XPost: rec.photo.digital 
 From: bwr607@hotmail.com 
  
 edward ohare  wrote in 
 news:jobpj0541kfm7itr6oj1alp04ouc20fn96@4ax.com: 
  
 > On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 12:41:07 -0400, Alan Browne 
 >  wrote: 
 > 
 > 
 >>That really proves the point about the logic of the name.  There 
 >>is -no- compact or p+s that comes remotely close to either of my 
 >>SLR's even when I have only a simple prime lens installed. 
 > 
 > 
 > Well, I kinda like the 10x zoom, and I never carried a 380mm with any 
 > of my 35s, which is what it works out to. 
 > 
 > 
 >>1/12,000 - 30 + B in 1/3 stops 
 >>(1/1,000 for the Oly 765) 
 > 
 > 
 > Y'know... for someone who spent plenty of time with 35s, I never even 
 > checked to see what the shortest shutter speed was. 
 > 
 > 
 >>Aperture priority, speed priority, manual 
 > 
 > 
 > It will do ap and shutter priority. 
 > 
 > 
 >>exp comp, flash comp 
 >>aperture, 1/3 stops 
 >>wide range of filters (pols esp.) 
 >>DOF preview 
 >>spot metering, wtd, matrix 
 > 
 > 
 > Again, kinda strange, I think it does spot metering but I've never 
 > tried it, which for someone who used to have a full manual 35 and also 
 > shot a lot of Kodachrome... I guess I figure I'll fix the "problems" 
 > with Adobe after the fact. 
 > 
 > 
 >>Lenses up to 600mm, plus 1.4 / 2x TC's to go further. 
 >>              1200 for Canon and Nikon, plus TC's. 
 >>ISO as wide as the film range (or latest DSLR's) allow. 
 >>(your 765 is quite limited) 
 >>FAST non-var-aperture lenses .. your little zoom is not bad at 
 >>f/2.8- f/3.7 but for under $70 I can get a f/1.7 50mm ... oops I 
 >>do have that lens ... and it closes down to f/22 ... etc. 
 > 
 > 
 > I don't plan on an Ansel Adams type pics.   
  
 Your camera is a ZLR..like my Coolpix 5700. They are very different than 
 dSLRs in many ways, but they are more capable than simple point and shoot 
 cameras, so they warrant their own newsgroup. Stay tuned. 
  
 -- 
 Bill 
  
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