XPost: rec.photo.digital 
 From: alan.browne@FreeLunchVideotron.ca 
  
 Lionel wrote: 
  
 > This is why I think that the charter needs to be scrubbed clean of 
 > anything that could be interpreted as elitism. IMO, Failng to do so will 
 > result in a flamepit. 
  
 What, specifically, is elite about the current proposal that does 
 not embody what DSLR's are? 
  
 DSLR's already cover a wide range of bodies from the, ahem, low 
 end 300D and D70 to the 1D Mk2  and even (as we've discussed) the H1. 
  
 Well if I were a happy D70 owner, I'd still feel in good comapny 
 with all the cameras "above it". 
  
 If I were a D1 Mk II owner, I'd still appreciate the digi-rebel 
 participants and help where I could. 
  
 But we do need a line, and that line SLR and rfs.  It is not 
 about being Elite. 
  
 As a long time rpe35mm member I have never felt that the m-f and 
 l-f groups were "elite", although of course there is a higher 
 concentration of expertise... and as such a resource, not 
 competitors for status. 
  
 Cheers, 
 Alan 
  
  
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