Think P&S's only suck at high ISO?
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From: Bowser on 23 Sep 2009 19:15 "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?
From: Bowser on 23 Sep 2009 19:52 "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 I guess the fact that a P&S user considers ISO 200 high speaks volumes.
From: Gary Edstrom on 24 Sep 2009 10:28 On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:52:36 -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 > >I guess the fact that a P&S user considers ISO 200 high speaks volumes. Everything is relative! My P&S has settings for ISO 50, 100, 200, and 400. In that range, yes, 200 is high! My P&S is a Canon SD550 and at ISO 200+, it performs very poorly. At ISO 50, it does great. My DSLR, a Canon 50D, performs better at ISO 3200 than my SD550 does at ISO 200. Still, I use BOTH cameras. The P&S is great for those daytime candid shots. I can carry it inconspicuously on my belt and go into places they would never let me into with a DSLR slung over my shoulder. Use the right tool for the job at hand! Gary
From: John Navas on 24 Sep 2009 13:19 On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:16:14 -0700 (PDT), Rich <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in <d6aec1ff-02b2-4c61-9e0b-efb83095b857(a)d21g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>: >You can now buy a used DSLR in excellent condition for under $300 with >a kit lens from various sources. I bought a Nikon D100 for $125 a >month ago. What kind of clod would spend $200-$500 on a P&S if their >goal was excellent image quality and not portability? Those of us with real experience and open minds. ;) -- 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 Spanjaard on 24 Sep 2009 13:57
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. -- Regards, Robert http://www.arumes.com |