As naive as it may sound, I bought my Olympus E-1 (my first dSLR) based on its (1) sturdiness [read: not a plastic body], and (2) LACK of a pop-up flash. I had a pz1p fpr a while, and found the pop-up flash to be annoying when I was just trying to grab a shot in lower light conditions and didn't have time to make sure that the conditions didn't warrant a pop-up flash. Having used mostly rangefinder cameras over the past 10 years, the new automation of dSLRs seemed almost intrusive.
I have since gotten more facile with dSLR settings so that the popup flash is less of an annoyance. I don't worry about the camera/lens being rainproof, but do wonder if (on a hot humid summer day) if water is condensing IN my camera as well as ON my camera. Jeffery On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:40 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 10/23/2010 5:01 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> A pro grade camera has nothing to do with a person being a >> professional photographer. > > Indeed. I agree with you completely, Godfrey. > >> A pro grade camera is a camera built to different (higher) standards >> of durability and robustness. It's designed to be able to take a >> beating in adverse conditions and extended heavy use. Pentax has never >> really made pro-grade SLRs in 35mm or digital, although their top of >> the line comes close. Nikon's F line and D1, D2, D3 bodies are their >> pro bodies, Canon's EOS-1v, 1d, etc are their pro bodies. > > Godfrey, for your kind of work - is it really necessary for your gear to be > able to take a beating??? I am not implying a defense of Pentax or whatever. > I am asking because I thought that you were not doing any kind of photography > that can be potentially harmful to your equipment... > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
