Recommendation for a DSLR Camera

[MICKEY88]

1) Actually I did. I was clearly talking about those wanting to upgrade their gear. Generally that excludes discontinued lenses and variable aperatures. You also tried to stretch that to third part glass and I was very clearly talking about OEM glass.

2) You mean like the way you totally distorted my OP and tried to suggest I was stating some thing that was clearly not the case? I haven't altered the "meaning" of any thing you posted. I don't see how any of that helps your stance much. Clearly every one can read your entire post if they want to wade through all of that.
I don't suggest any one buy any brand based on rumors of future lenses or brand expansion. We have been hearing that from some brands for several years and still no joy.
I never suggested that you are "losing" any thing by using an 80-200. You seem to have great difficulty comprehending my posts. In point of fact I explicitly stated that an 80-200 is in the same category.
Finally I have no idea what ....... means.
In either event I trust that every one can clearly see there is more than one way to approach the choice of a new camera. I say handle the camera, consider the cost of future glass, the availability of future glass as well as the on line support that may be available for each brand.

1. it may exclude those things to you, and although you may have been thinking that, it was not stated,, I know many photographers that would love to upgrade with quality discontinued lenses...

2. I did not distort anything, I simply interpreted it differently, and I admitted that so why revisit that issue..

not until your last post did you concede that the 80-200 2.8 is comparable..

since you've chosen to question my comprehension skills , which I believ is a personal attack and clearly against board rules.. I have noithing more to say ..

 

[annnewjerz]

Finally I have no idea what ....... means.

Now that is truly problematic. An ellipsis happens to be my personal favorite as far as punctuation goes.

Since you were obviously missing out on something very important in life, I decided to "rock you a wiki" and pulled this up for you:

Ellipsis (plural ellipses; from the Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission") is a mark or series of marks that usually indicate an intentional omission of a word or a phrase from the original text. An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis) (apostrophe and elipsis mixed).

The most common form of an ellipsis is a row of three periods or full stops (...) or pre-composed triple-dot glyph (…). The usage of the em dash (—) can overlap the usage of ellipsis.

The triple-dot punctuation mark is also called a suspension point, points of ellipsis, periods of ellipsis, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot.

If you need more information on the use of an ellipsis, what you can use in lieu of an ellipsis in case you just aren't feeling it or even the rules for when it is okay to use and when it's not... you can find that here.

Hope that helps!!

Ann

 

[Docsknotinn]

since you've chosen to question my comprehension skills , which I believ is a personal attack, I have noithing more to say ..

It's unfortunate that you feel that way. That must be another of those "different interpretations" as it was not meant as any sort of attack. I Just feel the need to be very explicit with you as you have miss-construed my meaning several times. That comment was directly related to the fact that yet again you either ignored or chose to over look that I had included the 80-200 in a prior post. No one ever suggested you were "losing any thing by not having a 70-200".
As far as not mentioning the 80-200 until my last post Count this post and go back 1... 2...3 of my posts and look under item
#2.
I was very specifically talking about OEM glass and my post was explicit in that regard. I even went as far as posting that not every one wants used or third party glass just so there shouldn't have been any confusion.
I never "admitted the 80-200 is Comparable".
I simply stated that it is in the same category (FL) as a 70-200.

 

[Docsknotinn]

Thanks Ann! I'll put that in my "you learn some thing new every day" file. What I often see is the ...... at the end of a sentence.
I do appreciate knowing where that is coming from.
Thanks again!