Darren New wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>> terms of the MPEG license attached to the camera.
> 
> You'd be surprised.
> 

Not really, there are some scary lawyer words buried in those owner's
manuals. How many of them mean anything are a different story, but you
do pay extra for the extra lawyer words.

>> have old Minolta lenses that still work just fine on a new Sony Alpha.
> 
> Yeah, actually, I wound up with a camera that was slightly more
> expensive and a bit heavier than I needed because it supported lenses
> that were older than I am, which I obviously don't own.  Had I
> understood that, I would have gone the next body down.
> 

If you own old lenses, it's worth the time, and maybe money, to look at
the different cameras. If you don't own old lenses, it doesn't matter.

I have lenses older than me. SLR bodies, folding cameras, and
8/super8/16mm film cameras too. Twenty five cents goes a long way at tag
sales.

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