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Re: [OM] OT: the Nykon "compact" won the competition -- a re-think

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: the Nykon "compact" won the competition -- a re-think
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:30:19 -0400
*Late as usual, but here's my two cents..*.

I use both my Olympus C5050 and my Canon G5 mostly at the W/A setting,

and I have a CV 35mm bright line finder that I use on top.

*FWIW - like the handling of the G better... and the swing out screen,

which I never thought I would use, has turned out to be a gem!
*
Rick

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What ruled out the S95?
> Jez
>
>
> On 05/11/2010, usher99@xxxxxxx <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> So I paid the extra for the G12 and it feels like the right decision
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> Chris
> >
> >
> > That would have been my decision FWIW.  I will play with a G12 on Sat
> > at the Hunt Photo show.
> > DXO will likely support it soon as they have the other G-series.  The
> > raw file noise reduction algorithm seems to work well,
> > The converter seems fine (for the G9) and it fixes the linear
> > distortion on the wide end like PT lens all in one action. The
> > deconvolution
> > adds a tad of something.  It does an 80% job on 80% of the images for
> > me.  Layered Neat image and PT lens in PS
> > may be very very close but is a little more work.  Still export a Tiff
> > into PS if I have time for many.
> > The CHDK hackers will undoubted port the hack  within a few months.  I
> > like the half press zebra mode and one can set the colors/pattern/
> > threshold
> > to signal blown highlights or lost shadows.  I have the hyperfocal
> > distance calculator set to show as well.  The intervalometer scripts
> > are very elegantly
> > written.   Have now clue how well the in cam HDR works.   The
> > exposure/dof choices with these little sensor guys seem really more
> > limited than first appears (sheep in wolf's clothing?) due to the
> > diffraction limit at smaller apertures and the slowish lens as well as
> > the large dof wide open.
> > Still pretty nice IQ within the limitations.  Wish they had an APS-C
> > version.
> >
> > Mike
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