-------------------------------- LIST NEEDS A HOME >>Because the web has become a lot more popular since this Digest started, >>I wonder whether a web-based forum makes sense. For example, I really >>like the format of the discussion forums at photo.net. You can access >>the old articles very easily, and posting are available instantly. I think >>those are main advantages over our current e-mail distribution. I like the list as it is. I would even send a few bucks to help with finances if it got to that point, it is worth it to me. Or Canon can advertise here and we can all chuckle at that, haha. ------------------------- HOW GOOD IS GOOD >So how good is good? Nikon once boasted of the F5's >CPUs, three 16-bit, one 8 bit, one 4 bit. Now the >Canon EOS 3 has three CPUs inluding a 32 bit 24.576Mhz >RISC microcomputer, what does the F100 have? >Hopefully Nikon responds. My wife has a Pentium II 266 computer networked to my 333. My 333 strains at the images that I scan and edit. It is being pushed even with all the ram it can handle. My wife uses her 266 to write letters, send e-mail and play Jezzball. It's not a matter if good, it is a matter of sufficient power for your needs. My 333 is no better than her 266when it comes to e-mail and jezzball, but only when scanning and editing. Ask yourself if you push your cameras to the limit thus far, shooting moving subjects at 200mph at 8fps going from dark to light to dark again. How much do you test your camera and lens? Do you enlarge stuff enough to justify the APO, ED, LD, etc. glass being used on a regular basis, or would a 70-210/5.6 work for you just fine? Canon can have my 333 in it but if it does not have a removeable viewfinder I cannot use it. Canon can have my 333 and my wife's 266 in it but if it cannot physically handle duty along side an M-16 I cannot use it. Don't judge a camera on the brain only, but sometimes its brawn. I'd rather be the brain anyday. I use aperture priority, spot metering and center focus spot on 99% of my pics. Most of my camera's brain is wasted I suppose, but that's okay. I have what I need. Robert in Redlands
