Here goes, my goodness this forum is starting to sound like the Canon and Nikon forums on
www.dpreview.com, I cannot understand why people get on their high horse when it comes to cameras.
I used film for over 40 years Medium Format and 35mm in that time I would have had about 10 cameras, two Minolta X700s I used for over 15 years as a Pro Wedding Photographer.
Sadly Digital cameras are an on going commodity like computers, update, update and more updates, more and more worthless features being thrown in to try and get suckers like me to open their wallets.
The Photograophy industry has been hijacked by the computer industry, that is why there are so many so called improvements.
More and more megapixels being thrown onto tiny sensors, higher and higher ISO settings that in many cases are unusable, longer and longer lens, people that complain about blurry pictures as they wave their 380mm zoom in the air, not knowing that they need to support the camera.
Modern cameras that are intended to make life easy for the novice instead they become so so confused that they just use the Auto Mode.
Photography has changed for the better but the thing that is killing it for me is all the hype that goes along with it, in many cases camera manufacturers are trying to reinvent the wheel but when its all said and done its all about time and light, the way its been for over 100 years.
As for the member that hates Kodak cameras maybe he can tell us why Kodak were the biggest selling camera for two years in a row, 2004 and 2005, you dont get there by making junk, I have tried seven different brands of digital cameras and I am now on my 20th Kodak, the reason I use then is because they are light and easy to carry when I go bush walking, I have done more than my share of lugging SLRs, over 30 years, these days I travel light, another reason I use Kodak is because of the fantastic colours, I have yet to find a camera that can beat them n that respect.