Snipermode Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 talk about an angel. i was just contemplating on buying a 2nd hand marine pack.... well, not anymore and i guess it's for the best. haha. guys, any M1 users here? i am looking for an un-compromised review. thanx Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 talk about an angel. i was just contemplating on buying a 2nd hand marine pack.... well, not anymore and i guess it's for the best. haha. guys, any M1 users here? i am looking for an un-compromised review. thanx<{POST_SNAPBACK}> :hypocritesmiley: hahaha naa just sharing my experiences... :thumbsupsmiley: Quote Link to comment
StarWars Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Guys how about the canon ixus lines? Any comments? What do you think would be the best subcompact camera to buy? Thanks Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Guys how about the canon ixus lines? Any comments? What do you think would be the best subcompact camera to buy? Thanks<{POST_SNAPBACK}> canon make very good cameras (features, battery, function), great optic lens and they produce superb pictures, how do i know haha i have 3 in total and my cousin got 1 of the new smaller SD series & about every store in australia is sold out on the new ixus series... now it depends how much megapixel your looking for and what is your budget?? the list of Ixus series as follows & also other subcompact cameras i would choose; Canon PowerShot SD500 (7megapixels)(Digital IXUS 700)http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/canon_sd500.gifThis is the one i have, previous the IXUS 500 & IXUS 400...great pictures & very compact with a package of 7MP...if you have the cash get the top of the line IXUS its worth it.... Canon PowerShot SD400 (5megapixels)(Digital IXUS 50)http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/canon_sd400.gif Canon PowerShot SD20 (5megapixels)(Digital IXUS i5)http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/canon_sd20.gifVery good camera, no zoom but takes one of the best pictures for a very sub compact camera. You would be surprised when you see the photos of these cameras more like a medium - high end cameras... Canon PowerShot SD200 (3.2 megapixels)(Digital IXUS 30)http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/canon_sd200.gif Canon PowerShot SD300 (4megapixels)(Digital IXUS 40)http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/canon_sd300.gif othersCasio Exilim EX-Z750http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/casio_exz750.gif7MP with tons and tons of features on manual mode and even for point & shoot users (30 best shot scene mode from food to dog to even soft flowing water)...Trust me the menu will even keep you busy i think 4tabs with 2/3pages per menu ... Sony DSC-P200http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/sony_dscp200.gif Sony DSC-W7http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/sony_dscw7.gifa little larger than the others but its still compact... Sony DSC-T7http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/sony_dsct7.gifi dont like this one but i only put it up here if you want a camera thats very good looking and will give u the chick power...good for day out or bright sun outdoors not good for indoor taking (weak flash range) however ok for those close ups for indoor.... Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Panasonic DMC-FX9http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/panasonic_dmcfx9.gifnot yet out but looks like a promise, the FX8 series was good mind you... Nikon Coolpix S1http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/images/nikon_cps1.gif again theres a more sub compact cameras that are a little larger the very subcompact like the Sony DSC-W7 however these are the good subcompact cameras ive used and played around so far...but for others any opinions?? Quote Link to comment
milhouse83 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 all i can say is, dont pay too much attention to these reviews. only read them to see if the features you're looking for are in that camera. but as far as image quality is concerned, don't pay attention to them at all. do you really think you can tell two pictures apart taken by two different competing cameras? are you really bothered by some pixels of chromatic abrasion? or more importantly, do you even know what a chromatic abrasion is? what you don't know cant hurt you! part of my photography workflow is that ALL images (or at least the ones i decide to show/print) go through photoshop. and all flaws are taken care of there. even if the picture appears to be perfect, it still goes through scrutiny and some tweaking. that explains why im so lenient when it comes to these little quirks that cameras produce. regardless if i took a picture with a $30,000 hasselblad h1 setup, or a $150 canon p&s, the pictures still all end up in the same place, photoshop! Quote Link to comment
