[clug] Digital Camera selection help

[Kim Holburn]

On 2010/Sep/01, at 1:04 AM, Michael Carden wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Kim Holburn  
> <kim.holburn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Even a cheap canon can do amazing things.
>
> Perhaps it can, but they're awful.
>
> Canon 'Point And Shoot' cameras were amazing when we all had film
> cameras. We could put up with their crap performance because we were
> keen on this new digi-thing.
>
> I worked for Panasonic in the 1980s and 90s and I saw the introduction
> of digital cameras. We watched everyone else getting it wrong.
>
> It still amazes me that people (aka Canon users) accept that pressing
> the "Take a Picture Now" button on a Canon PAS camera is just a hint
> to the camera that you might like a photo sometime soon.
>
> Don't get me wrong - I don't dislike Canon - I have two Canon DSLRs,
> but they have no idea of how to make a Point and Shoot.

Be that as it may, and far be it from me to defend Canon, there is a  
GPL OS that can get at every corner and it works on all canons  
including the DSLRs.  You can change buttons, write scripts etc.


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