I'm sorry, Steven, but I can't find a reference to what "MSC" stands for. Can you elucidate? Thanks!
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > You'd think the different camera approach would work, but companies > are afraid of creating a camera that sacrifices high iso performance > for some other feature and then have the reviews clobber them for not > having high iso performance. > > I would really like high iso performance because sometimes I am trying > to take shots at night. However, I find that I am far more likely to > actually take the smaller MSC than the DSLR, so I deal with those > limitations. It's not a problem, except that I can get a bit of a > knee jerk reaction because I run into enough folks who just can't > understand how I can have a camera that can't take good shots above > iso 1600. Not every photo group is as sensible as the PDML ;-) > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Dario Bonazza > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >>> This is a big problem facing manufacturers. Some folks never shoot at >>> those isos and don't want to pay, either in money or size/weight, to >>> have that capacity. >> >> There are plenty of cameras where pixel count prevail against dynamic range >> and high-ISO performance. 99% of compact cameras and most DLSRs are set that >> way. However, manufacturers have to cover both needs, perhaps with dedicated >> models. That's very good news for them, because this way they sell more >> cameras. >> >>> OTOH, it makes sense for many enthusiasts to have >>> a DSLR and a MSC for the appropriate occasions. >> >> For that reason, I also bought a Panasonic GF-1. >> >>> What is miss most >>> when using my mu43 cameras is the wider dynamic range of the current >>> models of DSLR. Still, you only have to go a few years back when >>> DSLRs (at least the ones I coudl afford) had the same DR performance >>> as the current class of MSC. >> >> Agree. >> >> Dario >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
