From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!npois!alice!rabbit!jss
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Title: Re: reply on novice camera request
Article-I.D.: rabbit.586
Posted: Sun Jul  4 11:20:48 1982
Received: Tue Jul  6 00:43:11 1982

	I beg to differ with don chan's article.  While I agree that
my blanket comments on battery dependency were too strong,
please allow me to mildly rephrase.  What I should have
said is that most of the popular cameras of each of these
companies is battery dependent - mostly because all those
featrues that the novice who hasn't seriously considered
things thinks he wants require a battery.  I fully agree
that there are some fine cameras out there by each of those 
companies, and I would therefore like to retract the original
phrasing of the article, with apologies to all concerned.

      As far as my comments on Konica reliability are concerned,
they are based, contrary to Mr. Chan's assertions, entirely on
my personal experience and on the experienc of others I know.
Granted, there will be some good camera's in any companies lines.
That does not necessarily imply that ALL of their cameras
are good.  (The converse is, of course, also true.)  I agree
that much of what I said was based on hearsay, but that is a
funny word.  What I heard being said came from the following
types of people:

	1: Photo professionals - I.E.  people who make
their livings in this game and who therefore probably know 
something about it.

	2: Photo course instructors, who are also oftentimes
professionals.  Unfortunately, when someone in this group
has been shooting for magazines and other sources of income
for most of his adult life, I am somewhat inclined to trust
his opinion in such matters.

     Vivitar flashes are great, but the sunpack equivalents
are cheaper and just as good.  When I bought my 422D, having
shopped around to get the best price, I found that if I wanted
the vivitar, I would have to pay $40.00 above and beyond the
already obscene prices of most camera equipment.  It just
isn't worth $40.00 in my opinion, to be able to say you own
a vivitar.  

     With due respect, let us attempt to keep our responses
in all of this civil.  This is not a war we are fighting.
Looking forward to hearing from all of you.
--Jon Shapiro