Mirrorless System Camera. Sorry, I thought I had written it out at some point but I didn't. It's the acronym that B&H has settled on for mu43, Nex, etc.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
