctor (especially wrong diagnostic <bg>)

	And in general.

1. BODY is just a small part of the whole photography system.  Or you can
go
for average body

2. LENS is one of few most im****tant parts of camera gear.  Or it's a
waste
to mount a cheapie lens on expensive camera body.