10D Highs and Lows

The Highs and Lows of the Canon 10D
Good morning! This week I've asked my friend Kent Phelan, a longtime photo junkie and all-around good guy, to write down some of his comments about his new 10D. The 10D, as everybody in the photography Universe knows by now, is the present "state of the affordable art" — a camera that simultaneously pushes previous performance and price limits. How many moments it will remain the camera of the moment is anybody's guess....
Better than I could have done, Kent vividly outlines what I consider to be the high and low points of working with a DSLR at present. I've made the arguments in the abstract before; Kent gives specific examples from his own experience. Incidentally, people interested in more about file permanence and storage media should check out Ctein's superb article in the current issue ofPHOTO Techniquesmagazine.
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