An interesting move by Canon

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Troll Kindly Grow Up writes
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:59:03 +0100, "Timmy Two Thumbs"
wrote:

F*cking hell, that press release is total b*llocks. I'd like to see a
photojournalist in a war zone using a Powershot. That's funny. ;-) They've
got the market totally wrong with this press release.

You're pretty out of touch aren't you. Many of Sony's titanium-shell P&S
cameras were used during Desert Storm missions by photojournalists

Not as a primary camera.

-- by
the military too.

Of course because if you are military and fighting you want a small
camera... photography is not the prime objective. The Military
photographers used Nikon SLRs

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Charles wrote:
Agreed on both points ... we can only hope that better noise performance and
less shutter lag will drive more of the new designs.

A bold move on Canon's part, BTW, as most consumers are still hung up on the
MP race.

Perhaps, but those customers were never really the target market for the
G series, which has always been more of an enthusiast's camera.

"SMS" wrote in message
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Charles wrote:
Agreed on both points ... we can only hope that better noise performance
and less shutter lag will drive more of the new designs.

A bold move on Canon's part, BTW, as most consumers are still hung up on
the MP race.

Perhaps, but those customers were never really the target market for the G
series, which has always been more of an enthusiast's camera.

Well, we shall see. If this camera bombs, then the MP race will continue
unabated.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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I would never mock another photographer's choice of tools. After all, the
demands of war photojournalism are not great; you could probably take
salable pictures with a cell phone.

technolgy wise they aren;t great but you need a more hardy camera.
A flimsy plastic body, and a lens that gets stuck wouldn;t be good,
as in war you can;t just get an easy refund or camera swap.

Anyone know what camera war photographers use.....
I guess it;'s differtn now because they do have more backup
than they did during WWI & II

Your images will likely never be displayed anywhere except as tiny web
frames and small lo-rez images in newspapers and magazines.
But I do think they'd want something to show for their trouible other than
a small image.


Go after the SLR users who want a smaller camera to carry with them
instead of their SLR when on holiday, etc. I have never known a
corporate to be so out of touch.

Haven't dealt with Nikon much, have you? I am convinced that all of us
Nikon users are born masochists.

But are they born that way or is it a career choice or fetish ;-)

SMS wrote in news:4a8c3a34$0$1602
:

Rich wrote:

Eric Miller wrote:
Fewer megapixels, higher sensitivity, lower noise. (claimed)

Hmmm.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09081908canong11.asp

Eric Miller
www.dyesscreek.com

Good idea, but no point when you can get a micro 4/3rds camera about
the same size. Especially considering what that Canon P&S is going
to cost.

The G series never appealed to users looking for the lowest cost. The
Micro 4/3 cameras announces so far are not as good as the G11 appears
to
be, and are far more expensive when you factor in the lens cost.

Micro 4/3 is for people looking for a small, interchangeable lens
camers, that don't understand the advantages of a D-SLR. The G11 is for
D-SLR owners that want something smaller on occasion, and are willing
to
pay more for a good P&S.

If you can confine yourself to 200 ISO or lower, it'll work.

"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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Anyone know what camera war photographers use.....

Whatever they need to use, however, this looks like a 400 to me
(Caution: Contains an image that some people may find disturbing)

http://www.iraqslogger.com/fullimage...g=78510725.jpg

On 2009-08-22 12:43:48 -0700, "45 RPM" said:

"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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Anyone know what camera war photographers use.....

Whatever they need to use, however, this looks like a 400 to me
(Caution: Contains an image that some people may find disturbing)

http://www.iraqslogger.com/fullimage...g=78510725.jpg

All too common all over the world.

While we were in the Philippines there were so many journalists killed
that it was rated one of the most dangerous occupations in the country.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On 2009-08-21 05:10:13 -0700, "whisky-dave" said:


"C J Campbell" wrote in message
news:2009081910070816807-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom...


I would never mock another photographer's choice of tools. After all, the
demands of war photojournalism are not great; you could probably take
salable pictures with a cell phone.

technolgy wise they aren;t great but you need a more hardy camera.
A flimsy plastic body, and a lens that gets stuck wouldn;t be good,
as in war you can;t just get an easy refund or camera swap.

Anyone know what camera war photographers use.....
I guess it;'s differtn now because they do have more backup
than they did during WWI & II

Your images will likely never be displayed anywhere except as tiny web
frames and small lo-rez images in newspapers and magazines.
But I do think they'd want something to show for their trouible other than
a small image.


Go after the SLR users who want a smaller camera to carry with them
instead of their SLR when on holiday, etc. I have never known a
corporate to be so out of touch.

Haven't dealt with Nikon much, have you? I am convinced that all of us
Nikon users are born masochists.

But are they born that way or is it a career choice or fetish ;-)

In my case it is possibly a fetish. We all have our passions, do we not?

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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On 2009-08-22 12:43:48 -0700, "45 RPM" said:

"whisky-dave" wrote in message
news:h6m2r5$pc4$1@qmul...

Anyone know what camera war photographers use.....

Whatever they need to use, however, this looks like a 400 to me
(Caution: Contains an image that some people may find disturbing)

http://www.iraqslogger.com/fullimage...g=78510725.jpg

All too common all over the world.

While we were in the Philippines there were so many journalists killed
that it was rated one of the most dangerous occupations in the country.


This was a while back now, but I remember hearing many different stories
about this photo. A lot of it has been deleted now. I think he was maybe a
Reuters photographer from memory.

For me, I must admit I wondered whether the sun reflected off the front
elements of the lenses, which made the tank commander think they were scopes
and targeted them? Who knows?

In message 2009082213064916807-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom
, C J Campbell writes
On 2009-08-22 12:43:48 -0700, "45 RPM" said:

"whisky-dave" wrote in message
news:h6m2r5$pc4$1@qmul...

Anyone know what camera war photographers use.....
Whatever they need to use, however, this looks like a 400 to me
(Caution: Contains an image that some people may find disturbing)
http://www.iraqslogger.com/fullimage...g=78510725.jpg

All too common all over the world.

While we were in the Philippines there were so many journalists killed
that it was rated one of the most dangerous occupations in the country.

Most dangerous place for journalists is Isreal.... the IDF have shot
more than anyone else recently I believe.

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