nightpiper
Senior Member
So that cheaper screw driven AF lens could be used ! :bsmilie:
Your comments is akin to a person who drove Automatic cars their whole life asking why a manual transmission car needs a clutch.
Now, my question to you: Why the 60d instead of the 550d ? ...would be really lame if it's just for the swivelling LCD. :bsmilie:
Well, Sony can go the Nikon way, ie. only the higher end model offers the manual clutch with extra auto button, whereas the lower end models use only auto. Make sense to me also cos can cut more cost on the lower end model, more people adopt new auto lenses, & thus ultimately they can phase out those screwdriver lenses sooner. Better margin for Sony every way u look at it.

Believe it or not, the swivel LCD is 70% of my purchase decision!!! HAHAHAHA!!! The other 30% goes to lighter weight than 40D, 18MP, better IQ than 550D, cheap & the availability when i needed a new cam urgently.
Frankly, if not for the fact that i can't wait for the release of newer cams, the Pentax K5, Oly E5 & Sony A850 r the only contenders i had in mind. But as fate wud have it, the purchase turned out to be another Canon. :sweat: So have it use it lor.