Met a 350d on a tripod today.

This is a very good point and it was the same for me when I had my G5. It was also very handy in those rare cases where I wanted to shoot low to the ground or high above a crowd.

But for proper handholding stability, nothing beats a good old "elbow to the rib cage" locked position. Holding a camera at arms lenght can only induce movement, shake, resulting in blurry pictures if shutter speed isn't high enough.

I agree completely--and I'd say the same thing about a compact camera too. I also feel that you can't get the most out of your shots in jpeg mode, though I know others feel differently. But that's a completely different thing than suggesting that you're wasting your money if you're not shooting in RAW. You can almost always improve your results by investing more time and experience. I always suggest that people get a camera that they can grow into rather than one that only has features they currently understand--that's not a waste, it's an investment.

I was curiuous, so I just ran a boolean search for "G6 or G5 or <etc...>" in titles only (since you can't exclude signatures) of the EOS forum, and got two pages of results.

Rgravel,
I know I'm sounding like a broken record, but the reason I like a swivel LCD is that you don't have to hold the camera in front of you. You can brace it at your waist, which is at least as stable as the traditional stance (try it). Or you can brace it against any stationary object--the world is your tripod. I never shoot at arms length--that's way too unstable.

Those of us who used a twin lens rolleiflex for much of their working life, are very used to waist level finders, I think that is why I like the flip screen so much.

Terry

That was my point. We don't go on the EOS forum and tell them their form factor is invalid. So why do dSLR owners feel the need to come to our forum and (with an air of superiority) tell us that our form factor is worthless?

Thank you for helping me make my point.

Now before I get a bunch of protests, there are many dSLR guys who come here and are beneficial to the board. You know who you are.

Uh, the person who started this thread was expression dissatisfaction over a DSLR.

I searched the EOS forum for "G6" and then "G5", thread titles only. Any date. 0 results for each. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Because it's no fun to bash the G series over at the EOS forum where no G user will ever read it

Seriously, I don't see it that way. The form factor of the G series is the one thing that is never bashed (as opposed to, say, the low light performance, AF speed, CF write speed, lack of DOF control etc...)

Best regards,
Andy