Chris S.
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P7000 seems like a no go for me vs. the Panasonic LX5 (to which I plan on upgrading from my LX3).
Too bad Nikon settled for a 28mm equivalent wide end--the Panasonic's 24mm is for me the most-used focal length by far--and 28mm is very limiting. (Some people might find the opposite, of course, in that the Nikon will go much narrower at the long end--but if I'm in a long lens situation, I usually have my DSLRs). And while Nikon is offering a wide angle adapter, carrying and using a clunky adapter is not what P&S camera are about for me--if I want to change lenses, I have other cameras for that.
Also too bad they settled for f/2.8 instead of an f/2 lens, like the Lumix. That extra stop makes a difference.
The Nikon sensor looks to be about 4 percent smaller than the Lumix--though that calculation is imprecise because we are given only one dimension for each of the sensors, and the aspect ratios may differ. Not sure 4 percent is enough to make much of a difference, but in general, bigger sensors are good things. (Sensor sizes are .613" Lumix, .588" Nikon; convention is to state them them as fractions rather than decimals for some bizarre reason, but I find decimals more intuitive, hence the conversion.)
Lastly, the Nikon looks like a behemoth compared with the Lumix. I have a D700, a D200, and D40 to carry when I can. The P&S is for the other times. For a P&S, small size matters big time.
Lastly, unless Nikon had a really, really good reason for introducing yet another proprietary raw format, their executives should line up for a round of dope slapping. (The Lumix also has a proprietary raw format, which should also earn them a dope slap--but as far as I know, that company has at least stuck to one.)
--Chris
PS--I can think of an easy reason Nikon would find it useful to introduce yet another proprietary raw format. Few people would purchase a $180 software program (Nikon Capture NX2) for a $500 camera. Maybe the extra format will let them introduce a restricted raw converter that processes only the P&S raw format, without letting those of us with DSLRs get off cheap. Likely those of us who already own Capture NX2 will be able to use it for this camera, but they certainly wouldn't want to cannibalize sales of their higher end software product. If that's it, the execs should get two rounds of dope slapping.
--Edited to add PS
Edited on Sep 08, 2010 at 09:00 PM · View previous versions
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