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From: mike on 7 May 2008 11:31
I've read that they all suffer from chromatic aberration and noise.
I've only looked at samples from the canon S5 and pany Z18.
The Canon has noise even at 100ISO and the Pany suffers from
smearing due to noise reduction. These affects seem even worse
in low light (sunsets etc) or flash (indoors). I'm only interested in
those with optical image stabilisation. Kodaks also have this
smearing,
the Fuji 9600 etc has neither (much) but has some shutter lag,
but doesnt have IS and is as heavy and bulky as an SLR, which
i'm trying to avoid. They all seem to offer fantastic features but
the image quality is let down by having small CCDs and huge MP
sensors. So which is the best?

Canon S5
Panasonic Z18
Kodak Z8612
Kodak Z712
Fuji 9000 & 6000 series
Olympus 550, 560, 570 etc
Sony H3, H10 etc

cheers

mike
From: ray on 7 May 2008 11:52
On Wed, 07 May 2008 08:31:06 -0700, mike wrote:

> I've read that they all suffer from chromatic aberration and noise. I've
> only looked at samples from the canon S5 and pany Z18. The Canon has
> noise even at 100ISO and the Pany suffers from smearing due to noise
> reduction. These affects seem even worse in low light (sunsets etc) or
> flash (indoors). I'm only interested in those with optical image
> stabilisation. Kodaks also have this smearing,
> the Fuji 9600 etc has neither (much) but has some shutter lag, but
> doesnt have IS and is as heavy and bulky as an SLR, which i'm trying to
> avoid. They all seem to offer fantastic features but the image quality
> is let down by having small CCDs and huge MP sensors. So which is the
> best?
>
> Canon S5
> Panasonic Z18
> Kodak Z8612
> Kodak Z712
> Fuji 9000 & 6000 series
> Olympus 550, 560, 570 etc
> Sony H3, H10 etc
>
> cheers
>
> mike

IMHO - the Kodak P series, of course, I own one. Unfortunately, the have
been discontinued but may still be available via the Kodak online store.

BTW - asking what is the 'best' is really rather pointless. Everyone
figures the one they have is 'best' else they would have a better one.
From: bugbear on 7 May 2008 12:21
mike wrote:
> They all seem to offer fantastic features but
> the image quality is let down by having small CCDs and huge MP
> sensors. So which is the best?

I think it's deliberate - it is EXACTLY the small
sensor that allows a (physically) small lens
to achieve those lovely zoom factors.

BugBear
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