SM-07-21

A Weekly Column By Mike Johnston
Thoughts on Digicams‚ Part I
© Mike Johnston 2002
Okay, I know this may be a minority opinion. But I have no interest in digital SLRs.
I like digicams.
Bear in mind that I'm a camera reviewer from way back. For the late, lamentedCamera & Darkroommagazine I reviewed everything from the Contax T2 premium point-and-shoot to the antediluvian Exakta 66, a medium-format camera descended from the ancient Praktisix. I conceived the "World's 25 Best Cameras" feature forPhoto Techniquesmagazine and wrote it for the first five years or so. Over the years, I've shot with everything from an antique Zeiss Contessa to a Deardorff 8x10 view camera. I may not always share the majority view, but I have a broader and deeper experience with different cameras than many photographers do.
And yet I've always shot with 35mm. Why? 35mm doesn't yield the highest image quality, does it?
It's because I can do things with 35mm that I can't do with a larger ca...