Think P&S's only suck at high ISO?
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From: Bowser on 24 Sep 2009 16:30 "Robert Spanjaard" <spamtrap(a)arumes.com> wrote in message news:d9968$4abbb2fb$5469b618$12818(a)cache80.multikabel.net... > On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:52:36 -0400, Bowser wrote: > >>> Think again. Here's a $600 Canon Powershot SX1 versus an Olympus E-620 >>> ($799, two zoom lens kit) at 200 ISO. >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/image/117651018 >> >> I guess the fact that a P&S user considers ISO 200 high speaks volumes. > > I can't see the images right now, because pbase.com is down. But I think > you misread the subject. To be more precise: you missed the "only" part. I've *got* to cut down on caffeine.
From: Robert Spanjaard on 24 Sep 2009 17:14 On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:30:28 -0400, Bowser wrote: >> I can't see the images right now, because pbase.com is down. But I >> think you misread the subject. To be more precise: you missed the >> "only" part. > > I've *got* to cut down on caffeine. The problem is, you never know. Maybe you need *more* caffeine. -- Regards, Robert http://www.arumes.com
From: Chris Malcolm on 24 Sep 2009 18:42 In rec.photo.digital Troll Negator <tn(a)tn.com> wrote: > Think that P&S 20x super-zoom lenses suck in resolution and CA performance > compared to an easy to figure and manufacture 3x zoom DSLR lens? Think > again: > http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_PowerShot_SX10_IS/outdoor_results.shtml > Think P&S cameras can't compete with a medium-format Hasselblad, something > that even a DSLR can't do? Think again: > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml > Think that DSLR focal-plane shutters aren't a problem? Think again: > http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/chdk/images//4/46/Focalplane_shutter_distortions.jpg > Think that teeny 1/2.5 P&S sensors can't have more dynamic range than an > APS-C sized sensor of 7-8 EV stops? Think again: > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/2861257547_9a7ceaf3a1_o.jpg I'll be interested to hear what you think *after* reading your citations above :-) (If you think you've read them already, try again, more slowly this time :-) -- Chris Malcolm
From: John Navas on 24 Sep 2009 18:59 On 24 Sep 2009 22:42:18 GMT, Chris Malcolm <cam(a)holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in <7i2auaF304dphU1(a)mid.individual.net>: >In rec.photo.digital Troll Negator <tn(a)tn.com> wrote: > >> Think that P&S 20x super-zoom lenses suck in resolution and CA performance >> compared to an easy to figure and manufacture 3x zoom DSLR lens? Think >> again: > >> http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Canon_PowerShot_SX10_IS/outdoor_results.shtml > > >> Think P&S cameras can't compete with a medium-format Hasselblad, something >> that even a DSLR can't do? Think again: > >> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml > >> Think that DSLR focal-plane shutters aren't a problem? Think again: > >> http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/chdk/images//4/46/Focalplane_shutter_distortions.jpg > >> Think that teeny 1/2.5 P&S sensors can't have more dynamic range than an >> APS-C sized sensor of 7-8 EV stops? Think again: > >> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/2861257547_9a7ceaf3a1_o.jpg > >I'll be interested to hear what you think *after* reading your >citations above :-) > >(If you think you've read them already, try again, more slowly this >time :-) Please don't take all the fun out of it -- reading citations that contradict what the poster is claiming is one of the few real sources of amusement on Usenet. ;) -- Best regards, John Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, it makes you a dSLR owner. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: Robert Coe on 24 Sep 2009 20:21
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:15:53 -0400, "Bowser" <up(a)gone.now> wrote: : "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message : news:af9b092b-92f1-4986-afa5-56af01c609a3(a)p15g2000vbl.googlegroups.com... : > Think again. Here's a $600 Canon Powershot SX1 versus an Olympus : > E-620 ($799, two zoom lens kit) at 200 ISO. : > : > http://www.pbase.com/image/117651018 : : ISO 200 is high? Really? Then what is the setting of ISO 6400 I use : weekly? I think Rich is saying that the Powershot didn't come out so hot at the (relatively low) ISO 200 either. Bob |