Grandpa Ron
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First let me say I like a camera with a view finder. My phone and Kindle take fine picture but I just do not like looking at a camera screen, especially in bright light.
For decade I used an Olympus C-740 digital with video view finder. It had a 10x zoom, a 6.3 - 63 mm , 2.8 - 3.7 lens. At the time the 3.2 Megapixel as state of the art. It measures 4" x 2 1/2" x 3" (camera back to the 35 mm lens front. It weighs 12 oz. Beside the 3.2 megapixels, it was limited by the lack of interchangeable lenses and the 1"x 1 1/4" view screen.
I recently purchased a Canon T6 Rebel. With its 18 -55 mm zoom, 3.5 -5.6 lens, and 14 or so megapixels and a host of other bells and whistles. It is a fun camera to experiment with. However, it measures 5" x 4" x 6" back to front of the 58 mm diameter lens, it has a 2" x 2 1/4" view screen and weighs in at 1 lb, 10 oz. This is almost a pound more than the Olympus.
Given the plastic "entry level " lens, the weight is mostly in the camera body 1 lb. 3 0z. Surely the larger view screen and electronic chip inside the plastic body cannot weight that much. So my question is, do the cameras really need to weigh that much, or is it a perception thing, where heavier must be better?
For decade I used an Olympus C-740 digital with video view finder. It had a 10x zoom, a 6.3 - 63 mm , 2.8 - 3.7 lens. At the time the 3.2 Megapixel as state of the art. It measures 4" x 2 1/2" x 3" (camera back to the 35 mm lens front. It weighs 12 oz. Beside the 3.2 megapixels, it was limited by the lack of interchangeable lenses and the 1"x 1 1/4" view screen.
I recently purchased a Canon T6 Rebel. With its 18 -55 mm zoom, 3.5 -5.6 lens, and 14 or so megapixels and a host of other bells and whistles. It is a fun camera to experiment with. However, it measures 5" x 4" x 6" back to front of the 58 mm diameter lens, it has a 2" x 2 1/4" view screen and weighs in at 1 lb, 10 oz. This is almost a pound more than the Olympus.
Given the plastic "entry level " lens, the weight is mostly in the camera body 1 lb. 3 0z. Surely the larger view screen and electronic chip inside the plastic body cannot weight that much. So my question is, do the cameras really need to weigh that much, or is it a perception thing, where heavier must be better?