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"David J Taylor" <david--this-bit> wrote in message news:<NDoEb.479$>...
> "normanstrong" <> wrote in message
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> > What digital SLR would you recommend?
>
> I wouldn't. Nikon 5700 or Minolta A1 offer far better value for money.

SLR has faster auto focus, higher sensitivity, large aperture prime lens, ...

http://digitcamera.tripod.com/#slr

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:23:06 -0500, Rodney Myrvaagnes
<> wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:33:29 GMT, "Juan R. Pollo"
><> wrote:
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>>"Angel" <> wrote in message
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>>> Is that what 'SLR' is about?- you look through the lens as opposed to a
>>view
>>> finder or LCD? (complete photo novice here!).
>>
>>Single Lens Reflex, been around since the '40s, I guess. As opposed to twin
>>lens reflex (box cameras).
>>
>>Juan
>>
>Since before 1910, IIRC. Graflex made SLRs long before they made the
>Speed Graphic. They made them in sizes from 6X9 cm. to 8 x 10 inches.
>
>No pentaprism. You looked down at the ground glass through a tall
>leather hood.
>
>
>
>Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a
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>
>"In this house we _obey_ the laws of thermodynamics." --Homer Simpson

In the sense that we now use "SLR" to refer primarily to 35mm cameras
with focal plane shutters, pentaprism viewing directly through a
removeable lens, the first company to make them was Ihagee of Dresden
Germany in 1936 with their Exakta line of cameras.

Hi,

If weight was no consideration (it is for me) I would definitely go with the
Canon 10D.
A camera for serious photographers.
While the Rebel 300D is an OK camera as a starter, soon you would have to buy
some serious lenses that cost the same if you get them for a 10D or a Rebel.
My thought is that I would get much longer use from the 10D and even if a new,
improved model came to market that I absolutely had to have, the 10D would hold
value much better.
Look at the D60, still sells for $1149 used at B&H.

Rosita

In article <>,
none <> wrote:

> In the sense that we now use "SLR" to refer primarily to 35mm cameras
> with focal plane shutters, pentaprism viewing directly through a
> removeable lens, the first company to make them was Ihagee of Dresden
> Germany in 1936 with their Exakta line of cameras.

Good answer, except that the removeability of the lens is irrelevant.

-Sloopy

"Christian" <> wrote in message
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> David J Taylor wrote:
>
> > "normanstrong" <> wrote in message
> > news:VgmEb.594917$Fm2.545791@attbi_s04...
> >> What digital SLR would you recommend?
> >
> > I wouldn't. Nikon 5700 or Minolta A1 offer far better value for
money.
>
> Both of these aren't DSLRs though.

Precisely. "If money is an object" then DSLR isn't the best route. You
may be paying for a lot of things you don't need. Getting a DSLR may be
too big a compromise...

David

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> SLR has faster auto focus, higher sensitivity, large aperture prime
lens, ...
>


That may be so, but SLR also has higher cost, greater weight, and is more
cumbersome to carry around.

"If money IS an object..." then the original poster needs to consider
carefully if a cost-compromised DSLR is actually the best solution for
their particular needs.

Cheers,
David

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:02:20 -0800, Sloopy <> wrote:

>In article <>,
> none <> wrote:
>
>> In the sense that we now use "SLR" to refer primarily to 35mm cameras
>> with focal plane shutters, pentaprism viewing directly through a
>> removeable lens, the first company to make them was Ihagee of Dresden
>> Germany in 1936 with their Exakta line of cameras.
>
>Good answer, except that the removeability of the lens is irrelevant.
>
>-Sloopy

Without the ability to remove the lens there could be no practical
way to have easy cost effective lens interchangeability. In fact the
motivation behind the early development the SLR was not because it
was such a superior way to see what you were going to get but rather
to get around the limitations of a range finder when using different
focal length lenses. That is the whole reason SLR's use a focal plane
rather than a leaf shutter-practical lens interchangeability.

I know SLR's have been made that have no lens interchangability and
that SLR's have been made with interchageable lenses that have used
optics with leaf shutters but they have not been the mainstream of
35mm SLR development.

I suppose the ability of a SLR to use interchangeable lenses is not
absolutely necessary but it is hardly irrelevant.

none wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 07:02:20 -0800, Sloopy <> wrote:
>
>>In article <>,
>> none <> wrote:
>>
>>> In the sense that we now use "SLR" to refer primarily to 35mm cameras
>>> with focal plane shutters, pentaprism viewing directly through a
>>> removeable lens, the first company to make them was Ihagee of Dresden
>>> Germany in 1936 with their Exakta line of cameras.
>>
>>Good answer, except that the removeability of the lens is irrelevant.
>>
>>-Sloopy
>
> Without the ability to remove the lens there could be no practical
> way to have easy cost effective lens interchangeability.

So? That has nothing to do with the name SLR.

> In fact the
> motivation behind the early development the SLR was not because it
> was such a superior way to see what you were going to get but rather
> to get around the limitations of a range finder when using different
> focal length lenses.

Nope, it was to fix paralax problems.


> That is the whole reason SLR's use a focal plane
> rather than a leaf shutter-practical lens interchangeability.

But all SLR's don't use focal plane shutters.

>
> I know SLR's have been made that have no lens interchangability and
> that SLR's have been made with interchageable lenses that have used
> optics with leaf shutters but they have not been the mainstream of
> 35mm SLR development.

So? Again it has nothing to do with defining "SLR".



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Stacey

HRosita wrote:

> My thought is that I would get much longer use from the 10D and
> even if a new, improved model came to market that I absolutely had to
> have, the 10D would hold value much better.
> Look at the D60, still sells for $1149 used at B&H.
>


And what was the price when it was "hot" 6 months ago?

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Stacey