Re: Built-in flash in P&S digital and DSLR cameras

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:13:40 +0000, Chris Savage
<spam.goes.here@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On 2007-11-13, Bill Again <sd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> You remind me with that comment of an article I read recently by Jane
Bown, 
>> [...]
>>
>><quote>
>> I'm not very particular about equipment: I use Olympus OM1s and have
about a 
>> dozen, all purchased second-hand more than 40 years ago, and while I
have 
>> [...]
>><unquote>
>>
>
>How reliable a source can we consider this to be? She was buying a
>camera, second-hand, more than five years before anyone outside Olympus
ever
>saw one.
>
>Whatever. I don't understand the 'available light' dogma. I'm with Eugene
>Smith on the matter.


Just as reliable as all the other propagandistic "advice" that dSLR
advocates
hand out. I was waiting to see if anyone would notice the blatant error of
their
"proof". :-) Couch-potato photographers always slip up in their facts when
all
they have for reference in life is what they read online, in lieu of any
real-life experience with anything related to the topic.

I still have my OM-1 and OM-2n, a nice 2n before they crippled the
auto-exposure
to 3 minutes from the original 12+ minutes (due to complaints of fools
that
didn't know how to deal with reciprocity). Not many of those ever reached
the
market. I feel so fortunate to still have one. For astrophotography and
microphotography no better 35mm camera was ever made, before it or after.

After having those Olympus SLRs and understanding the priceless value of
compact, lightweight, ultra-bright viewfinder, and QUIET for nature
photography
(as well as all other uses) it's why I moved to top-of-the-line P&S
cameras when
I went from film to digital. I find it interesting that after having used
some
of the best SLRs and lenses ever made I would still rather use my P&S
cameras
today instead of any dSLR that have ever been on the market. If I was just
another empty-headed follower I would have bought into Nikon SLRs back
then and
dealt with all that bulk, noise, and repairs they always needed. The only
plus I
ever saw to owning a Nikon was that other Nikon photographers liked you
more.
I've never been that desperate for anyone's approval nor company. I'm glad
I
never put any faith in self-appointed "Pros" and what the next guy was
doing or
I would have missed out on those Olympus SLRs and exceptional Zuiko
lenses.

I really wanted to stay with Olympus after their film cameras. I was a
fairly
staunch Olympus fan. But sadly they never made anything that could beat
what I
could find in P&S cameras from other companies. Keep in mind though that
no
other company's dSLRs could beat what I could find in the better P&S
cameras
too. That's still holding true.