Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 1, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 6:09 PM -0400 8/1/06, Digiratidoc@aol.com wrote: >> In a message dated 8/1/2006 4:58:15 PM Central Daylight Time, >> henningw@archiphoto.com writes: >> >>> Direct out of camera quality seems to favour the Canons, but the >>> Panasonics aren't bad. If you have a strong interest in low light >>> shooting where the subjects might not stay still, there's the >>> Fuji F30 which has about 3 stops better high ISO performance, but >>> no IS and no 28mm. >> >> I tried the Canon SD700 IS and didn't like it. Perhaps mine was >> just a bad sample but the pictures did'nt seem as sharp and the IS >> didn't work nearly as well as the Panasonics, but the Panasonics >> all suffer from noise, noise, noise. Took the Canon back and got >> the Fuji F30. Pics are much sharper and working in low light at >> ISO 400 or 800 the noise levels are amazingly low. You >> don't miss the IS when you can shoot up to ISO 3200! My 2 cents. >> > > The one thing about the F30, and the F10 before it is that in > bright light it sometimes overexposes, so you have to fiddle with > the menus to dial in a bit of compensation. Then you realize the > Fuji has stupidly laid out menus. > > In spite of that, the F10/30 is very good. We've had an F10 for > about one and a half years, as well as a Canon SD500, so we've had > a chance to compare them. > > What I would like ;-), is the lens of the Panasonic and its image > stabilization, the menu system of almost anything except the Fuji, > the sensor of the Fuji and an optical viewfinder. right on... and please keep me posted.... :-) Steve > > Someday.... > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information