The Gadgets Page

“You know everyone is talking about that new Canon DSLR. I mean EVERYONE.”

“So?”

“So, it’s not all that great. I don’t understand why they keep talking about it.”

“It’s a little bit better than the Canon 20D.”

“But it doesn’t even have anti-shake like our Panasonics do. I can’t wait until Panasonic comes out with a DSLR.”

“Why?”

“Because it will take the picture when I push the freakin’ button.”

“The problem isn’t the delay after you push the button. The problem is the preview that you see on the LCD screen is delayed. It helps if you frame your picture with the LCD screen, but then watch what you’re taking a picture of. That’s how I got those good shots of that scrub jay.”

“I can’t wait until Panasonic invents a LCD preview screen that fortells the future…”

Well, Panasonic hasn’t quite done that, but they have finally dipped their toes into the DSLR pond.

• Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-L1, first DSLR – Engadget

“What would you want a big camera like a DSLR for anyway? Most of the time, you take pictures of what you see when you aren’t out on a photography trip, so you use your little Panasonic in your purse. You wouldn’t be able to carry a DSLR around with you and an 8X zoom on a camera like that would be this big.”

He held his fingers out far too wide to fit in my small purse. He’s right. I’ll stick with my Panasonic until something better at the same size or smaller comes along.