Comments on: No longer just a toy

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:02:50 +0000

The problem for me is that the G10 still looks a bit bulky, and that’s why I carry an old Casio EX-Z750 P&S around. That said the image quality from Casio’s ‘plastic’ lens and small sensor is clearly not up to the job for anything serious and so the search for my perfect P&S continues…

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:59:54 +0000

Well, don’t take my word for it Carl. I am liking this camera the more I get familiar with it. A lot of the controls are very intuitive.

By: Carl D

Carl D — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:40:37 +0000

Hey Mark,

Thanks – just what I need, more gear. I’m pretty keen to get a little P&S for some backpacking trips, and I think this year I’ll do that. Appreciate the post.

Cheers

Carl

By: Anita Jesse

Anita Jesse — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:43:33 +0000

I also have to confess that I rarely carry my tripod. Yes, I know that I should, but…. I just enjoy the process so much more without luggling that thing around. Sometimes, when I get back I regret the decision. But, overall, the joy of working without it overrides the pain of lost shots.

By: bernie kasper

bernie kasper — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:07:49 +0000

My son follows me around with his fine pix and puts together some nice shots for being only 9, and then he reminds me of how easy it was and a lot lighter too carry !!!

By: Dave Z

Dave Z — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:24:47 +0000

Mark,
Interesting post made me think more about using what I have with me to take more photos. I have doing this more and more lately with the ‘toy’ camera built into my iPhone. I’m finding that it does help me think about more interesting compositions than I normally would. Perhaps even forcing it because I have no other choice at the moment of capture. The same can be said for the limited post-processing available with iPhone apps(Tiltshift, camerabag, etc)

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:37:43 +0000

I’ve seen some wonderful images from some of these point and shoot digital cameras. I knew a very talented photography from way back that used point and shoot film cameras (before digital) for the majority of his work which was very fine indeed.

I had to laugh at your comment about the tri-pod. I admit it, I am a blasphemer…I hate using the tri-pod. I have a fine one but very rarely use it, even in the studio. I find them very annoying, and for me much too limiting. I need to move constantly. I am probably ADHD (lol) and since I have the attention span and patience of a gnat I rarely will drag it out. I do however use a mono-pod when I get tired during particularly long days of shooting. Of course there are times when I have no choice but to use the tri-pod so I grudgingly do it.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:17:38 +0000

Roberta – Darwin is a favorite of mine also.

Thomas, yes – the G10 is still limiting when it comes to ISO. Noise becomes intrusive above 400 I believe. The linked articles seem to support that as well. I look forward to the day a full frame sensor is in a P&S camera.

Ed, Adrian, thank you for the comments.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:08:06 +0000

Hello Sarah,
Thank you for the heads up about PIO. I am not sure why my email couldn’t be located, it is listed in many places throughout my site. I hope the comment wasn’t intended as SPAM since it was material not directly related to the content of the post.

Nonetheless, I did check out PIO. Unfortunately, I cannot support it due to overly restrictive terms of use and encroachment on rights associated with artists’ ownership of their works and how they are distributed and controlled.

Best regards,
Mark

By: Sarah

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