Pentax T30. Just one more example of why P&S is now a backwater

On Jan 24, 5:04 pm, ASAAR wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:00:02 GMT, David J Taylor wrote:
In fact I HAVE and Olympus C-8080 and only lament the passing of good
P&S cameras.

That's great - I haven't actually used that model, but I agree that the
2/3-inch, 5MP cameras were, perhaps, the best compromise for the format Just in case you were referring to the C-8080, it has considerably
more pixels than 5mp. 60% more in fact, and it had a lens that
justified its 8mp sensor. All of those that tested it liked it a
great deal, except for one illuminous, curmudgeonly reviewer.

The same one who took "2000" images with the Leica M8 and never noticed
any problems with it.

ASAAR wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:00:02 GMT, David J Taylor wrote:

In fact I HAVE and Olympus C-8080 and only lament the passing of
good P&S cameras.

That's great - I haven't actually used that model, but I agree that
the 2/3-inch, 5MP cameras were, perhaps, the best compromise for the
format

Just in case you were referring to the C-8080, it has considerably
more pixels than 5mp. 60% more in fact, and it had a lens that
justified its 8mp sensor. All of those that tested it liked it a
great deal, except for one illuminous, curmudgeonly reviewer.

No, I was referring to the Nikon Coolpix 5400 and 5700. It was a pity
that that image stabilised long-zoom lens wasn't available until the Nikon
8800, which has an 8MP sensor. I have the 8MP 8400 with its 24mm
wide-angle, and I'm very pleased with it, but perhaps for my use 5MP would
be enough - most of the time. The lens justifies 8MP, though.

David

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On Jan 24, 12:02 pm, "Rich" wrote:
And why DSLRs are dominating serious photography.
1. Crappy little 1/2.5 sensor.
2. Too many (7 meg) pixels crammed into the sensor.
3. a FAKE, PHONY image stabilization "program" that just raises ISO.
4. A completely unrealistic ISO 3200 mode that should either look like
an impressionist painting or coloured golf balls make up the image.

Whatever a happened to P&S cameras with:
1. Good quality 2/3rds sensors?
2. HIGH quality lenses?
3. Realistic ISO speed maximums?

You can still get a great P&S that takes quality photos, u just have to
make sure its a FujiFilm FinePix brand on it...F30 for instance.

edited, for brevity

Hello, K202:

Ironically, however, Fuji is the prime example of a company, whose
digicams employ:

"3. a FAKE, PHONY image stabilization 'program' that just raises ISO."

:-)


Cordially,
John Turco