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A Good read for all the gear heads :)

Unal
Member

July 20, 2007 at 9:35 am

http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-6468-7844

jb7
Participant

July 20, 2007 at 10:16 am

Really good article, thanks for that-

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beef
Participant

July 20, 2007 at 10:35 am

Excellent read indeed. I’m ditching the SLR and heading off with my point and shoot for the weekend after reading that! Amazing shots too.

Cheers,
beef

ossie13
Participant

July 20, 2007 at 11:26 am

Very interesting article, thanks for posting

Cheers Steve

Rob
Member

July 20, 2007 at 3:23 pm

Great reading. A very interesting article indeed.

Rob.

seanmcfoto
Member

July 21, 2007 at 3:40 am

I actually read that when it came out. My first digital was actually an Olympus C2020Z, followed by the C720UZ.
I’m debating currently between a Canon S5 IS and the Olympus SP550ex for my ‘in the pocket’ camera. Neither is strictly compact, but I’m having a tough time choosing. The Canon might win with the hotshoe and swivel screen (The Olympus shoots RAW though!)

JMcL
Participant

July 23, 2007 at 9:07 am

seanmcfoto wrote:

I actually read that when it came out. My first digital was actually an Olympus C2020Z, followed by the C720UZ.
I’m debating currently between a Canon S5 IS and the Olympus SP550ex for my ‘in the pocket’ camera. Neither is strictly compact, but I’m having a tough time choosing. The Canon might win with the hotshoe and swivel screen (The Olympus shoots RAW though!)

The Ricoh Caplio GR100 (or thereabouts) is supposed to be a cracking compact – it’s getting good reviews all over the place. It’s got a hotshoe, and shoots raw

IOP
Participant

July 23, 2007 at 9:46 am

Thanks for that link Unal. It’s such a pleasure to read about a successfull, pragmatic approach to digital photography. I sometimes feel like shouting “it’s about the picture, stoopid!! Not the camera!”. But as I’m a gentle soul at heart I generally keep it in :)

One juicy quote from the article I thought was:
Alex Majoli wrote:

Digital is something different than film, but I try to go back to the idea of what film could do. Film is more black. I need the blacks.

I’m finding that more and more, particularly as I shoot more b&w landscapes.

GrahamB
Participant

July 23, 2007 at 10:33 am

Excellent link and excellent points.
I get a bit tired of hearing people say that you need this camera and you need
this F1.8 lens.
There be times when this sort of equipment is needed but this chap proves that
you can excellent shots with the most modest of cameras.

Dave is right “it’s about the picture”.

I’ll hopeully be heading off around the world soon and some of the countries I’ll be visiting I will only be using a
point and shoot. Big Slr’s with white lenses, and big flashes can scare people and attract attention to yourself.
The Point and shoot comes in handy in those situations.

DenverDoll
Participant

August 26, 2007 at 1:43 am

This really is interesting…it makes me want to get out my Olympus pointandshoot and practice a bit with it..I never got very comfortable with it..might give it a go now…really should keep it in my purse..

Thanks Unal!!

Shar