Re: DSLR vs. P&S Smackdown -- the Answer

VernMichaels wrote:
"Douglas Johnson" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:mvnj94dsql7ode1ml21i36env052jcu4to@xxxxxxxxxx
It may be kind of anti-climactic by now, but I've updated the website at
http://www.classtech.com/DSLR_PS_Smackdown

to show the original out-of-the-camera JPEG's. A summary of the EXIF data is
under the mid resolution original pictures and the full EXIF data is embedded in
the originals.

Navigation help:
You can click on a thumbnail to get a medium resolution view. Then you can get
a full resolution view by clicking in the lower center of the picture or the
download icon in the lower right of the screen

As most folks figured out, A is the DSLR picture, and B is from the P&S. I
thought the one who figured it out from a tiny bit of dust was particularly
insightful.

It is clear to me that a current model P&S can produce excellent pictures when
it is operating in it's sweet spot. These pictures are right in the P&S sweet
spot. There is more than adequate light, so high ISO noise not a problem. The
subject is static, so shutter and focus lag are not an issue.

As several people have pointed out, the P&S does have more chromatic aberration
and noise even in this "easy" picture. But until you get to pretty large
prints, that's pixel peeping. Don't get me wrong, this comparison invited, even
required pixel peeping.

As you move away from the sweet spot, the DSLR starts to come into it's own. The
lack of shutter lag and high speed focus is a real asset when you are dealing
with fast moving subjects, such as 2 year olds. More difficult lighting,
macro,or long telephoto turns the P&S into a paper weight. The DSLR with it's
interchangeable lens, manual controls, and post processing of raw files will
allow a photographer to keep making pictures.


Unfortunately you've not had enough experience with enough P&S models. Because you are wrong on nearly all counts on DSLR strengths vs. P&S strengths.

Isn't it terrible when someone does that? Like you, you are wrong about everything. You jerk off with the wrong hand, pick your nose with the wrong finger, you stuck you *** into the wrong woman, and the last time one of your kids gave you a father's day card, they gave to the wrong man.


One of my P&S cameras can attain 550mm (35mm eq.) lens at F/2.4. Another gets 1249mm at F/3.5 Can you even buy that much light grasp at that reach in a DSLR lens?

Another Lumix enthusiast.

I found a nice combo of add-on lenses that affords ZERO chromatic aberrations at that focal-length.

Is ZERO more or less than zero?

One cancels out any minor defects of the other. Long-distance wildlife photography even after dusk is a breeze. Capturing birds landing on a pond after sunset are never a problem. One of them can shoot at ISO 3200. Granted it is grainy at that speed but it can be done. ISO800 is just fine. Shutter-lag in P&S cameras is also a thing of the past. So is EVF lag. They are just as fast if not faster in some regards than DSLRs.

You still here? Hell, you are persistent.

You are also wrong about macrophotography.

His wife took some naughty photos of him, that proves it.

A P&S camera's generally more extensive DOF excels for macrophotography, far beyond anything any
DSLR can do. Macrophotography can be done without the need of any flash to get the DOF required at those magnifications. Hand-held macrophotography of insects _in_flight_ at true 1:1 ratios is easy, without a flash. Putting a reverse wide-angle 24mm SLR lens on my P&S camera affords near microphotography magnifications with no CA, no distortion. P&S cameras can also focus faster in lower light levels than any DSLR due to the ability to ramp up the gain on the CCD in dim lighting. One of my P&S cameras can focus in total darkness with only an IR illuminator, impossible with any DSLR. Not even wildlife is alerted to your presence in the dark when taking their images. Totally silent, invisible, and pure stealth mode. Fast focusing in daylight is a non-issue if you are an experience photographer and have educated yourself on the use of hyperfocal distances and manual focus. There's not one bird-in-flight shot that I wanted to capture that I ever failed to miss.

The only thing that you are announcing is that you really don't know how to use any camera very well.

You wife said something similar, only she wasn't talking about your camera.


Please stop spreading misinformation, wive's-tales, myths, 10-year-old drawbacks, and ignorance.

Why? Someone has to help, you can't handle the load alone.

Get some experience under your belt with any of the newer top-shelf P&S cameras before you start making generalized declarations about all P&S cameras. It appears that you know very little, and have proved it.

Hey, you proved something too. You proved beyond doubt that when you were circumcised the Doctor threw away the wrong bit.

The OP didn't present as the ultimate expert on P&S cameras, he just provide an example of the cameras he had available. Your response does nothing other than trigger responses like mine. You are a pathetic ***. If you don't believe me, ask your wife.

Cal
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