[Leica] Canon 30D?

[topoxforddoc at btinternet.com (charlie chan)]

I'm not sure how much ruggedness you lost with some of the old SLRs. I 
have a Pentax Mx (had 2 originally) and these two mxs have been 
absolutely reliable. I've dropped them on concrete and stone surfaces 
and they bounce and I carry on shooting. I bet you the Olympus OM 
series would be much the same. I'm not sure my R9 and DMR would do the 
same. I've also dropped my M6 with a 75 lux (or rather my son swiped it 
off a table) and broke the lens mount ring on the body. Thank goodness 
for my household insurance policy!

Charlie Chan
Cheltenham UK


My last big, heavy SLR was a Nikon F3 and it was a miniature compared 
to the current crop of film and digital SLRs.  I used a Pentax ME for 
many years, too.  That was just about the right size as far as I was 
concerned but you give up a lot of ruggedness in those smaller cameras.


Frank Dernie wrote:

> I don't like big heavy cameras either, but you can't blame that on 
> digital. The digital only lenses are smaller than the film SLR lenses 
> and the cameras are little if any different to equivalent film SLRs. 
> It is SLR cameras which are - mostly - big and heavy, not digital. I 
> hated the size and weight SLRs before digital was invented.
> Frank
>
> On 18 Jan, 2006, at 16:36, Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>
>> Right, but, at least for me, buying a first generation digital M 
>> won't mean buying into an entirely new system and it will be a system 
>> that I enjoy using.
>>
>> I seem to be unable to express adequately just how much I dislike 
>> hauling around these over-sized, over-weight, over-automated, 
>> computers that pass for cameras these days.
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick

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