Need new compact digital!

[kuzano]

There IS SUCH a thing as a high ISO P&S

There IS SUCH a thing as a high ISO P&S

The Fuji f30/f31 was (is) a remarkable low-light camera. Not to mention what Fuji has been doing recently to improve high ISO. The F30/F31 camera is by no means a new camera and was stepping all over the competition a few years ago. As megapixels have gone up, ISO has been suffering, but Fuji seems to know what they are doing in this area.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

P&S digi compacts?....used a few, and IMO it all keeps coming back to highlights and shadows - and "never the twain shall meet!", having said that-there is usually the little Nikon somewhere in my jacket, for the odd snapshot - like this one. 🙂
Dave.

 

[Prosaic]

Many of you have the cameras I have mentioned, I am most interested in high iso and speed, I dont like waiting for the camera while its singing about writing stuff to card.

Nikon D40 / D40X

Voigtlander 20/3.5 SL II

You will be surprised how small this combo actually is.

 

[Tuolumne]

I'm seriously considering the Sigma DP2. We shall see...We shall see...

/T

 

[Avotius]

I'm seriously considering the Sigma DP2. We shall see...We shall see...

/T

I am too kind of, but in China there will be a premium on them for quite a while, a friend of mine got one a few days ago from Japan but ended up paying 1200 USD! No thanks.

I got eyes for this Panasonic TZ7 thing right now as a camera for the old man, he likes wides and lots of zoom in a small package and that seems to be ok then I will wait for what Olympus will show in their m4/3 camera but I have serious doubts about zoom on the new Olympus camera, even on the panasonic g1 the 14-45 zoom is more then what people would want on the end of that olympus mock up camera.

 

[dacaccia]

the thing is, if you want to shoot in dim rooms like pubs etc., you will need a cam with good results at ISO 800 and higher. I have seen photos of many minicams, but it seems as if only DP2 really produces decent results at ISO 1600 and even 3200. Of course, I do not own this cam yet, and therefore I do not have own images to prove. I have only seen some in the net.

Cheers, dacaccia

 

[oris642]

I'm going back and forth between a LX3 and a GX100 right now. I find myself picking up the GX100 more and more - the controls and build "feel" is WAY better than the LX3. (But you already knew that). Plus the TC-1 adapter gives me 135mm if I really need that.

OTOH. the LX3 sure has a fast lens and much nicer LCD.

Eventually I'll sell one.

 

[Haigh]

I have and love the LX3 but yes,if I want some telephoto I use my D80. The LX3 is a terrific low light camera and I can mostly avoid flash with it when indoors. The manual tha accompanies it I find difficult to use but it is a great ( wide) camera.

 

[MichaelHarris]

LX3 all the way