--- David Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a side note, I was at my local camera store > yesterday to drop off film > for processing, and listened to some x-mas shopper > conversations with sales > people at the "digital" counter. Teen-ager and her > father were looking at a > Digital Rebel and 18-55 lens. Neither seemed to > know much about > photography, and they were looking at a camera for > her to take to college > next year. Girl & father couldn't understand why, > for $500 more, the Digital > Rebel could not 1) show image on LCD for framing a > shot like digital P&S > cameras and 2) make video clips like a digital P&S.
Frankly, neither do I. Canon has shutter technology that will hold the shutter open and mirror up using no battery power. While building the capability to do that into the Rebel might cause it to exceed the price point, it should be a part of the 10d and higher bodies, along with a pivoting LCD like the G2, G3 and G5 have. Imagine how nice it would be to frame low angle shots from above, on an LCD screen aimed up the photographer. I don't care about video clips, but the same shutter technology would make that fairly easy, too. ===== Bob Meyer I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger... http://www.meyerweb.net/epson __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