wyvern Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 Own a Canon G5, love it. Thinking of buying zoom lens though. Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 all i can say is, dont pay too much attention to these reviews. only read them to see if the features you're looking for are in that camera. but as far as image quality is concerned, don't pay attention to them at all. do you really think you can tell two pictures apart taken by two different competing cameras? are you really bothered by some pixels of chromatic abrasion? or more importantly, do you even know what a chromatic abrasion is? what you don't know cant hurt you! part of my photography workflow is that ALL images (or at least the ones i decide to show/print) go through photoshop. and all flaws are taken care of there. even if the picture appears to be perfect, it still goes through scrutiny and some tweaking. that explains why im so lenient when it comes to these little quirks that cameras produce. regardless if i took a picture with a $30,000 hasselblad h1 setup, or a $150 canon p&s, the pictures still all end up in the same place, photoshop! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> im sure many users would want to read the reviews too see if there getting there moneys worth, while yes not many users would know what a barrell distortion or a chromatic abrasion but its better reading about a camera that you want to buy & knowing every detail information it has... isnt it better knowing that the camera you want to buy has barrell distortion before buying instead of buying one and seeing the picture slightly rounded in the corner and yes you will see a barrell distortion blown up or not.... also again it caters too all users what feature would they want and what the review can say about it for example a user wants to snap away using night mode...Sony cybershot series wont be good for this as it wont let you select a lower shutter speed and it will automatically jack the ISO to 400, what about if they dont want that and want it at 50 while able to select shutter or allowed time in? always read the reviews in my opinion, coz i once didnt and had to return the Z3 plus had to pay 10% stocking fee (didnt knew the barrell distortion was bad, blue flash, heavy compression on pictures list goes on) btw milhouse i get confused using photoshop, i get fustrated at times haha :thumbsupsmiley: Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 all i can say is, dont pay too much attention to these reviews. only read them to see if the features you're looking for are in that camera. but as far as image quality is concerned, don't pay attention to them at all. do you really think you can tell two pictures apart taken by two different competing cameras? are you really bothered by some pixels of chromatic abrasion? or more importantly, do you even know what a chromatic abrasion is? what you don't know cant hurt you! part of my photography workflow is that ALL images (or at least the ones i decide to show/print) go through photoshop. and all flaws are taken care of there. even if the picture appears to be perfect, it still goes through scrutiny and some tweaking. that explains why im so lenient when it comes to these little quirks that cameras produce. regardless if i took a picture with a $30,000 hasselblad h1 setup, or a $150 canon p&s, the pictures still all end up in the same place, photoshop! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> im sure many users would want to read the reviews too see if there getting there moneys worth, while yes not many users would know what a barrell distortion or a chromatic abrasion but its better reading about a camera that you want to buy & knowing every detail information it has... isnt it better knowing that the camera you want to buy has barrell distortion before buying instead of buying one and seeing the picture slightly rounded in the corner and yes you will see a barrell distortion blown up or not.... also again it caters too all users what feature would they want and what the review can say about it for example a user wants to snap away using night mode...Sony cybershot series wont be good for this as it wont let you select a lower shutter speed and it will automatically jack the ISO to 400, what about if they dont want that and want it at 50 while able to select shutter or allowed time in? always read the reviews in my opinion, coz i once didnt and had to return the Z3 plus had to pay 10% stocking fee (didnt knew the barrell distortion was bad, blue flash, heavy compression on pictures list goes on) btw milhouse i get confused using photoshop, i get fustrated at times haha :thumbsupsmiley: Quote Link to comment
milhouse83 Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 ^^^ you're right to say that most people are better off knowing these things. especially techies like us who must know how every bit of equipment works. i guess i shouldve been more specific in my previous post. there are actually people who dont need to know these things. im talking about first time buyers, non-tech savvy people who are just looking into getting a camera to share photos with their friends in family. its the reviews that bully these people into getting expensive models with features they dont really need if they dont know what barrel distortion is, chances are they wouldnt be able to identify it in the photos they just took. they're better off with an inexpensive camera which fits their needs, not a camera that's light years ahead of their skill. Quote Link to comment
Snipermode Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Own a Canon G5, love it. Thinking of buying zoom lens though.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> sir, i would sell my telephoto and conversion lens for G5 if you are interested and if the price is right. I'm really interested in buying a good wide angle lens for its replacement. Quote Link to comment
