And I have had question of "why" few times
Reasons (in random order):
- because I wanted it :) (considered buying the similar model last year in Japan too, and now had weak moment and could not resist the temptation)
- night shots (G2 is clunky and has bad results more often than I would like, see below for one example. Optically, it's impossible to get equally good pictures with such small lens, but the lack of focus is disappointing).
- focus (see above; the automatics have caused me to lose quite some pictures over the last 3 years, and the manual focus in G2 is a joke. also, automatic focus in the 350D is better)
- startup time (G2 'boots' 3 seconds, which drains battery during the boot+shutdown, AND makes taking pictures rapidly after seeing something difficult)
- flexibility (I wanted basically to try some lenses / things, something for which G2 offers very limited alternatives. I'm right now thinking of getting EF x1.4 extender and 70-200mm IS L USM glass in addition to current Sigma - the combination will provide 156mm-448mm 35mm film equivalent, or 5-13x zoom in layman terms WITH image stabilization. I figure this is nice if I ever start photographing people or animals. Up close people are usually bit on the shy side, and so are animals!)
Oh well. As a friend said, some people waste money in cars, so I need an outlet for excess cash too (this camera project is bit below 3k euros by the time I have all I want). Additionally, with all the time I have spent taking photos, this isn't insanely huge investment (unless some of the equipment breaks early on, and obviously I hope it won't).
- because I wanted it :) (considered buying the similar model last year in Japan too, and now had weak moment and could not resist the temptation)
- night shots (G2 is clunky and has bad results more often than I would like, see below for one example. Optically, it's impossible to get equally good pictures with such small lens, but the lack of focus is disappointing).
- focus (see above; the automatics have caused me to lose quite some pictures over the last 3 years, and the manual focus in G2 is a joke. also, automatic focus in the 350D is better)
- startup time (G2 'boots' 3 seconds, which drains battery during the boot+shutdown, AND makes taking pictures rapidly after seeing something difficult)
- flexibility (I wanted basically to try some lenses / things, something for which G2 offers very limited alternatives. I'm right now thinking of getting EF x1.4 extender and 70-200mm IS L USM glass in addition to current Sigma - the combination will provide 156mm-448mm 35mm film equivalent, or 5-13x zoom in layman terms WITH image stabilization. I figure this is nice if I ever start photographing people or animals. Up close people are usually bit on the shy side, and so are animals!)
Oh well. As a friend said, some people waste money in cars, so I need an outlet for excess cash too (this camera project is bit below 3k euros by the time I have all I want). Additionally, with all the time I have spent taking photos, this isn't insanely huge investment (unless some of the equipment breaks early on, and obviously I hope it won't).
posted by Wanderer at 19:50
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