Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i guess fuji figured they had to do something. i was so enthusiastic about the camera when i got it, but it just wasn't thin enough or trendy looking enough to get one's average coworker excited about it. -rei On Jan06 17:20, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 4:35 PM -0500 1/5/08, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > >this is off-topic except that someone on the LUG suggested > >I buy the fuji f30 back in august '06--a purchase i'm still > >very happy with. > > > >i happened to notice that used > >f30s seem to sell for over $300, which is odd for an 18-month > >old digital camera which sold new for less than $300. > > > >there's also a grumbling that fuji messed around with the > >high speed software rendering in the subsequent cameras up > >to and including the f50 and somehow wrecked a good thing. > > > >so do i have a mini-cult camera on my hands? :-) > > > >-rei > > > >-- > >Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > >Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > > > Unfortunately Fuji started playing the megapixel game, and is now up > to 10 or 12 with the F50. In doing so they killed the low noise > capabilities of the f10 through f30. The F30 is the highest specced > camera in the series that still retains the excellent low noise > characteristics; people have discovered this and that is why the F30 > is so expensive used. > > For a user, check out the F20. Shortly before Christmas I bought a > couple of refurbished units for $100. For that money you get > excellent low noise ISO800 performance, although not much in the way > of manual control. But it is the best point and shoot for taking > pictures around the house, and it's still cheap. > > -- > * 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 -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey