Photography is art, so photographers are artists, right? So why should everything have to be so utilitarian? It seems to me at least marginally reasonable to want to extend that artistic endeavor to the equipment as well. Who can browse here:
http://www.cameraleather.com/ without feeling a little attracted to one of these little works of art? Tom P. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve > Parrott > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EOS Trite matter > > To go off on a totally useless course, am I the only one who thinks all > the current DSLRs are UGLY? Especially the larger cameras such as the > 1D series. Do these cameras HAVE to look the way they do? To my eye, > the Hasselblad H series cameras are a beautiful design, or at least a > step in the right direction. I know they are medium format based which > dictates their shape to an extent, but still, it seems to me Canon > could do a ground up redesign of the 1D cameras to something totally > modern, sleek, and ergonomic. After all, we base so many purchases > based on LOOKS... cars, homes, clothes.. wives and husbands :-) Can > you imagine how Canon could absolutely deal a death blow to other > manufacturers if they came out with a TOTALLY NEW camera design, even > possibly with a carbon fiber outer casing, or perhaps a dark titanium > colored body with burgundy leather accents, or maybe some elegant > brushed silver lenses, or, .... or .... just think of the > possibilities! WHY do we have to always have these black brick eyesores > put in front of us? Sure, the final photo is what REALLY counts, but > come on, ya know it would also be great to have a KILLER LOOKING piece > of equipment with which to take those photos! > > Just rambling thoughts on a rainy day. :-) > > Steve * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
