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Re: [guangzhou] Best DSLR for climbing/wildlife/outdoors:
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knudenoggin
Dec 2, 2008, 6:58 PM
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"Best" is a bad thought to have: there are many good, workable solutions
("<item>" is soooo, pre-90s: you don't want no stinkin' <item>, you want solutions!)
to your needs. E.g., some bodies give anti-shake; other makers increasingly have
that function in lenses; the former will give the benefit to old lenses, but if
you're going to fill needs well enough from new, it's irrelevant.
Self-cleaning sensors? --just read one guy's dismissal of that as motly market
hype: works only so well, and Real(tm) cleaning will be needed anyway.
Weather sealing: well, maybe you can get add-on protection? --or otherwise
avoid taking a swim, and might not find really bothersome weather a great
photographing draw anyway, so ... irrelevant.
Long (telephoto) lenses: heck, that takes all the thrill & skill out of hunting the
great shot--improve your stalking & cam-you-flage! 
guangzhou wrote: ... the only two camera outfits that I would consider in today's market are Nikon and Canon. Between the two, they have over 80% of the market.
This almost sounds like --from one perspective-- a good reason to EXCLUDE them:
variety is the spice of life! And I'm bothered a bit by how much seeming
gaming goes on in camera development towards "price points" vs. something
more fundamental & relevant to actual use. (The "D40x" seems to have been
a we-need-to-have-TEN-megaWooers in our bottom end, quick! in order
to stave of megaWooers from swooning over others' 10mp vs. our entry
level D40 6mp. (Though you can see comments from actual users who own
several pricey cameras but say they find the D40 (sometimes older D50)
being what they reach for often).)
It suits me very much to have Pentax, Sony (who has made Nikon's sensors), Olympus,
and ... viable in the market; and maybe to see CanoNikon cool down their
multi-product lines to fewer, and work on & cheapen their lenses.
(Some current grumblings re Canon QA on lenses, interestingly!?)
In reply to: ... hold each body. My two cents
Is that the right way to choose a girlfriend, btw?
  
(This post was edited by knudenoggin on Dec 2, 2008, 7:11 PM)
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