mikeroetex wrote:
What a paranoid world we live in today. Great diabolical money-saving scam/plot by some magazine editor, Send a harmless looking woman on a trip with an inferior camera to shoot birds. Look for a kind-looking, sucker with a DSLR, who is obviously an amateur. Ask for his photos under the cover story of your camera crapped out. Pulitzer, here we come!
I share your view. There seems to be a number of VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE responding to this question.