Will Fuji PDAF save P&S's from the dumpster of history?
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From: SMS on 8 Aug 2010 11:19 On 05/08/10 4:37 PM, Rich wrote: > Or will the camera phone still wipe them out? Once you can focus > faster, you can more fully appreciate how bad P&S images are, because > now you can't blame the ugliness on motion blur or a missed shot. > > http://dpreview.com/news/1008/10080505fujifilmpd.asp It's promising, but read the fine print, "'The AF sensels are only arranged in the center area of a CCD, so when phase detection AF is activated the AF point is fixed to the center of an image.'" Still it's probably a good compromise. Action shots that require the speed of PDAF can use it, albeit with only center spot focusing, while other shots that don't require faster focusing can still use multiple focusing points. Will it save the P&S? Probably it will have no effect at all. The P&S is not going away, it's just losing market share among those that want better quality at the expense of larger size and greater cost. I was just in Glacier NP, Mt. Rushmore NM, Badlands NM, and Crater Lake NP. The increase in the number of visitors toting D-SLRs was incredible--even older kids were now using D-SLRs, often what looked like the hand-me-downs of their parents (i.e. Nikon D70). We saw two grizzly bears at a distance in Glacier. The P&S cameras were hopeless in the poor lighting (very overcast) and the lenses were too short.
From: Outing Trolls is FUN! on 8 Aug 2010 13:24
On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:19:44 -0700, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: >On 05/08/10 4:37 PM, Rich wrote: >> Or will the camera phone still wipe them out? Once you can focus >> faster, you can more fully appreciate how bad P&S images are, because >> now you can't blame the ugliness on motion blur or a missed shot. >> >> http://dpreview.com/news/1008/10080505fujifilmpd.asp > >It's promising, but read the fine print, "'The AF sensels are only >arranged in the center area of a CCD, so when phase detection AF is >activated the AF point is fixed to the center of an image.'" > >Still it's probably a good compromise. Action shots that require the >speed of PDAF can use it, albeit with only center spot focusing, while >other shots that don't require faster focusing can still use multiple >focusing points. > >Will it save the P&S? Probably it will have no effect at all. The P&S is >not going away, it's just losing market share among those that want >better quality at the expense of larger size and greater cost. I was >just in Glacier NP, Mt. Rushmore NM, Badlands NM, and Crater Lake NP. ROFLMAO! SUUUUURE you were! LOL!!!!!! Where were these parks? On the 8th floor on locked ward? LOL! Like the time you helped to install a computer controlled geyser in Yellowstone too? <http://www.wifi-forum.com/wf/showpost.php?p=448381&postcount=101> You don't get it do you? We *ALL* already know that you don't even own ONE camera. LOL! |