ElRey Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 help me out here guys, I used to have a sony digital camera and it was great in low light conditions when setting up a shot cause that little orange light would lite up the shot sufficiently enough to frame the shot... My new canon 5 mega pixel A95 has the same orange light, but its so dam dim... is this normal? or is my orange lite in my canon out of order? also, it doesn't click spontaneously like a real camera, but I guess that's digital for you huh? Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 help me out here guys, I used to have a sony digital camera and it was great in low light conditions when setting up a shot cause that little orange light would lite up the shot sufficiently enough to frame the shot... My new canon 5 mega pixel A95 has the same orange light, but its so dam dim... is this normal? or is my orange lite in my canon out of order? also, it doesn't click spontaneously like a real camera, but I guess that's digital for you huh?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> that should be normal, i have a canon and depending on the ligh area the orange light can be dim...in total darkness it would be very strong....however i havent used the A95 before only the IXUS series....if you feel like its a default take it back if its under warranty.... what do you mean doesnt click "spontaneously"?? Do you mean like doing the half-press so the camera can focus first??....unlike Canon they do have a harder press than Sony...but i feel the harder press is better because u can easily focus it first than the Sony where i accidentally tried to focus first but instead firing the shot.... Quote Link to comment
PoeTiC_JusTicE Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 I recently bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ5, 5mp with 12x optical zoom pinabili ko lng sa ofcmate ko who went to the US, I was eyeing a Canon S2 IS, 5mp and 12x optical zoom din but laging out of stock daw and it costs $499. Naka tyempo ofcmate ko ng FZ5 for $399(sale). I'm really satisfied with the performance of my cam. Mahal ng digicam d2 sa pinas e. if you want reviews of digicams, try www.dpreview.com great reviews of almost all brands ng cam Quote Link to comment
luol_deng Posted August 12, 2005 Share Posted August 12, 2005 As stated above not many consumers would know the meanings of barrell distortion etc i'll give a few tips on people going to get digital cameras on the image side.... Barrell Distortiona visual distortion caused by the curvature of a wide-angle lens. It causes straight edges near the side of the frame to appear curved in the captured image. This can either be on the side or even top side of the images. All sub compact cameras carries this sort of distortion regardless if they have Zeiss optical lens, this is because sub compact cameras have a smaller CCD than the larger scale cameras. So when taking a wide angle shot of say a landscape into a small CCD it will give a barrell distortion effect, mostly or 99.9% of DSLR camers do not have this. Some cameras are ok and do not give the hint of major distortion maybe a blurr or slight curve but some cameras will round the image so bad it looks like a time warp effect. Printing normal 4x6 photos is ok and will not show the distortion but printing larger can show the affects. example, Canon SD500 look at the edges...http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonSD500/samples/distortion/IMG_0663-001.jpg now this telephoto angel (zoomed in abit) near perfect straight;http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonSD500/samples/distortion/IMG_0666-001.jpg the Canon SD500 has 1.0% barrell distortion at wide angle...standard on most compact cameras Chromatic Aberration/Purple FringingPurple fringing that occurs along the edges of backlit subjects such as plants, people, and buildings. Chromatic aberrations occur when the camera lens can't focus the different wavelengths of light onto the same spot on the image.an example of this can be seen below, Canon SD500;http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonSD500/samples/specifics/IMG_0457-002.jpgthe whole overall image;http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonSD500/samples/specifics/IMG_0457-001.jpg now purple fringing is very noticable when the picture is loaded in your computer at 100% viewing of the original image, however if your only planning to print normal 4x6 prints this wont be much of a concern only when blowing up or enlarging can make a difference. Image NoiseAn unwanted grain/snowy pattern in an image often caused by slow shutter speeds and high ISO settings. However it can also depend on the compression the camera sets when saving as JPEG on your memory card, Sony uses alot of compression regardless if you selected Fine quality mode. If you want a good example of what an image noise is...take a picture using your cell phones camera then load it up on computer and see how much image noise it has, while it is different to a digital camera but thats a pure example of what an image noise is. Also using a high ISO can cause greater noise or prolong the shutter speed unless your camera has a noise reduction system when using slow shutter speeds. Again like above viewing the images 100% on computer the image will look grainy and yucky but when printing say 4x6 it will do alright and might not be noticeable. Also into consideration alot of cameras have different results when using high ISO speeds some do perfect on ISO400 without loss in detail nor noise but some even show loss already at 100 ISO. Subcompact cameras will always show detail of loss and noise at around 100 - 200 ISO already. example, Canon SD500:ISO 50http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonSD500/samples/ISO/CanonSD500_ISO50-patch.jpgISO 400http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonSD500/samples/ISO/CanonSD500_ISO400-patch.jpg more info on cameras at DPReview Quote Link to comment
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