Re: Sony DSLR buyers, more "novice" than buyers of other brands?




"Dan Lenski" <dlenski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:20:50 -0800, Brion K. Lienhart wrote:
Well, they did manage to cram a Memory Stick slot in there, but it's in
addition to, not instead of, a useful memory slot (Compact Flash).

Ah, yes. Sort of like how the Olympus DSLRs have xD slots in addition to
CompactFlash.

I *loathe* xD cards... they are incredibly slow and cost about 3X as much
as SD, with much less selection. One of the biggest reasons I don't
recommend Olympus P&S cameras to friends anymore, despite having enjoyed
my own C-740 UZ for a while.

Same here. Olympus and Fuji have both made some fine cameras, but that
stupid xD card is reason enough to not even consider buying one. Why they
made such a dumb move at a time when the SD card was already becoming the
standard for cameras and all sorts of other devices taking small memory
cards -- is simply unfathomable.

Neil


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