Steve wrote:
> Canon has a serious problem with quality control in
> the production of these cameras with more reports of defective ones in
> various internet forums than any other camera. When one starts hearing about
> misaligned viewfinders, tilted CCD's, lines across LCDs, stuck or crooked
> lenses, stuck pixels, one starts to wonder about how a company with Canon's
> reputation can let this problem continue to happen.

Right now I am mainly looking for a "stopgap camera" to use this summer
while I wait for new Nikons, or maybe the Fuji F700.  I thought that a
Canon A300 would serve this purpose well - no zoom, but 3 MP, some
controls and a very low price.  However, pictures were blurred around
the edges - left side in particular - leaving not more than 2 MP of
usable image.  So I returned it.  I find it rather exasperating that a
camera from a reputable manufacturer is delivered with defects that are
steady and measurable.  (A sudden failure in some component is another
matter entirely - that sort of thing is hard to test at the assembly line.)

> For an experienced photographer, one has to learn how to think outside the
> traditional photography box of  f/stops and shutter speeds.

I really hope this will work as well as you say, because it looks like
scenes and similar mechanisms is what we will be offered in cheap, small
cameras from now on.
-- 
    Tore