Re: ATTN: Resident-Troll ASSAR, a.k.a. Stephen Bishop, here's your picture...


On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:42:20 -0600, DougieHarris
<dharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:03:38 GMT, Steve <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:58:46 -0600, TrollKiller
<namehere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Get the picture?

See if you are smart enough to make it out.



Many points outlined below completely disprove your usual resident-troll
bull***. You can either read it and educate yourself, or don't read it and
continue to prove to everyone that you are nothing but a virtual-photographer
newsgroup-troll and a fool.
[...]

There are many more reasons to add to this list but this should be more than
enough for even the most unaware person to realize that P&S cameras are just
better, all around. No doubt about it.

I'm being totally serious, I'd really like to know which P&S camera
you're talking about that is better all around than any DSLR and
satisfies all of the points you keep outlining. I would definitly,
absolutely, without a doubt buy it if you would only identify which
one you're talking about.

Steve

Most any P&S camera will do much of what is on that P&S partial FAQs list. A few
will do more. The better super-zoom models will do all on that list.

Both of my favorites are currently out of production. To reveal which ones they
are would make the few remaining in circulation difficult to obtain should one
of mine become demolished during one of my more adventurous treks. I've often
thought of buying backups for "just in case", but there's no reason for me to
hoard one of each when someone else can be making good use of it out there
somewhere. I'll find one when and if I ever need to, I just don't want to lesson
my odds of getting either one by telling everyone which ones they should hang
onto or obtain. The Zeiss-crafted telextender is likewise out of production. It
was difficult to find one available anywhere when I got it 2 years ago. (In the
world of digital cameras, newer is not always better. I'm quite happy with what
I researched and bought quite awhile ago. I've seen little that has come close
in quality and capabilities recently. Close, but just not good enough to suit
me.)

In one breath you say there's no reason for you to hoard when someone
else can be making good use if it out there somewhere. And in the
next breath you say you don't want to reveal what cameras meet your
requirements because that would make the few remaining in circulation
difficult to obtain. Conflict.

I'm sure with enough research you can find any number of P&S cameras that excel
above the image qualities and capabilities of most DSLRs. Some of this year's
cameras are excellent. Some are reported (by more than one camera review site)
to pass the image quality of the Canon 50D. The link showing how the new
Powershot SX10 already surpassed the images from a 450D / XSi has already been
posted many times (that link also now appearing in the 25-points list). Better
glass on that DSLR would help, but I doubt it will make it any better than the
SX10 P&S. The DSLR kit-lens was so abysmal that any other glass would have to be

You can doubt it all you want, but it's not true. Better glass would
blow away the SX10 P&S as you can see from thousands of examples taken
with Canon DSLR's and high quality glass. The improvement in image
quality won't be as noticeable for some images where there's no
dynamics. But in other, more demanding situations, the quality
increase of a good DSLR with high quaility glass over any P&S in
existance is astounding.

4x's better in resolution to win over the P&S's lens. I don't think you're going
to find a 4x leap in resolution over a kit-lens and still cover a 20x zoom range
no matter how much money that you want to throw away on DSLR glass. Most
certainly you won't do it seamlessly with just one lens. That convenience alone
(of not missing any shots while changing lenses) is worth all the DSLR glass in
that whole range. What good is L-Glass if you have to change the lens and miss
the shot? You might as well not have any camera at all, same results.

You don't even need L-Glass to beat any P&S. Something like the Nikon
18-200 gives you a good enough zoom range to avoid "missing the shot"
while giving much higher quality images than P&S superzooms.


My two most favorite P&Ss are by no means the only ones (and would be difficult
to find if you did want them). Nor are some of the best all from Canon. A few
are, but not all. Panasonic and others have some excellent new contenders in the
race. A few of them outdoing the new Canon P&Ss.

But any not from Canon would not run CHDK, which eliminates many of
the points you keep posting. So we already know your P&S is from
Canon.

Do some research, buy a few cameras, you just might end up realizing what I've
come to know--the blind-leading-blind DSLR-fanboys have been wrong all along.

I have done a lot of research. I have yet to find a single P&S that
can match the image quality of a good DSLR with good glass. That's
why I'm asking for your help. I'd love to find one.

Steve
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