Brit mag rates E-1 and 1DsMk 2 as best cameras

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"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> Amateur Photographer rated them according to various
> things, but what it came down to was image quality
> with the 1DsMk2 and E-1 coming closest to good film
> compared to the other 10 DSLRs on test. Egonomics, etc,
> also came into play.
> -Rich

....and British magazine Practical Photography Film & Digital Sept 2005 rated
Canon 20D Testers choice, Nikon D50 best buy.
350D, 20D & 1DSMkII got 5 stars whilst E-300, *ist DL & SD10 got 3 (lowest)

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<burnsdavidj@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Size of the camera in this case would be a qualitative judgement, not
> quantitative. Quality of the pics don't suffer, its just personal
> preference...
>
> /like my 350D and its size, and I'm 6'1, 200lbs.

Just think how happy you would be with a decent sized hand grip.

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Mike wrote:
> In article <cjTQe.15119$FA3.1950@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> no@email.com says...
>>
>> <burnsdavidj@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1125332236.768888.125790@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>> Size of the camera in this case would be a qualitative judgement,
>>> not quantitative. Quality of the pics don't suffer, its just
>>> personal preference...
>>>
>>> /like my 350D and its size, and I'm 6'1, 200lbs.
>>
>> Just think how happy you would be with a decent sized hand grip.
>>
> Good grief. I also enjoy the 350D and have similar personal
> dimensions (maybe because I spent all last year using a Sony V1
> P@S -
> now _that_ was small). If size or weight is a handling problem for
> some - just superglue it to a brick.
>

Seems to me the human being, adaptable as it is, can handle a few mms
and gs difference here and there. Once it has mastered the location of
features and practiced sufficiently, the slight differences disappear
as attention is directed to other aspects of tasks at hand.

They disappear like the size of the numbers on your speedometer, the
color of the bonnet in front of the windscreen, your wedding
anniversary date, your brother-in-law's wife's mother's preference in
cocktails ...

You may not believe there is no significant difference when you start,
or compare directly, but when those features are not the center of
attention their scale in the greater universe of things that matter
diminishes dramatically. Arriving at the place where they pale may be
more tedious for some (people and features), but if you can trust your
capabilities --and you should be able to-- you'll get there.

Unless, of course, there are some among the other human
multi-capacities inhibiting development. Some kind of fear or
fixation. Some kind of escsape into activity. Something.

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:52:55 GMT, "Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote:

>I think they are uncomfortable for people with "standard" hands, seriously
>what were Canon thinking?.

I buy gloves in 'large' size and used Olympus OM SLRs for over twenty
years.The 350D is almost identical in height so to me it doesn't feel
small. It's all down to what you're used to.

Al
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