Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/08

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Subject: Fujis (WAS Re: [Leica] Re:$99 Samsung)
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Fri Jun 8 15:05:06 2007
References: <9b678e0706071548n18e7336ct812c9e7ec49fceef@mail.gmail.com> <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36013F1EB0@case-email>

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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re:$99 Samsung)
Message from drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers) ([Leica] Re:$99 Samsung)