Re: largish sensor P&S

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 17:50:11 +0100, Gisle Hannemyr wrote:

The OP also said "and is looking for a compact model", and the
DSC-R1 can hardly be described as being compact. It's heavy and
huge, at least for a P&S. Size and weight may be the main reason
why a DSLR wasn't considered.

Well, the OP mentioned also said "TIA for models to look at" - so it
sees a bit over-cautious to rule out the /only/ P&S model that has a
fairly large sensor.

Well of course, the whole point of the request was to have models
suggested by others. But if you want to include the one example
that has an unusually large sensor, it might have been a good idea
to also point out its extraordinarily large size and weight that
conflicted with what was asked for. Interestingly, the R1's lens
also giveth and taketh away. It has a very high quality lens, but
it also doesn't have a particularly large zoom range. I think that
Stacey is aware of the R1, but was trying to identify any relatively
unknown smallish P&S cameras that have relatively large sensors and
apertures. If the R1 would be an acceptable alternative, then why
not suggest some of the smaller DSLRs too? Aren't low end DSLRs
from Canon, Nikon and Olympus smaller, lighter and less expensive
than the R1?

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