Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. Add a used
18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
had higher model Canons at similar savings.
Amazing.

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:20:11 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:

> Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
> Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. Add a used
> 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
> had higher model Canons at similar savings.
> Amazing.

Don't forget to add a Commodore PET computer to view
the pics on.

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

On Jun 14, 2:20*am, RichA <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
> Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. *Add a used
> 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
> had higher model Canons at similar savings.
> Amazing.

Isn't that plastic?

DanP

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

In article
<0b0809a6-3981-4c50-8fc6-081577b73cdb@t14g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
RichA <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote:

> Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
> Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. Add a used
> 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
> had higher model Canons at similar savings.
> Amazing.

I already have a Canon Rebel XT. I haven't touched it since I bought a
P&S camera with a 30x optical lens. No more back breaking days carrying
around a ton of camera gear for me! Why do you think that XT is so cheap?

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> wrote:
>In article
><0b0809a6-3981-4c50-8fc6-081577b73cdb@t14g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>,
> RichA <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
>> Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. Add a used
>> 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
>> had higher model Canons at similar savings.
>> Amazing.
>
>I already have a Canon Rebel XT. I haven't touched it since I bought a
>P&S camera with a 30x optical lens.


Wow! An "optical" lens, eh?

All the best lenses are "optical", like this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=220784775346

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

On Jun 13, 9:45*pm, Irwell <h...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:20:11 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
> > Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
> > Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. *Add a used
> > 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
> > had higher model Canons at similar savings.
> > Amazing.
>
> Don't forget to add a Commodore PET computer to view
> the pics on.

Sure it's older, but it STILL has an APS sensor which is better than
any current P&S.

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

RichA <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Jun 13, 9:45*pm, Irwell <h...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:20:11 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
>> > Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
>> > Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. *Add a used
>> > 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
>> > had higher model Canons at similar savings.
>> > Amazing.
>>
>> Don't forget to add a Commodore PET computer to view
>> the pics on.
>
>Sure it's older, but it STILL has an APS sensor which is better than
>any current P&S.


Since the Rebel XT (EOS 350D) was made, the image quality from P&S
cameras has massively improved. Faced with the choice of a new, low
noise P&S and a noisy six year old Rebel XT with an atrocious first
generation 18-55mm lens, you would have to be mad to choose the DSLR.

You yourself have branded as unacceptable Sony's second generation
18-55mm lens for the NEX system, a lens that most people consider to
be pretty good. So why are you now recommending a first generation
18-55mm lens whose optical performance is much worse?

Does not compute.

So what will be your next "recommendation"? An Olympus E-1?

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:13:27 -0700, in rec.photo.digital Savageduck
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

>On 2011-06-13 18:45:02 -0700, Irwell <hook@yahoo.com> said:
>
>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:20:11 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
>>
>>> Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
>>> Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. Add a used
>>> 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
>>> had higher model Canons at similar savings.
>>> Amazing.
>>
>> Don't forget to add a Commodore PET computer to view
>> the pics on.
>
>...and here I was thinking Sinclair ZX80.


Myself, I'm partial to an Intertec Superbrain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertec_Superbrain

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:22:00 +0100, Bruce <docnews2011@gmail.com>
wrote:

>RichA <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Jun 13, 9:45*pm, Irwell <h...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:20:11 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
>>> > Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
>>> > Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. *Add a used
>>> > 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
>>> > had higher model Canons at similar savings.
>>> > Amazing.
>>>
>>> Don't forget to add a Commodore PET computer to view
>>> the pics on.
>>
>>Sure it's older, but it STILL has an APS sensor which is better than
>>any current P&S.
>
>
>Since the Rebel XT (EOS 350D) was made, the image quality from P&S
>cameras has massively improved. Faced with the choice of a new, low
>noise P&S and a noisy six year old Rebel XT with an atrocious first
>generation 18-55mm lens, you would have to be mad to choose the DSLR.

Unless you're a photography student (academically- or self-taught) on
a tight budget.

Think of it as a trainer.

Re: Never a better time to jettison that P&S
 

On Jun 14, 9:22*am, Bruce <docnews2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> RichA <rander3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Jun 13, 9:45 pm, Irwell <h...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:20:11 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote:
> >> > Henry's Camera Outlet store in Mississauga, Ontario (outskirts of
> >> > Toronto) was selling refurb Canon Rebel XT's for $99.00. Add a used
> >> > 18-55mm kit lens for about $50-$60 and you are in business. They also
> >> > had higher model Canons at similar savings.
> >> > Amazing.
>
> >> Don't forget to add a Commodore PET computer to view
> >> the pics on.
>
> >Sure it's older, but it STILL has an APS sensor which is better than
> >any current P&S.
>
> Since the Rebel XT (EOS 350D) was made, the image quality from P&S
> cameras has massively improved. *Faced with the choice of a new, low
> noise P&S and a noisy six year old Rebel XT with an atrocious first
> generation 18-55mm lens

Then get a later lens. Same price.