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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
Why all of the obsession over comparing P&S vs. DSLR cameras?
It's no different than asking "Which is better: a hammer, or a screw driver?" There is no answer! They are intended for very different purposes. Use the tool that is right for the job at hand! Gary |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
Gary Edstrom wrote:
Why all of the obsession over comparing P&S vs. DSLR cameras? It's no different than asking "Which is better: a hammer, or a screw driver?" There is no answer! They are intended for very different purposes. Use the tool that is right for the job at hand! Why ask why? The question itself has been postulated ad nauseum, dissected, buried, exhumed, taken to water, beaten after death, reaped after being sown, etc, etc. ---- So, maybe it's not about the question, really. -- john mcwilliams |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
"Gary Edstrom" wrote in message
... Why all of the obsession over comparing P&S vs. DSLR cameras? It's no different than asking "Which is better: a hammer, or a screw driver?" There is no answer! They are intended for very different purposes. Use the tool that is right for the job at hand! Exactly, they are for different purposes. I have both a P&S and DSLR but use them for different purposes as the lenses on the DSLR are vary technically superior but if you don't want the messing around or bulk of a DSLR and just doing snapshots then the P&S is the preferable choice. But at the end of the day its not the camera that makes good pictures but the person behind operating it! No amount of expensive equipment will automatically take good pictures. |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:15:08 +0100, "Stephen"
wrote: "Gary Edstrom" wrote in message .. . Why all of the obsession over comparing P&S vs. DSLR cameras? It's no different than asking "Which is better: a hammer, or a screw driver?" There is no answer! They are intended for very different purposes. Use the tool that is right for the job at hand! Exactly, they are for different purposes. I have both a P&S and DSLR but use them for different purposes as the lenses on the DSLR are vary technically superior but if you don't want the messing around or bulk of a DSLR and just doing snapshots then the P&S is the preferable choice. But at the end of the day its not the camera that makes good pictures but the person behind operating it! No amount of expensive equipment will automatically take good pictures. Exactly! Not only do I have both a P&S and a DSLR, but I still use a film camera on rare occasions. VERY low-light photography is one area where film still seems to come out on top, even with the noise reduction capabilities of the higher-end DSLR cameras. The right tool for the right job! Gary |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
Gary Edstrom wrote:
Why all of the obsession over comparing P&S vs. DSLR cameras? It's no different than asking "Which is better: a hammer, or a screw driver?" There is no answer! They are intended for very different purposes. Use the tool that is right for the job at hand! Gary I think it more RichA who has the obsession. -- Paul (we break easy) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
Gary Edstrom wrote:
Exactly! Not only do I have both a P&S and a DSLR, but I still use a film camera on rare occasions. VERY low-light photography is one area where film still seems to come out on top, even with the noise reduction capabilities of the higher-end DSLR cameras. The right tool for the right job! This is true, a 35mm film camera with ISO 400 film is better than an APS sized sensor D-SLR in some lighting situations, though probably a full frame D-SLR, which I don't own, would do as well in low light as film. You don't need to qualify "low-light" with "very." Low light is where P&S digital cameras do especially poorly, both because of the small sensor and because the contrast detect auto-focus has a very difficult time focusing in low light. It's an extremely common complaint of P&S PHD digital camera users that their indoor photos are far inferior to what they were able to capture using film (this is second only to the complaint about the shutter/AF lag). |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
In article , Gary Edstrom
wrote: Not only do I have both a P&S and a DSLR, but I still use a film camera on rare occasions. VERY low-light photography is one area where film still seems to come out on top, even with the noise reduction capabilities of the higher-end DSLR cameras. actually that's where digital shines, by quite a bit. when's the last time you shot iso 3200 film and it didn't look like a grainy mess? The right tool for the right job! yes. |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:15:08 +0100, "Stephen"
wrote: "Gary Edstrom" wrote in message .. . Why all of the obsession over comparing P&S vs. DSLR cameras? It's no different than asking "Which is better: a hammer, or a screw driver?" There is no answer! They are intended for very different purposes. Use the tool that is right for the job at hand! Exactly, they are for different purposes. I have both a P&S and DSLR but use them for different purposes as the lenses on the DSLR are vary technically superior but if you don't want the messing around or bulk of a DSLR and just doing snapshots then the P&S is the preferable choice. Superior? Oh? You mean like the one on this EOS450D, a simple to design and manufacture 3x zoom lens that can't even beat a 20x P&S lens? Superior like that? http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Ca..._results.shtml When adjusted for sensor size, the DSLR lens is putting out 4.3x's more chromatic aberrations than the P&S lens. Similarly, the P&S lens is resolving about 10x's more detail than the DSLR lens when adjusted for sensor size differences. Yeah, that sure is "technically superior" alright. Or how about this P&S camera that is now going head to head against a medium format Hasselblad, something that no DSLR owner can even think about doing. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml Remind me to never ask you to help me make any purchase decisions based on "technically superior" qualities of anything. |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:20:23 -0700, SMS wrote:
Gary Edstrom wrote: Exactly! Not only do I have both a P&S and a DSLR, but I still use a film camera on rare occasions. VERY low-light photography is one area where film still seems to come out on top, even with the noise reduction capabilities of the higher-end DSLR cameras. The right tool for the right job! This is true, a 35mm film camera with ISO 400 film is better than an APS sized sensor D-SLR in some lighting situations, though probably a full frame D-SLR, which I don't own, would do as well in low light as film. You don't need to qualify "low-light" with "very." Low light is where P&S digital cameras do especially poorly, both because of the small sensor and because the contrast detect auto-focus has a very difficult time focusing in low light. It's an extremely common complaint of P&S PHD digital camera users that their indoor photos are far inferior to what they were able to capture using film (this is second only to the complaint about the shutter/AF lag). SMS, do you know how silly you look trying to agree with everyone just so you have some imaginary friends online? You've never owned a camera in your life. Proved many times. |
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The Eternal P&S vs. DSLR Debate
In article , Gary Edstrom
says... "Which is better: a hammer, or a screw driver?" A better comparison: an SUV vs a compact car. Some people might not want to consume all that fuel or might not be able to find a parking for the SUV. -- Alfred Molon ------------------------------ Olympus 50X0, 8080, E3X0, E4X0, E5X0 and E3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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