> > The build quality is my chief concern about the camera. It feels
>> like cheap junk, and I pray that it lasts till we're ready to replace
>
>Which with the rate that new digital cameras come out over here only has
>to be until the end of next week ;-)
True, but I'd like to wait at least another couple years before I
replace it. By that time I'm hoping that the High End models are to
such a point where I feel that it is worth buying one.
> > Another factor is cost, for a parent with a young child a digital
>> camera is great because you can afford to shoot tons of photos. In
>
>NO!. Many times I've read letters and articles in photographic magazines
>that point out that because you can take dozens of pictures with a
>digital camera and not worry about the cost, then delete the duds later,
You raise very valid points (that I've cut), however, the photo's I'm
talking about are the ones you don't have time to compose. The ones
where you might have time to quickly grab the camera and shoot the
picture, but only if you're lucky.
A slightly off-key counter argument to this might be that a Digital
Camera can be a good learning tool for a person, in that it doesn't
cost anything to learn what does work well. Thus allowing them to
shoot better pictures with both digital and film cameras (the problem
with this argument is that film cameras react differently).
I have taken some time to learn how to shoot good pictures with the
Kodak we have, though not as much as I should, and where possible I
do attempt to get the best picture possible.
Zane
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