Comments on: Kodachrome 64 is 86′d http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2009/06/27/kodachrome-64-is-86d/ Ramblings by a former physics teacher teaching EFL in Jishou, China Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eljefe http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2009/06/27/kodachrome-64-is-86d/#comment-48854 eljefe Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:01:51 +0000 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/?p=948#comment-48854 I agree, but not entirely. For example, my D60 comes with a Nikkor 18-55mm zoom. It's not as rugged as the Nikkors of yore -- instead of a metal barrel, it has a plastic one -- but it is as sharp as those old Nikkors. Still, I am keeping my 200mm "heavy," manual Nikkor around just in case. As for the optics in the P&S cameras, they suck. Tiny lenses cannot provide the same clarity as the larger ones used on DSLR cameras. I agree, but not entirely. For example, my D60 comes with a Nikkor 18-55mm zoom. It’s not as rugged as the Nikkors of yore — instead of a metal barrel, it has a plastic one — but it is as sharp as those old Nikkors.

Still, I am keeping my 200mm “heavy,” manual Nikkor around just in case.

As for the optics in the P&S cameras, they suck. Tiny lenses cannot provide the same clarity as the larger ones used on DSLR cameras.

]]> By: James Stripes http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/2009/06/27/kodachrome-64-is-86d/#comment-48853 James Stripes Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:57:18 +0000 http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg/?p=948#comment-48853 The best digital cameras are good, and digital is far cheaper. But for $200, the camera you could buy in 1970 took far better pictures than anything available for under $800 today. The difference is in the lenses. The cheapest Pentax SLR came with a better lens than anything cheaper than the Canon EOS Digital Rebel. Mass market cameras are made for folks that take snapshots, not photographs. These folks believe in megapixels and couldn't care the slightest about optics. The best digital cameras are good, and digital is far cheaper. But for $200, the camera you could buy in 1970 took far better pictures than anything available for under $800 today. The difference is in the lenses. The cheapest Pentax SLR came with a better lens than anything cheaper than the Canon EOS Digital Rebel. Mass market cameras are made for folks that take snapshots, not photographs. These folks believe in megapixels and couldn’t care the slightest about optics.

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