Comment This camera is NOT meant for hobbyists! (Score 1) 236
This is meant to be a camera for serious PJs (Photojournalists). It will list for over $3000 and is meant to compete with the Canon 1D which also lists for over $3000. This camera shoots 9 fps at 4MP. Speed is the word with PJs.
Below is more on digital cameras in general...slightly off topic but I saw a lot of confusion and opinions on here by people that don't know what they're talking about when it comes to digital cameras...especially those beyond P&S digicams.
I have a Canon 10D which is 3fps at 6MP and it costs about $1300 (sans lens). Why is it so much less than the 1D or the D2H? Simple, it doesn't focus as fast as the 1D, it doesn't do 9fps and it is completely weatherproofed (all of the seals on the 1D are completely weather proofed against sand, water, etc.). In addition, the 1D has a built in vertical handle and is built like the proverbial tank.
I just don't need the features of the Canon 1D to justify its price.
Why go with a DSLR over a P&S digicam? Simple..available choices in lenses. There is NO way you can get control of your depth of field in a digicam with the puny lenses and sensors they ship with. Period. Add in chromatic aberrations and vignetting you'll see the shortcomings. That being said, if all you take pictures of is family, friends, and other subjects like that then a digicam is probably right for you. I have one of those too since my camera body and lens setup weighs in at about 10 lbs. + bag and extra batteries. I don't want to take it everywhere.
Nikon is behind the times in most cases and the WiFi is an add-on module that sucks power out of the camera's main body. I really don't see it converting Canon using PJ's over to Nikon because Canon has the lenses that PJ's lust over and the body is only a very small investment in their professional setup. A 600mm f4 lens costs $6000. That's right. 1 lens!
Olympus has gone in the 4/3 direction which I think most of you will like until you see the cost of their first 4/3 DSLR camera and their lenses. Ouch!!
Below is more on digital cameras in general...slightly off topic but I saw a lot of confusion and opinions on here by people that don't know what they're talking about when it comes to digital cameras...especially those beyond P&S digicams.
I have a Canon 10D which is 3fps at 6MP and it costs about $1300 (sans lens). Why is it so much less than the 1D or the D2H? Simple, it doesn't focus as fast as the 1D, it doesn't do 9fps and it is completely weatherproofed (all of the seals on the 1D are completely weather proofed against sand, water, etc.). In addition, the 1D has a built in vertical handle and is built like the proverbial tank.
I just don't need the features of the Canon 1D to justify its price.
Why go with a DSLR over a P&S digicam? Simple..available choices in lenses. There is NO way you can get control of your depth of field in a digicam with the puny lenses and sensors they ship with. Period. Add in chromatic aberrations and vignetting you'll see the shortcomings. That being said, if all you take pictures of is family, friends, and other subjects like that then a digicam is probably right for you. I have one of those too since my camera body and lens setup weighs in at about 10 lbs. + bag and extra batteries. I don't want to take it everywhere.
Nikon is behind the times in most cases and the WiFi is an add-on module that sucks power out of the camera's main body. I really don't see it converting Canon using PJ's over to Nikon because Canon has the lenses that PJ's lust over and the body is only a very small investment in their professional setup. A 600mm f4 lens costs $6000. That's right. 1 lens!
Olympus has gone in the 4/3 direction which I think most of you will like until you see the cost of their first 4/3 DSLR camera and their lenses. Ouch!!
