APS SLRs are a bargain

External Since: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 4

Interestingly enough, now that APS SLRs have
been discontinued for so long, they are also a
bargain to buy.

I was looking for a lens for my Minolta Vectis
S-1 SLR. I found the lens but it came with
the body for less than $100 ($79 if I recall
correctly, like new)!

Before getting the S-1, I had two APS point
and shoot cameras. Looking at the pictures,
it is obvious the S-1 is a much better camera
with better lenses. The high end cameras
are the only way to see what the APS format
is capable of.

External Since: Nov 18, 2003 Posts: 6

I agree. I still like the feel of my EOS IX (not the lite version), though I
never use it any more since going digital SLR. An APS film frame is the same
size (or a little larger) than the sensors on the most popular digital
cameras today, and very few people are complaining about the image quality.
Yet, many of these same folks were constanly deriding APS as not being large
enough to produce a decent image. They were blinded by prejudice, and by
examples from cheap P&S cameras, rather than giving an honest look at what
APS could do when placed behind a decent lens.

"Supertimer" <supertimer.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Interestingly enough, now that APS SLRs have
> been discontinued for so long, they are also a
> bargain to buy.
>
> I was looking for a lens for my Minolta Vectis
> S-1 SLR. I found the lens but it came with
> the body for less than $100 ($79 if I recall
> correctly, like new)!
>
> Before getting the S-1, I had two APS point
> and shoot cameras. Looking at the pictures,
> it is obvious the S-1 is a much better camera
> with better lenses. The high end cameras
> are the only way to see what the APS format
> is capable of.