Am I alone or in a minority

I used to own an old Fuji digital camera that took 0.8 megapixel photos, back in the day where DSLRs were unfeasible. Then I moved on to Fuji Finepix 2600 and then a Canon Powershot G3 and that opened a new page in the book for me and what reignited my passion for photography. It also attributed to my constantly empty bank account. :lol:

I think they're still great, even with DSLRs appearing to dominate the market nowadays. They're nice and portable, not intrusive and not a huge catastrophe if you accidentally break one, obviously I still wouldn't want that to happen but when you compare them to the most expensive DSLR's and lenses then it's no huge loss.
 
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The software in these cameras is nothing short of witchcraft. My girlfriend can shoot in conditions that would have me struggling with my DSLR and get great shots from the camera's scene recognition software.
 
I've been using an FZ28 for a year plus now. It is my first digital camera and when I can get the funds together I will probably get a DSLR.

However, the FZ28 is a great camera and it is good to learn its limitiations and how to work around them and it can produce some excellent photos.

It would make getting a DSLR easier if I sold this one, but I think I'll keep it.

Dave
 
huffy said:
I was looking at the images on a calendar produced by Joe Cornish,a landscape photgrapher based in the northeast who has done commerial work for the National Trust and others.
Under the images are details of the cameras used such as Linof 5x4 view cameras, Hasselblads and one image was taken on a Panasonic LX3.

So a guy who produces images for a living uses a P&S compact. Its not the camera its the photographer.:thumbs:

Best wishes, Mark
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Thanks for that Mark. I have just had a look at Joe's website following your tip off. Its nice work.

Cheers, Martin
 
TheCrewDesigns said:
Thank you, and thanks for being the first to comment... I have actually sold copies of those images (a few times) but always nice to hear feedback :thumbs:

I see you have a Konica Minolta, I also had one of those before the Fuji and again a really good camera. Also Excellent for Macro work, I took the dragonfly below with mine
(yes it was alive - and watching me closely)

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Impressive shot. I tend to carry my p&s canon on a day to day basis, but like you say the Konica is good for Macros. I always use that for the close ups.

Martin
 
Marts said:
Impressive shot. I tend to carry my p&s canon on a day to day basis, but like you say the Konica is good for Macros. I always use that for the close ups.

Martin
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You'll have to get your macro photos up give the DSLR folks a run for their money :thumbs:

Its funny I bought my Fuji S9500 off ebay a while back for £50 and I have sold many photos from it so would have easily paid for itself
 
lawrenceots said:
It is very impressive. Just can't seem to find any program that will open it's raw files - iPhoto, Aperture, Cs - nope! Even converting them to dng does nothing :thinking:

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Try Rawtherapee or S7raw. I would be surprised if both of those can't handle s100fs files. Also you may be able to download the Fuji software from their site, although it isn't very good and most people use one of the others.
 
I was thinking of a bridge camera before I got into DSLR but I knew at some point I would upgrade to a DSLR so I just got the SLR in the end.
 
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