http://www.dcresource.com/news/newsitem.php?id=3767
Olympus and Panasonic have announced a new camera standard with no
mirror, EVF and interchangeable lenses. The days of the DSLR are counted
- it's just a matter of time before (most) other manufacturers will

Why doesn't anyone make one of these? Canon's 400 f/5.6L is a great
lens, and I have it, but IS would be so sweet in that lens. Sigma is now
going to make a 500mm optically stabilized zoom with a 6.3 minimum
aperture at 500mm - and a 500mm f/2.8, why no 500mm prime that

"http://www.geeksugar.com/1842850"
I guess there's finally an advantage to a P&S!

        This is a bit off-topic but some people in this printing
newsgroup might be interested.
I am admin for an office where we run a number of seperate businesses
and we needed to charge

I can't quite fiqure this lens out. I am using a Nikon D300 set to
manual. The problem is that I can't set the aperture to 2.8 on manual
setting.  I thought manual - set to f2.8 and it should stay there but
it doesn't. It does sometimes but mostly it won't go below f3.0. What

I went to see a friend's band last night in Brooklyn. Before I headed
over, I went down to the waterfront to take a couple of photos of
Manhattan. I went down a street right at the East River where I saw some
people congregated, and set up. There were older two guys sitting there ...

I have decided to bite the bullet and will finally be upgrading from my
current P&S to something a little better, I have decided to go with the
Canon 450D after much research and hands on at some of the local vendors
with it and a few of the Nikons the choice eventually came down ...

This one's for Helen....
Took this one this morning as I was enjoying my first Diet Coke of the
day.
http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/101514908/original

I'm posting a question re the Subject, since I seem to have lost touch
with the modern day technology in this area.  All the early years of
electronic flashes that I ever had any dealing with - used the Guide
Number as a number to divide the distance into, to determine the

I'm wondering if any current DSLRs have an inbuilt microphone?  I do a lot of flora photography and find this feature essential.
The old Canon EOS 1D had this feature.

Can someone clarify something for me?
kit lens 18-55mm
I see 24mm and 28mm prime lenses listed as "wide angle"
so is my kit lens a "Wide angle" at the 18mm end?

Thanks for the response on my previous question on the topic of ultra
digital camera. Unfortunately, I feel that this is not a particularly
popular topic (as I strongly feel that both the industry and the
serious consumers appear to go into the direction of pushing in/buying

First eat at McDonald's, the official restaurant, then take some photos
that match the quality of the food, with the official camera.

After almost 2 years of dedicated service, my Samsung Digimax i5
camera finally decided to quit. It is still working, but now all
images appears to be over exposed.
So, I am now looking for another camera soon. The following camera is