From: Dudley Hanks on
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/canon-puts-a-bright-lens-in-your-pocket/?ref=personaltech

Take Care,
Dudley


From: bugbear on
Dudley Hanks wrote:
> http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/canon-puts-a-bright-lens-in-your-pocket/?ref=personaltech

Many power shots were f2.8 anyway, so it's not a revolutionary advance.

BugBear
From: Dudley Hanks on

"bugbear" <bugbear(a)trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> wrote in message
news:q46dnR6IU6hsm3DWnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk...
> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>> http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/canon-puts-a-bright-lens-in-your-pocket/?ref=personaltech
>
> Many power shots were f2.8 anyway, so it's not a revolutionary advance.
>
> BugBear

Never said it was revolutionary; just said it's nice.

I've had three PowerShots, and all were F/3.5, so a 2.0 lens looks pretty
nice to me.

Take Care,
Dudley


From: Robert Coe on
On Fri, 14 May 2010 09:16:48 +0100, bugbear
<bugbear(a)trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> wrote:
: Dudley Hanks wrote:
: > http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/canon-puts-a-bright-lens-in-your-pocket/?ref=personaltech
:
: Many power shots were f2.8 anyway, so it's not a revolutionary advance.

My Powershot G-5 has an f/2 lens, and I bought it more than six years ago.

Bob