Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the f31fd hs a rejiggered 1600/3200 noise reduction which cuts down on the "unique" mosaic images of the f30 in favor of more visible noise: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmf31fd/page6.asp as that review indicates, at 800 & 1600 it is "miles ahead of the competition" -rei On Jun08 09:34, David Rodgers wrote: > > From: Don; > > >> My personal choice for a Leica shooter would be > the Fuji F30 which has been recently discontinued.<< > > The replacement F31fd is the same camera with some minor improvements. > Plus is has face detection technology. I wasn't keen on that, thinking > it a gimmick. But it may come in handy. > > Say you want to photograph something, but you want a person in the > photo. You're alone so you're it. Or maybe it's you and another person > and you want both in the photo. You don't want anyone to be in the > center of the frame (normal point of focus on a P&S) but you still want > to be in focus. You set the camera on a tripod, begin the self timer and > go stand in the photo. If fd is set to "on" the camera will find the > person or persons and set him/her/them as the point of focus regardless > of where he/she/they are in the frame. > > I tried it. It works well as long as the person(s) are facing the > camera, somewhat. BTW, I saw Canon pitching face detection technology in > one of their P&S's on a TV commercial last night. > > I wouldn't buy a camera because of fd technology. But it also might come > in handy for a quick snap of a camera shy person with out their knowing > (i.e. you're shooting from the hip). :-) With a little practice and > understanding it may be useful for street photography. > > DaveR > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey