Canon G10 as good as MF Digital?

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Stop! Before you laugh your heart out, read the attached article at Luminous Landscape. He used a Hasselbald H2 with a PhseOne P45+ back and shot fall foliage with both of them. He then printed 13x19 prints from both files and showed them to seasoned photographers - the results are astonishing. Yes, once you go beyond 13x19, the P45 clearly shows its strength, also there is certainly no comparison when it comes to serious studio work or challenging light condistions, but still - a $500 P&S camera compared to $40,000 Highend MF system - I'd say chapeau, Canon!

Here's the article: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml
 
Yep, I believe that. At relatively small print sizes and low ISO, today's compacts absolutely rival professional cameras. Obviously you don't want to shoot a billboard ad on a point-n-shoot but still.

It is now possible for anyone on earth to be a good photographer. All they have to do is shoot right. ;-)
 
The G10 price in the UK (at current exchange rate of £1 = $1.62) is c. $730.
Is Canon UK taking their "Olde England" customers for a ride, or what?
 
Read it. He's not selling his 'blad, unfortunately for me. His conclusion matches what I've suspected for a while. The advances in the high end of digital photography are increasing at a reduced rate while the trickle down to the lower end cameras is taking place at an increasing rate.

His conclusion. He liked the G10 as a carry around for 'snapshots' of top quality. I think he's right.
 
I never thought I would be interested in a small "stupid camera" as they call them here, but my Ricoh GRD sure changed my mind, in fact since getting it I never took my 20D out for street shooting again. Yes the camera doesnt print large very well but I dont use it for that either, most of my street shots never see anything bigger then a 15 inch enlargement and that is really starting to push this camera beyond its limits.

Canon G10? Why not? Pity the lens is so slow, Canon really has dropped the ball on their G cameras as of late, that new Pansonic LX3 on the other hand....very compelling, especially with that HD video mode and big bright aperture on a wide lens....
 
Stability in two or three years?

Stability in two or three years?

I wasn't around then, but at some point in the past, 35mm film & 35mm camera lenses reached some sort of stable state... the quality kind of reached a plateau. After that, as a consumer, you knew that whatever you bought wasn't ever going to be made obsolete by the next great thing. Yes, I know more "bells and whistles" came along... like auto-focus, and maybe a faster lens here and there. But you knew you could basically compete with the latest gear.. and thus the GAS attacks were minimal.

Now... I wonder if we're going to soon see the same thing happen with digital equipment. I'm betting that in a short time, say two to three years, we'll have full-frame sensored cameras at reasonable prices. At that point, we could find ourselves at a digital plateau. Then the manufacturers will have to differentiate themselves by creating niche markets with "bells and whistles"... and that's when I believe we'll all be able to have a reasonably priced digital M-mount camera.

Hold on... hold on.... wait... wait... Can I wait? And avoid any further GAS attacks? We'll see.
 
Well, the R-D1 already seems like a "vintage" camera to me, in a good way. The photos are amazing, and nobody would buy a 6MP camera anymore. its obsolescence is one of the most charming things about it. 2006 is the new antique!
 
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