LightWalker
Flashlight Enthusiast
Can a digital Point & Shoot camera compare to a $40,000 medium format digital system?
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml
Oh man, I could seriously tear that article/webpage apart. Comparing a point and shoot- any point and shoot- with a medium format camera is slightly akin to comparing a bus with a motorcycle because they both have wheels. Anyone who has looked through the viewfinder of a medium format camera and adjusted for focus can tell you that. You can simply not get as shallow a depth of field on a small sensor camera as you can with a larger sensor. It's apples to oranges. I use a G9 and also have a Canon 7D and a Rebel. The G9 is awesome and I love it, but it doesn't compare to my 7D. And a medium format? Forget about it.
Cameras like the Canon G9/G10/G11 is a totally different animal as a normal P&S and shouldn't be put in the same category; it's more or a hybrid. This Canon series of glorified P&S cameras can use an external flash, cable release, depth of field preview (press button half-way). ...it's digital screen even has over twice the pixels of the $7,000 Canon EOS 1DS Mark III (230K vs. 461K pixels), or if you like a manual viewfinder it has one which even has diopter adjustment.There are a lot of things you can do with a DSLR that P&S cameras can't, change lenses, external flash, cable release, depth of field preview, the infamous BULB setting - great for lightning pictures. and so on
Can a digital Point & Shoot camera compare to a $40,000 medium format digital system?
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/kidding.shtml
If you mean physical size, the G9 is decent in size and can easily fit into jean pockets without a huge bulge. The G10 and G11 keep on getting bigger and will probably be a bit more of a hassle to lug around.The newer Canon G series are similar to the Kodak that I have, but just similar. They have many more features and look to be a nice camera. ( I suspect you need big pockets for this one )
If you mean physical size, the G9 is decent in size and can easily fit into jean pockets without a huge bulge. The G10 and G11 keep on getting bigger and will probably be a bit more of a hassle to lug around.
If you mean price, they're all well under $500.
Oh man, I could seriously tear that article/webpage apart. Comparing a point and shoot- any point and shoot- with a medium format camera is slightly akin to comparing a bus with a motorcycle because they both have wheels. Anyone who has looked through the viewfinder of a medium format camera and adjusted for focus can tell you that. You can simply not get as shallow a depth of field on a small sensor camera as you can with a larger sensor. It's apples to oranges. I use a G9 and also have a Canon 7D and a Rebel. The G9 is awesome and I love it, but it doesn't compare to my 7D. And a medium format? Forget about it.