Friday, May 7, 2004
Looking Beyond The Megapixels - Part II
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 08:00 PM
We reported on the Looking Beyond The Megapixels article last week that looked at current digital photography hardware. Well, here is "the second in a series of three editorial articles examining current digital photography hardware, as well as my views of what is to come. In this segment I will be focusing on build, size, weight and ergonomics of camera bodies, as well as the size, weight, function and versatility of the glass strapped to the front of it."
The article basically claims that the body surrounding the APS sized sensors in DSLRs is way too big and unwieldy for the quality one gets from the camera, and the author often wonders whether a prosumer camera would be better to use instead even though the quality of the image is significantly lower, mainly because of the convenience and versatility. I don't know whether I really agree with the author because I find my EOS 10D quite comfortable and easy to use. He does however correctly point out the in a non-interchangeable lens camera (most prosumer cameras) one bases judgment on the standard final image, but in a DSLR, because you can change lenses, you can get very precise control over what quality images you want.
The article basically claims that the body surrounding the APS sized sensors in DSLRs is way too big and unwieldy for the quality one gets from the camera, and the author often wonders whether a prosumer camera would be better to use instead even though the quality of the image is significantly lower, mainly because of the convenience and versatility. I don't know whether I really agree with the author because I find my EOS 10D quite comfortable and easy to use. He does however correctly point out the in a non-interchangeable lens camera (most prosumer cameras) one bases judgment on the standard final image, but in a DSLR, because you can change lenses, you can get very precise control over what quality images you want.
