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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by WetumkaFats [Mostly, I shoot slides and find that my Canon A620 won't quite match the slides for quality, even though the Canon is 7.1 megs. [/quote] Keep in mind most point and shoot digital cameras use very small sensors - about a quarter of an inch square. DSLR's sensors are many times larger - 60% the size of a 35mm film frame, and therefore produce better images than point and shoot models. My first DSLR, a Canon Digital Rebel, has a 6.3MP sensor. I later bought a Canon Digital Elph S500 point and shoot camera as a walk around model. It has 5MP. I assumed its images would be close to the quality of those from the Rebel. They weren't, and I later found out the sensor size made the difference. Bob Boudreau [/quote] Bob, you are quite right about sensors, but the 12.1 meg Nikon D200 is still $1700 if you can find one in a store. They are in very short supply. And, it will turn my 20 mm wide angle into a 30 mm angle of view lens. If I want to use a fisheye, I get to spend another $900 on one that will work with the digital. Then, I will need a new SB-800 flash for another $400, so now I am up to $3000 for the conversion. Add in another lens or two and I am out $5000 to make the switch. And, I still need a much better (and therefore, more expensive) printer. There are a lot of reasons to switch, but saving money sure isn't one of them for me. The money that I would spend on completely switching would buy a lot of model railroad stuff like track, rolling stock, etc. I'll still be able to get film for quite a while from my local camera store, even if the garbage film disappears from Wally Mart and the drugstore counters. And, I'll still be able to get processing from the camera store. Plus, there is one place in town that (I think) still does Ilfochrome prints from slides. Personally, I think that the final decision is a personal one still. In a few years, film and processing may be harder to get, but not impossible to find--just inconvenient. Remember that, in the 1850's, people said that photography would kill painting as an art. We are still waiting for that to happen. For a few more years, I'll just stick to the F100, FM2n, and N70.
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