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Old 02-24-2010, 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by rajah sulayman View Post
Normally I'd have no problem with waiting, but I'm going back home to the Philippines in April for the first time in nearly a decade and I want to have a decent camera with me. My d700 is too heavy and too expensive (between it and my 28-70 walkaround Nikkor, that's already $4,000 worth of gear) that I'd feel a lot better leaving it at home. But I don't think my LX3 will be enough to satisfy my needs.
insure it and take it...it IS only a tool after all. As for weight vs performance, isn't that always the compromise? I could have pretty well done my entire trip to china with only my G10....instead I carried MUCH MORE...but maybe the few shots the G10 would have missed were worth it...
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