Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 04 May 2010 17:59:06 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 
>> (It still amuses me that I can buy a £200 camera and attach a £7,000
>> lense to it... as if it'll be worth it!)
> 
> Actually, my understanding from many professional photographers is that 
> that actually does make sense.  The mechanics of a camera are pretty 
> simple, but the lens is what focuses the light and a poor quality lens 
> makes for poor quality photos.

Well, sure, but if you're going to pay £7k for a lense, why not attach 
it to a 20 megapixel camera? Why a £200 one that's only 3 MP? Wouldn't 
that be kind of like setting up a state of the art recording studio just 
to record the sound of a broken music box?

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