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07/18/2005 04:05:43 PM · #1 |
Canon SD400
Sony DSC-T7
Fuji Finepix Z1 |
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07/18/2005 04:17:38 PM · #2 |
try to to to dpreview.
they have some reviews on the mentioned cameras. personally i think would go with Fuji :)
good luck! |
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07/18/2005 04:23:44 PM · #3 |
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07/18/2005 04:40:04 PM · #4 |
ive messed around with those types of cameras before, not any of those particular cameras but i know for a fact that canon compacts have the best image quality, the exposure looks awesome when the onboard flash is used, as of the sony cameras, i noticed that a lot of thier pictures come out "yellow" and i notice that the pictures are way over sharpened straight off the camera, which pisses me off, i like to do my own sharpening
the sony cameras do .mov in movie mode and the canons do .avi which is read by more than 1 media player, where mov are only viewable in quicktime
personally the canon is the way to go, canons image quality out does both of those cameras
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07/18/2005 09:56:45 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Fetor:
ive messed around with those types of cameras before, not any of those particular cameras but i know for a fact that canon compacts have the best image quality, the exposure looks awesome when the onboard flash is used, as of the sony cameras, i noticed that a lot of thier pictures come out "yellow" and i notice that the pictures are way over sharpened straight off the camera, which pisses me off, i like to do my own sharpening
the sony cameras do .mov in movie mode and the canons do .avi which is read by more than 1 media player, where mov are only viewable in quicktime
personally the canon is the way to go, canons image quality out does both of those cameras |
that pretty much sums up my feelings too. i've had 3 canons and loved every one of them. S200, G5 and now Rebel XT. i'm wary to stray from their product line. but the sony is tempting me with its form factor :) |
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07/19/2005 04:44:12 AM · #6 |
BEWARE THE FOLDING LENSES! They may look good and give the cameras a small profile but the image quality has to suffer!
You never have the lens extended while it's in your pocket/bag anyway so there's very little advantage.
The Canon beats the socks off the other tow in terms of image quality and build. |
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07/19/2005 05:31:51 AM · #7 |
The Canon.
Crisp sharp images. |
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07/19/2005 04:49:47 PM · #8 |
let me run one more by you guys:
Olympus Stylus Verve |
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07/19/2005 05:06:52 PM · #9 |
| Hey, I'm a Nikon sort of guy and I have the Canon SD300 and love it. Takes great shots with good color and clarity. |
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07/19/2005 05:29:33 PM · #10 |
I just got the Canon SD400. I'd advise not to get it as you will knock my pictures off the top scores for the camera in the equipment section of this site. Just kidding.
Actually I like the camera very much. My only real complaints are 1. the lack of features (I'd really love the ability to mess w/ the exposure time, for instance... but you can't expect much in the way of features in such a small camera) and 2. the noise at high ISOs (they really shouldn't even put a 400 ISO option on the camera). Also, there's no battery meter which is a little stupid in my opinion, but I always just keep one battery charged and another in the camera (the battery charger is made for the battery outside of the camera anyway). The pictures are quite good. Two of my four highest scoring pictures were taken with the SD400. I had read that the camera has purple fringing problems, but I haven't experienced them. It does have a tendancy to blow highlights, but there's an AVI compensation option.
The video is very high quality, too. That's important to me because I mainly use my Rebel when I want quality pictures, but I don't have another camera with video capabilities.
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any other questions. |
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07/19/2005 05:30:59 PM · #11 |
I just had the same debate and actually ended up going with the Fuji Z10. I realize it's not ultracompact, but the usability at higher ISOs was blew away anything else in the compact/ultracompact range. The shutter lag also seems very short. Both of these things make capturing the moment much easier than with most other point-and-shoot cameras.
Message edited by author 2005-07-19 17:34:01.
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07/19/2005 05:35:44 PM · #12 |
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Message edited by author 2005-07-19 17:37:29. |
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07/19/2005 05:36:57 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by saiphfire:
I just got the Canon SD400. I'd advise not to get it as you will knock my pictures off the top scores for the camera in the equipment section of this site. Just kidding.
Actually I like the camera very much. My only real complaints are 1. the lack of features (I'd really love the ability to mess w/ the exposure time, for instance... but you can't expect much in the way of features in such a small camera) and 2. the noise at high ISOs (they really shouldn't even put a 400 ISO option on the camera). Also, there's no battery meter which is a little stupid in my opinion, but I always just keep one battery charged and another in the camera (the battery charger is made for the battery outside of the camera anyway). The pictures are quite good. Two of my four highest scoring pictures were taken with the SD400. I had read that the camera has purple fringing problems, but I haven't experienced them. It does have a tendancy to blow highlights, but there's an AVI compensation option.
The video is very high quality, too. That's important to me because I mainly use my Rebel when I want quality pictures, but I don't have another camera with video capabilities.
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any other questions. |
i love your cat picture!
is there no exposure time control at all? even in manual mode? I had the S200 a long time ago and I could control the exposure time using some option or the other. |
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