Thanks for the timely article, it provides a nice overview. In my search last week for digital camera information I came across a site which is a very complete "review" site for digital cameras. It may be a good addendum to the article, check out: http://www.dpreview.com/
Submitted by Monty Sheldan on Wed, 12/12/2001 - 06:28.
I will encourage friends who ask for advice to read this article.
However, I do NOT agree that shutter lag is no longer a problem in digital camera's. I'm now using a Nikon Coolpix 995 (very pleased with it, and it's at the high end of pro-sumer cameras). It doesn't have as much of a lag as my previous Kodak, but it's noticably more "laggy" than my 35mm Canon EOS.
How important shutter lag is though, varies according to the type of photos being taken - how high is the capturing-a-fleeting-moment factor.
Nevertheless, from my moderate experience, this part of the review is misleading.
no specific comparable specifications that help to know when what the camera company is telling you is good or not, or even meaningful. All the author did was to widen and murky the distance between wanting an excellent device for capturing digital images, and getting one.
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Thanks for the timely article, it provides a nice overview. In my search last week for digital camera information I came across a site which is a very complete "review" site for digital cameras. It may be a good addendum to the article, check out: http://www.dpreview.com/
Quite Useful overall (one point of disagreement)
I will encourage friends who ask for advice to read this article.
However, I do NOT agree that shutter lag is no longer a problem in digital camera's. I'm now using a Nikon Coolpix 995 (very pleased with it, and it's at the high end of pro-sumer cameras). It doesn't have as much of a lag as my previous Kodak, but it's noticably more "laggy" than my 35mm Canon EOS.
How important shutter lag is though, varies according to the type of photos being taken - how high is the capturing-a-fleeting-moment factor.
Nevertheless, from my moderate experience, this part of the review is misleading.
article fails to provide ways to compare
no specific comparable specifications that help to know when what the camera company is telling you is good or not, or even meaningful. All the author did was to widen and murky the distance between wanting an excellent device for capturing digital images, and getting one.