Don't call it a "point and shoot"

[ldmelsa]

A compact digital camera is the furthest thing form a P&S. Actually, if you think about it, an SLR is easier to use than a compact.

A P&S is something my aunt has. This is her "point and shoot":
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It has a fixed lens, with fixed focus, and shoots on 35mm print film. This one had ISO400 in it. My aunt nails every shot, because print film is almost impossible to expose incorrectly (it's the lab that makes a bugger-up of your prints, not you). This is a P&S.

A compact is a camera that can actually be used to make great photos. Most of the time a P&S can't. Some shots might be winners, but most won't. In the right hands a compact can produce masterpieces.

So, lets not call a compact a P&S. It's so much more than that.

 

[mercurial]

More like point-and-moer! Or maybe point-and-shoot, but then it would need bullets.

 

[ldmelsa]

or happy snapper

 

[bwana]

How is a dSLR easier than a dP&S™

BTW - I've incorrectly exposed plenty of print film in my day so I'm putting that down as another fallacy.

 

[ldmelsa]

How is a dSLR easier than a dP&S™

it's faster for moving subjects (less shutter lag)
superior flash exposures
better lowlight means easier for average person

BTW - I've incorrectly exposed plenty of print film in my day so I'm putting that down as another fallacy.

I hear what you're saying. It's just very easy, that's all. Don't expose for the highlights and you're okay. That's it. That's how easy it is. Sometimes I try to stuff it up, just for fun. I pointed it at a white car, and overexposed by 4 stops. Perfect!

 

[Keeper]

were you filming a porno movie there or something, I see you pixelated the background for some reason, and I see fleshy color tones if im not mistaken......?

if you look through the viewfinder lens it looks like a naked chick/guy lying on the bed

 

[koffiejunkie]

Actually, if you think about it, an SLR is easier to use than a compact.

Unless you're shooting in greenbox or one of the idiot modes, I have to agree. I'm having a bitch of a time getting nicely exposed flash pictures in the "creative" modes with the G9, while with the 40D this was a snap. Ditto trying to capture that moment...

 

[bwana]

Unless you're shooting in greenbox or one of the idiot modes, I have to agree. I'm having a bitch of a time getting nicely exposed flash pictures in the "creative" modes with the G9, while with the 40D this was a snap. Ditto trying to capture that moment...

That's all my dP&S™ has.

Considering its complexity compared to my Canon A-something The G9 is probably a great example of a 'compact'.

 

[ldmelsa]

G9 is great for landscape, though. It's also small, and that's the point. Who wants to carry a D90 around everywhere? Not me.

 

[koffiejunkie]

G9 is great for landscape, though. It's also small, and that's the point. Who wants to carry a D90 around everywhere? Not me.

It's great for any type of static scene except something where you want narrow depth of field. Even at close distances with maximum focal length and wide open, DOF is still wide enough to make it hard to get something out of focus. This is about as good as it gets:



Anyway, for everything else, I find the DSLR much easier to get the result I want with, even if it's more complex to use.

 

[ldmelsa]

hard to get something out of focus

I wish I had that DOF on the EOS3 w/50mm1.8
I can't get anything in focus, in lowlight

nice shot btw

 

[koffiejunkie]

I wish I had f/1.8 on the G9. And 800ISO that looked at least halfway as good as my 800ISO colour neg film

 

[Bismuth]

A compact digital camera is the furthest thing form a P&S. Actually, if you think about it, an SLR is easier to use than a compact.

A P&S is something my aunt has. This is her "point and shoot":
_

It has a fixed lens, with fixed focus, and shoots on 35mm print film. This one had ISO400 in it. My aunt nails every shot, because print film is almost impossible to expose incorrectly (it's the lab that makes a bugger-up of your prints, not you). This is a P&S.

A compact is a camera that can actually be used to make great photos. Most of the time a P&S can't. Some shots might be winners, but most won't. In the right hands a compact can produce masterpieces.

So, lets not call a compact a P&S. It's so much more than that.

You point it, you shoot, doesn't matter what the technology is.

B