Professional cameras, made for amateurs

[Carlo]

CNET reports:
Published: April 23, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT
By David Pogue
The New York Times
It sure is convenient to divide the world into two camps. You know: you're either with us or against us; you're cool or you're uncool; you're the apprentice or you're fired.

But very often, there's gold in the middle ground. Until recently, for example, digital camera makers saw every customer as either an amateur or a professional, and offered nothing but sub-$500 models and single-lens reflex cameras (SLRs ) for $2,000 and up. So when Canon introduced a digital SLR for $1,000--its Digital Rebel EOS 300D--it hit a sweet spot the size of the Sahara.

Now, 1.2 million Digital Rebels later, it's clear that Canon was onto something. Sure enough, Nikon's own $1,000 SLR, the D70, instantly became the best-selling SLR (film or digital) in Nikon's history, by far. Both cameras let not-so-rich people take National Geographic-ready pictures.
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[Kubrick]

what about that new Epson digital rangefinder? think that'll hit a sweetspot with those leica snobs? (i only call them snobs because i can't afford a leica).