C.H.Ling wrote:
> Ok, I just purchased a F30 today for my young son. Yes, it is for him :-) He
> is going to take it to Bejing for a 5 days trip for a music performance (he
> is playing flute) and he want a samller DC.
>
I hope you both enjoy it.
> <snip stuff I can't reply to until I look at a lot of large images>
>
> The image from F30 looks nice at first glance but I really wish it can give
> me two extra controls, one is the sharpness level and the other is the
> option to turn off the noise reduction. But seems that it is not available
> anywhere.
>
And there's the reason I have the F30. I would love to have those other
capabilities, but there are no cameras in my target size range that have
them and the F30 has performance in areas important to me that is
completely beyond the competition.
C.H.Ling wrote:
> I absolutely prefer no post processing, I can do it myself if necessary. For
> the so call pro-series DC, they just leave post processing to the users
> (like C5050 and C5060 I have) but I didn't expect the F30 is so poor that
> they don't leave any control to you, even the C*non S30 3MP DC I once own
> was much better, it even has RAW mode.
>
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I prefer to do mine too. Raw is another "feature" in small cameras
> that is disappearing, like viewfinders. I noticed it was dropped from
> the Canon S80, a series that had it in the past. It is one reason I
> looked around for a while and found a refurbished Oly C-7000Z.
>
For me, not necessarily for anyone else, all those cameras are too large
for the purpose for which I bought the F10 and then the F30. Once it
won't fit in a small pocket or belt pouch, it might as well be a DSLR.
They also fail my speed of operation and noise tests.
For me, these cameras are adjuncts to the DSLRs, something to carry when
not "going to take pics" and fulfill the need for something that will be
with me, rather than the camera at home that takes no pictures at all.
And the F10/30 simply will take good pictures in circumstances where
others apparently similar to them simply won't. They may not be the best
possible pictures, given no limitation to equipment, but they are more
than good enough. The compromises work for me, but may not for others.
An example is my shots in the Cloisters in NY with the F10. I didn't
expect to be able to take pics inside, but it was allowed without flash.
I didn't see anyone using (D)SLRs, so I don't know if one would be
allowed, but I didn't bring mine along, didn't have a fast lens for it
and wouldn't have enjoyed the museum experience as much messing around
with lens changes for macro, etc. Macro at f2.8 requires a lens change.
With the F10, I got some images I am quite happy with and a lot that are
good enough for web or modest size prints with no overhead and no
hassles. I really value having those images to go back to from time to
time and I don't know of any other camera near the same size that would
have made many of those images. It was DIM in many parts of the museum
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Cloisters/>.
Moose
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