Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Oh it's fair.
Well, I still disagree, not because I don't think the F30 is a triumph
of design and function - I do. The F30 rules its category with nobody
close. Rather, one can't build a 10x+ zoom camera around it at the size
of something like the TZ-2/3.
> Fuji spent a lot of time and effort on clever sensor
> design with the Super CCD instead of cramming every possible photo-
> diode into the smallest possible chip to compete purely on megapixel
> numbers. At 1/1.7" the chip isn't that large - there's lots of
> 1/1.8"s out there.
But not in the feature/size combo I'm looking for. 6x zoom in a
significantly (at least to me) bigger body is the best out there now
with the bigger chips. And there I agree with you, they aren't up to the
IQ of the F30.
> And it's a conventional pocket design at what, $350?
Less now.
> Consequently I recommend the F30/40 to many people who want a
> point and shoot, especially if they have children or do parties.
> So they went a different road and got a better result - how does that
> become unfair?
Isn't, if you compare oranges to oranges.
> They can certainly charge a premium for it in the S5.
> Shame they didn't keep the distinctive 'brick' design of the F10 though.
>
I haven't seen an F40, and am not much interested, as it doesn't add
much of anything for my use and loses the manual options. But I have
both F10 and F30 and there is very little external design difference.
Moose
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