Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.news2me.com!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!west.cox.net!east.cox.net!cox.net!p01!lakeread05.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "N.J. Hillary" Newsgroups: fj.comp.dev.digital-camera References: Subject: How will you decide if you should buy another point and shoot or an SLR digital? Lines: 30 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:54:03 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.100.251.74 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cox.net X-Trace: lakeread05 1060037644 68.100.251.74 (Mon, 04 Aug 2003 18:54:04 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 18:54:04 EDT Organization: Cox Communications Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:607 > > 1) Companies like Nikon, Olympus, Canon, Minolta, Lecia, > Contax, Pentax, Fuji, (Kodak?, Polaroid?) offer products > of excellent to good quality manufactur and staff an > excellent to good support team with customer friendly > policies. > > > 2) Companies like Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Casio, Toshiba, > Fujitsu, Epson, Kyocera, Ricoh, and Sharp, usually > offer products engineered to fail rapidly (ie. fair > to poor quality) and thier support teams /almost/ always > follow a policy set up under the theme: The Company > Must Always Profit -- Customer Satisfaction comes second! > I am really struggling with the question above. I am convinced SLR cameras offer you more options and the more you are willing to pay the better features you will have. I have to really come to terms with the issue: Am I a lazy photographer or am I willing to learn from mistakes and become an informed photographer. This is the context where I am looking for an SLR camera that will give me the best value for the money I am willing to spend. Your comment is I won't get that from Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Casio, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Epson, Kyocera, Ricoh and Sharp.