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  Msg # 355 of 32000 on ZZNE4431, Saturday 5-12-23, 2:28  
  From: BRUCE MURPHY  
  To: JEREMY NIXON  
  Subj: Re: 4th RFD: rec.photo.digital reorganiz  
 From: pack-news@rattus.net 
  
 Jeremy Nixon  writes: 
  
 > Bruce Murphy   wrote: 
 > 
 > > But you wanted to include rangefinders becasue they were high end. You 
 > > wanted to exclude SLRs without completely interchangeable lenses 
 > > because they're not flexible enough, except that things which /have/ 
 > > extra lenses don't count because they're 'low end' 
 > 
 > It's not about "ends".  "Ends" have absolutely nothing to do with it. 
 > 
 > It's about how the cameras are used and, more to the point, how they are 
 > discussed.  A camera that is technically an SLR but has a fixed lens is 
 > in the same category as the "ZLR" cameras with regard to how they are 
 > used and discussed.  It just plain, flat-out makes no sense to include 
 > them in the "SLR" group.  Almost nothing in that group will be of value 
 > to the owners of those cameras. 
  
 Then what, apart from the obvious lens choice and sensor cleaning, do 
 you think will be in this group? 
  
 B> 
  
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