Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, Cameras like the Ricoh GRD or this Sigma DP-1 may not be professional, but they are certainly not consumer "point and shoots" either. I do not know any person who is not into photography who would buy a camera with a fixed focal length lens, as both of these have, and spend several hundred $ on it, when for considerably less he can pick up a camera with zoom and all kinds of other bells and whistles. Such a person does not care about RAW etc. So these two cameras that I am comparing here are aimed at at least the serious amateurs and should be judged as such. At least for me, when I use the Ricoh GRD, it is the only camera I have with me, because I only use it in situations where it is not feasible to bring anything else (for example, when I go on business to London next week). While I do not expect it to deliver the same image quality as my Canon 1D2, I do expect it to deliver quality that is more than just "quick snaps". And it does, as long as I keep the ISO at 400 or less. Nathan On 7-jun-2007, at 18:58, Dave Mason wrote: > > > I think this somewhat misses the idea behind a "point and shoot" > doesn't it? These are not supposed to be professional cameras and its > pretty amazing how good they have become at their sizes. I carry the > Panasonic lx1 of which people complain about the noise - I don't find > it a problem at all because when I want to shoot at higher ISOs I pull > out a different camera - why worry? Its designed for my pocket and > quick snaps - it performs both very admirably. > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog