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 From: dd-b@dd-b.net 
  
 edward ohare  writes: 
  
 > On 6 Sep 2004 13:46:28 GMT, Woodchuck Bill  wrote: 
 > 
 > 
 >>Then which group would my camera fit in..Coolpix 5700? It is not an SLR. 
 >>It's too big to be called compact. 
  
 > Hmmmm... I recently purchased an Olympus C765 Ultra Zoom.  I consider 
 > it to be overall as capable as the three 35mm SLRs I've had, and a lot 
 > more convenient due to its smaller size and no need to haul multiple 
 > lenses around. 
  
 You may so consider it, but you're *wrong*. 
  
 For my 35mm SLRs I've got lenses from 17mm to 500mm.  Lenses are 
 *available* from something like 6mm to 2000mm.  I've got extension 
 tubes.  I've got bellows.  I don't have telescope or microscope 
 adapters, but they're standard accessories available in every SLR 
 line.  I've got various remote controls (air-release with 20 feet of 
 tubing, and also an electrical remote for one of the motor-drive 
 cameras).  I've got a pin-hole setup that replaces the lens. 
 My N90 (and Fuji S2) almost certainly auto-focus faster and track 
 focus better than your C765.  There's also the question of image 
 quality -- lens quality, and sensor quality and resolution. 
  
 And I'm sure I'm overlooking many things. 
  
 Certainly something like your C765 (or my old Epson 850Z even) can do 
 most of the things one does in most days of photography adequately 
 well.  Certainly being smaller and lighter is an advantage.  But 
 trying to call it "as capable" is a gross exaggeration. 
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