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[Dark Cobra]

Well I see we've made progress from when I was last here in that we're no longer talking about coast guard weaponry (yawn). I guess we all have our preferences for the level of equipment we are using. I'm am glad somebody posted a picture of the camera bag they need to carry for their dSLR stuff. That photo probably makes my original point so much better than anything any of us could have said. Carrying that "thing" around with you often may well work for some . . . I'll pass . . . and I'm sure many others will for the same reason.

However, I'd rather have a much smaller simple pouch on my belt with an all-in-one high quality digital compact. As I stated before, nice images have far more to do with the skill of the photographer than the sophistication of the equipment. I've seen people with even larger camera bags and even more sophisticated equipment take little more than slightly better than average images, while others with far less sophisticated equipment take some real "keeper images". I guess there's room for both worlds, but clearly the compact digital world is growing immensely . . . .and for good reason.

Long live the coast guard and long live my 1968 Army Rangers from Fort Bragg . . . "Hoo Rah".

[kornhauser]

"nice images have far more to do with the skill of the photographer than the sophistication of the equipment"

Best qoute on the whole subject. Now can we all agree to end this thread?!