Lance Couture
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Pixel Perfect wrote:
Lance I know what your saying, but I'm saying the P&S pixel has gotten out of control and it's time someone had the courage to say enough's enough and make IQ a priority. At ISO 80-100 some of them can deliver stellar IQ and if the cameras only came with say a max of ISO 200 they'd make sense. But you have cameras with 1/2.5" sensors, 10-12MP and offering ISO 3200, which woulkdn't make an aceptable postage stamp and yet they market this as a feature. I'm sure a point would come where they'll offer ISO 1600 which is quite good - Fuji has been almost at that point for 2 years at least, but unlike DSLR's they are coming from such a pathetic baseline, they should step back and use their improved NR technologies in combination with lower pixel density sensors first. Deliver clean ISO 1600 at whatever MP it takes and then when that's sorted gradually bump up the MP. But I still stand by my premise making large prints from tiny sensors only exacerbates IQ faults even if the ISO is not an issue. I just can't see the point of marketing a P&S as a serious replacement for a DSLR.
I still have my Fuji S7000 from 2004 and it was released in 2003 and have not seen a P&S since that's impressed me, except finally maybe the LX-3...Show more →
I completely concur.
However, you and I both know that wont happen. Everything is driven by marketing.
I am in the IT industry and I see it ALL the time. The marketing people tell you Product Y can do it that much better than Product X, and it has all of these new "enhancements" etc, etc, etc., and the product rarely delivers what the marketing idiots say it will.
This is what all of this amounts to; people always want more on paper, but not always better. Only "better" if the marketing people say it is.
As an example, I was shooting an even for the dog sport I participate in. I had one of my 30D's w/ grip, 70-200/2.8, all mounted on my 'frotto 680B 'pod. Some woman who claimed to be a "professional" came walking up to me and says, "Show off.". I didnt understand what the hell she was talking about, and then she said "Flaunting your 70-200/2.8 are ya? What body are you using?". I simply replied "A 30D.". She then goes, "Well at least my camera is better, I have a 40D.", and then she walked off...
Now, in a nutshell, I think that pretty much sums up where the masses are at.
I dont think the MP race will ever slow. How could a marketing person sell "only 7 MP, but BOY does it have great IQ at 1600 ISO!"? Your average PnS buyer would pass over such a camera, as it "only" has 7MP.
It's sad but true.
I've been trying to find a Fuji F30 for some time now, but for the price of a used one, I can almost buy a new G9, so some people are at least wise to this situation...
Edited by Lance Couture on Aug 27, 2008 at 08:33 PM GMT
Edited on Aug 27, 2008 at 11:33 PM
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