9MP dSLR and compact dSLR

Dolby

Dolby

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If I took my compact 9MP and took a normal picture at a childs birthday party - and another did the same with his dSLR 9MP - would they look different from each other?

I understand the sensor is larger, the lens better etc etc - but if one isn't doing night shots, wild life or landscapes - would it matter? THere'd be no zoom, no high ISO, no bulb modes etc
 
They might look different since the compact camera will do post processing on it, and the dSLR will possibly do little or no processing.
 
If the DSLR had a good lens attached and someone with skills behind it, then the shots from the DSLR should be superior, but then again you don't tell us what compact you're using.
 
Dolby said:
childs birthday party
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birthday party!

you're going to want the speed of a dslr
flash exposure is bad on all compacts
shutter lag is problem on compacts
compacts are very slow for moving subjects

birthday party = DSLR :)
 
The reason I ask if because I took a few shots with my Canon SX110 (9MP) of my animals and compared them to a few shots of my old Fuji Finepix S3000 (3.2MP) and I couldn't really tell a difference on a normal sized photo.

I wonder if I could tell the difference on a normal sized photo of a big EOS?

SX110 reviews are pretty positive so I can only assume the Fuji was a very good camera back in the day?
 
Dolby said:
The reason I ask if because I took a few shots with my Canon SX110 (9MP) of my animals and compared them to a few shots of my old Fuji Finepix S3000 (3.2MP) and I couldn't really tell a difference on a normal sized photo.

I wonder if I could tell the difference on a normal sized photo of a big EOS?

SX110 reviews are pretty positive so I can only assume the Fuji was a very good camera back in the day?
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At 72dpi on a computer monitor you probably wont see any difference immediately but print them large or start to crop and you'll soon see the difference between the two point and shoots.

I think point and shoots definitely have their place (though IMO less so for the so called 'advanced' ones) but image quality will always take second place to even the more basic dSLRs available.
 
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