Panno Zhai wrote:

> 
> aNdY wrote:
>> Hi panno,
>>
>>     Thanks for your advise. I am stress as I just want to get a very
>> powerful good digital camera so that it will last me this life time.
>> techniques is changing so fast. I can never catch up. I am tired. very
>> tired as I am old too. So, I thought ... just one reasonable good camera
>> will do. I have think so much for the past one month so now I am only
>> confused. I think I have no choice but go to any shop by fate and if I
>> hold the camera and it felt okay, I will just take it. I don't know.
>> beside http://www.dpreview.com/reviews , do u know of other places where
>> it has the pro and con of camera which can help me narrow down to the
>> best that I want so that I can just seek a shop selling it and get it?
>> More advises pls. Thanks
> 
> OK, I see where you are coming from. I must disappoint you by telling
> you that no digital camera available today will last you alifetime.

Depends on how old he is.  If he's 90 years old then statistically speaking
he's going to wear out before the camera becomes obsolete.  I can't find it
now but I seem to recall him mentioning in one of his posts that he was
retired, which would mean that he's not young.

> The 
> technology is changing too fast. And I am able to predict that in
> several years of time, the cameras will get the CCD (or CMOS) sensors
> which are much more sensitive at high ISO. In other words, with the new
> camera, you will be able to shoot in dim light without noise... the
> modern mass-consumed cameras cannot do it yet, and this is a major
> drawback.
> 
> With all that said, I can indicate to you which qualities in the camera
> will make it lasting longer. It is the quality of optics. All the
> future cameras will have an improvement in the CCD chip and in the
> processing electronics which will be cheap, however, the good lenses
> will still be the same and will still be expensive. Here is an advice
> to you: buy a camera with a really good optics. In several years time,
> it will still be doing good pictures compared to the newer cameras with
> the better pixel count, better processor and possibly better CCD chip.
> Go and do search on dpreview or other places where people sing hymnes
> to the good quality of the lens of any particular camera. If you want a
> small camera, then pay attention at Panasonic line -- they all have a
> Leice lens which is arguably the best. I have the LX1 camera where the
> lens is especially good (out of other compact Panasonics).
> 
> If you want to go for a large bulku dSLR camera, then you have a more
> freedom of choice. The lenses are detachable, and you can find the lens
> in the price range from one hundred dollars to several thousand
> dollars. It is up to your pocket :-) .
> 
> \/

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