On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:51:23 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:21:46 -0700, jps wrote:



Ken Rockwell has a well-earned opinion but he's not the holy grail. I
find him to be reasonably on the mark but there are plenty of other
opinions to consider before chosing equipment.

Rockwell is entertaining and throws a lot at you in good fashion.
Did surprise me a bit how hard he pushed the D40 then in another piece
knocked the metering.
But I think he had the gist of what he was saying right.
His enthusiasm spills over, and he doesn't seem to pose with airs of
tech expertise about him. Comes out naturally though, and there's no
doubt about his tech expertise.
I liked his section on cheap/frugal. Aligns well with my own
philosophy, except he's one new car ahead of me.
But as you said, there's other opinions to look at before laying down
the cash.

--Vic

The D40 is a cheap camera with a crappy lens. You'd be disappointed.

Rockwell a good source of info for the non-professional who wants to
know about consumer to prosumer equipment.

To wade through the information available on features, sensors,
electronics, lens distortion is better suited to the guy who's
spending $5 - $20K on a setup that's going to be used for commercial
photography or high-level hobby.

I think your experience with an SLR will lead you back to that form
factor. Those of us who grew up with a well-built SLR body cannot
abide the cheap, automatic, inferior quality of the point and shoot,
even the high end models.

Even Tom's crappy E-3 would be a brilliant purchase in comparison to a
fixed-lens wanna be SLR.