Saturday, September 2, 2006
Bulky Boxes That Can Take Great Photos
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 10:00 AM
"You may be perfectly satisfied with the snapshots taken by your sleek, slim, silver shirt-pocket digital camera. But then you see pictures in magazines that you just know were taken with better equipment. You know: razor-sharp portraits with blurred backgrounds. Car taillights drawing bright orange tracks across the nighttime frame. A waterfall, smoothed by a slow shutter into a silky veil. Or just about anything that happens fast. New SLR models, list price with lens, from top, Canon's XTi, $900; Panasonic's Lumix L1, $2,000; and Nikon's D80, $1,300. Shots like these are child’s play, however, for the digital SLR camera. These bulky black bricks don’t fit into any pocket except a kangaroo’s, and they don’t capture digital movies — but they start up and focus instantaneously and produce spectacular photographs. In the coming weeks, three new models, at various points along the price curve, will demonstrate just how fast SLR technology is advancing. Canon’s popular Rebel XT will be joined by a sibling, the Rebel XTi EOS-400D ($900 with a basic 18-55-millimeter starter lens, $800 without). Nikon will replace its D70S with the new D80 ($1,300 with an impressive 18-135-millimeter lens, $1,000 without)."
This is a very nice article that talks about the latest wave of prosumer cameras. It isn't designed to produce a winner among the three cameras that are mentioned, instead it is to talk about how sometimes it is worth it to lug around a heavy boxy camera rather than a thin and sleek point-and-shoot.
This is a very nice article that talks about the latest wave of prosumer cameras. It isn't designed to produce a winner among the three cameras that are mentioned, instead it is to talk about how sometimes it is worth it to lug around a heavy boxy camera rather than a thin and sleek point-and-shoot.
