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Cold, hard reality sets in...

Started Jul 9, 2001 | Discussions thread
OP Wayne DeWitt Senior Member • Posts: 1,259
Re: Cold, hard reality sets in...

Bob;

Judging by your next post humor isn't completely lost on you - but I wouldn't have suspected it by this reply. If "ruggedness" is such a priority for you going with any "prosumer" camera is a little "iffy" (enough quote marks for you?). Not familiar with the Pentax model you named - don't even know if it's digital. For £1000 you could put together a nice 35mm outfit that would be far more rugged and versatile than any fixed-lens digital camera (and give better results). If weight is the main criteria the older Olympus and Pentax models were quite lightweight as well as rugged. Except for my industrial work I don't use digital on anything REALLY important - I have cameras from 35mm - 5x7 (7x5 for B.B.) for that. They are all tools that fill a particular need. For personal shooting I just find digital to be a great tool for when I don't feel like carrying a camera, or when I want to experiment and immediate feedback is a benefit. As far as I'm concerned they ALL (digital) feel and look terrible next to a good 35mm. My present Casio really feels like crap, but has taken almost as much abuse as my 35mm cameras (minus the header onto concrete while on top of a tripod). The plastic "feeling" (and appearance) doesn't necessarily translate into flimsy construction. In the final analysis you are the best judge of what tool fits your needs. I just find it humorous that so many Lemmings leap over the cliff because a reviewer (any reviewer) gives a camera an "8" instead of a "10". Phil is very thorough in his review - ironically enough it's his review that convinces me that it's the right camera for me.

Bob Jones wrote:

Wayne, not all of us live in the "Good old US of A, and not all of
us have £1000 to throw away on a bad camera. I am buying a camera
to replace my Pentax EI2000 which turned out to be a poor choice so
I won't be hot footing it to their site tonight. I need a camera
with the ability to take good pictures and will be rugged in
design, enough so to last me a couple of years of general and
outdoor use, a camera that will not stand the rigors of hiking in
rough terrain is no good to me.
Therefore I am considering the D7 and the E10, what worries be
about the D7 is the problems highlighted in Phil's review about
flimsy appearance.

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