Re: P-880 sample for you

David, I have put a sample from a P-880 on the DPNow server - you can access
it from http://dpnow.com/2173.html

Ignore the incorrect date on the page!

Oh and her name is Elisabeth and she's from Italy.

Ian

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"David J Taylor"
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> Digital Photography Now wrote:
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>> But I applaud Kodak for introducing a 24mm (equivalent) wide angle
>> zoom, and mechanical zoom ring, plus a focus ring on the lens barrel,
>> with the P-880.
>
> I agree with you about the zoom and focus rings, but how good are the
> images? Have Kodak sorted out their JPEG compression problems (I don't
> have the time or card space for RAW)? Is the Image Stabilisation as good
> as on other cameras? Objective test of IS? How does the 24mm stand up at
> its widest FOV? Distortion compared to other 24mm cameras?
>
> My feeling is that we are now at the level where many cameras have reached
> a similar performance plateau, and that we need to look harder to see the
> differences in quality. Some brands seem to want to give us marketing
> gimmicks rather than performance gains.
>
> David
>


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