Canon and Panasonic: updated models
 

On 27/05/2010 16:07 Dave Cohen wrote:

If I do upgrade again, I would get the SX20 unless the SX1 IS were
available at worthwhile cost saving. I don't find the AA batteries to be
a disadvantage except for a little more size and weight and I insist on
having some form of viewfinder, something that seems to be omitted from
more and more p&s's.

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and pointers. I now have an SX1
IS on order.

I was more than pleased with my FZ30, it did all that I wanted of it,
and it did it well. My main reasons for seeking a replacement were not
because I was disappointed with it but because the flash release button
had come away and was going to cost too much to repair, some images were
starting to be corrupted when they were saved and I wanted a longer
zoom. The possibility of HD video was also a temptation.

The temptation to wait for the next new iteration, however, was never
very strong. I was just concerned that if I bought today and a new one
was announced tomorrow I might just have missed something that was
'better'. Note the *might*!

As for the SX1, as well as good reviews, it's very 'controllable', it
has a fast burst mode, it has a viewfinder (which I consider vital), the
LCD can be rotated (again, very useful and missing on the later
Panasonics) and it uses AA batteries. Oh, and there's currently a £50
cashback offer on it from Canon. The only downside I can see is that,
like the later Panasonics, it doesn't have the manual zoom ring of the FZ30.

Time will tell on whether or not I made the right decision...

--
F

Canon and Panasonic: updated models
 

On 28/05/10 3:41 AM, F wrote:

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As for the SX1, as well as good reviews, it's very 'controllable', it
has a fast burst mode, it has a viewfinder (which I consider vital), the
LCD can be rotated (again, very useful and missing on the later
Panasonics) and it uses AA batteries. Oh, and there's currently a £50
cashback offer on it from Canon. The only downside I can see is that,
like the later Panasonics, it doesn't have the manual zoom ring of the
FZ30.

Yeah, manual zoom rings are great, but unfortunately that's a feature
that's been decontented out of most ZLRs.

Good choice. Consider trying CHDK on it. The SX1 already has many of the
features that CHDK provides to the lower end Canon models, but there's
still some useful stuff in there. If you have any questions on CHDK let
me know. I wrote a lot of documentation for it and I'm very familiar
with it.

Canon and Panasonic: updated models
 

On Fri, 28 May 2010 07:59:11 -0700, SMS wrote:

On 28/05/10 3:41 AM, F wrote:

snip

As for the SX1, as well as good reviews, it's very 'controllable', it
has a fast burst mode, it has a viewfinder (which I consider vital), the
LCD can be rotated (again, very useful and missing on the later
Panasonics) and it uses AA batteries. Oh, and there's currently a £50
cashback offer on it from Canon. The only downside I can see is that,
like the later Panasonics, it doesn't have the manual zoom ring of the
FZ30.

Yeah, manual zoom rings are great, but unfortunately that's a feature
that's been decontented out of most ZLRs.

Good choice. Consider trying CHDK on it. The SX1 already has many of the
features that CHDK provides to the lower end Canon models, but there's
still some useful stuff in there. If you have any questions on CHDK let
me know. I wrote a lot of documentation for it and I'm very familiar
with it.

Oh, PLEASE do ask SMS how to use any part of CHDK. This is a laugh whenever
this happens. This psychotic SMS troll who has NEVER touched CHDK doesn't
know a damn thing about it. Even if you ask him how to install it he gets
that wrong! Dozens of people have asked him things about CHDK in the past
and he conveniently ignores their questions, pretending he never saw them.

LOL!

Canon and Panasonic: updated models
 

On 28/05/10 3:41 AM, F wrote:

snip

The temptation to wait for the next new iteration, however, was never
very strong. I was just concerned that if I bought today and a new one
was announced tomorrow I might just have missed something that was
'better'. Note the *might*!

We're really at the point now where there's not going to be any
significant improvements unless there is some new sensor technology that
emerges. Other than SLRs with larger sensors, even the megapixel wars
seem to have mostly ended because the manufacturers don't want to
further reduce the high ISO performance or increase noise. Also, what
often happens is the replacement model is worse than the one it
replaces, not better, because features that are deemed too costly are
removed, i.e. optical viewfinder, articulated LCD, etc.

The interchangeable lens non-DSLRs are the new market segment that Sony
and the Micro 4:3 consortium is trying to promote but it's unclear that
there's any demand for such a system that lacks many of the advantages
of D-SLRs, and addresses only the question of physical size.

Canon and Panasonic: updated models
 

On 5/28/10 10:02 AM, in article ,
"John Navas" wrote:

On Fri, 28 May 2010 07:59:11 -0700, SMS
wrote in :

Good choice. Consider trying CHDK on it. The SX1 already has many of the
features that CHDK provides to the lower end Canon models, but there's
still some useful stuff in there. If you have any questions on CHDK let
me know. I wrote a lot of documentation for it and I'm very familiar
with it.

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