I appreciate the quick, detailed responses to my questions. For years I have used a Yashica T3 in gorgeous places and have been very happy overall. Most recently I spent the summer in Arctic Norway and was disappointed at how it performed in low light, bright light, too close, too far situations with such outrageous scenery around. Film speed did not take care of it as much as I had hoped. I like the advice of bringing my point and shoot along with an SLR and had thought of doing this myself. My essential motivation in all of this is to get a clarity and contrast in my shots that seems just out of reach for my point and shoot. Granted, this little difference may be trivial and my skill certainly plays a part but I've seen evidence that a decent SLR in moderately capable hands will record a finer picture than the camera I currently own. I have found the net site photo.net and it's packed with info. I appreciate the lens recommendations in particular. My strength and weakness is that I am incredibly picky about gathering information before committing my hard earned cash. Perhaps it comes from having worked retail. Perhaps I am just too damn picky about the quality and value of my gear? Live by the sword, die by the sword. My only reasons for wanting to avoid heavy techno electrical vunder Kameras is 1.durability 2.battery life 3.durability 4.water sensitivity 5. durability 6.something about me that enjoys mastering mechanical equipment. Having said this, I am very open to being convinced otherwise and admit I am on the y axis side of the learning curve. Brian W. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free _at_yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 30 1999 - 12:58:48 PST
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