Does the 20Da work fine for non-Astro photography as well? Tom Schofield Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> wrote: Charles, they all do that, whatever the price. I believe the only exception is the Canon 20Da, specially made for astronomical photography. cheers Douglas Charles Cason wrote: >And I just purchased the 20D. BTW, I was surprised that you could not >compose a photo using the LCD like on many other D cameras. Is this >typical on mostly high end SLR-D cameras? >Charles > >Doug Herr wrote: > > > >>on 8/23/05 12:59 AM, Julian W at julianw123@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>FYI. >>> >>>For those looking at the Leica-Canon alternative, and >>>prefer Full Frame + better view finder, and of course >>>don't mind mind paying quite a bit more, this might >>>just be the solution. >>> >>>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0508/05082209canoneos5d.asp >>> >>>Canon has announced the 5D, listed price US$3299. A >>>full frame digital SLR, with "much better viewfinder" >>>even for manual focusing. >>> >>>Read more at: >>> >>>http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/product_finder/cameras/digital_slr/eos_5d/inde >>>x.asp >>> >>>...Julian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Unfortunately the much better viewfinder is only .71 magnification and it's >>still only a 12-bit capture. The prices and specs are getting much better, >>just not good enough for me to get too excited. >> >>Doug Herr >>Birdman of Sacramento >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >>------ >>Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >>Archives are at: >> www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> >> >>_____________________________________________________ >>This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >------ >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm >Archives are at: > www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/