Roger
Your post was quite difficult to read (see below, a snipped
version). But I spotted the "expose right" bit and I think I need
help with that.
You see I have read advice that you should underexpose to avoid
highlights as the underexposed areas can be raised in exposure in
post-processing. But "expose right" seems to me to be the opposite ...
Chris
On 9 Jul 2007, at 10:10, Roger Key wrote:
>
> You could try finding an Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom. Fine 28-110mm
> equiv ED lens, RAW, high quality JPEG, lots of options, magnesium
> body, etc. Bulkier than FUJI F30, limited ISO (max 400).
> Unfortunately discontinued by Olympus within a year, just after
> receiving EISA Compact Camera of the Year award.Roger Key, Copenhagen
>
>> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 06:19:12 +0200> From: nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [OM] Re: Advice please- stage
>> photography> > I have heard other people sing the praise of the
>> Fujis, and I did look > at them briefly, but was completely turned
>> off by the absence of a RAW > mode. According to the specs, the
>> new 40 has JPEG only. This is simply > unacceptable to me.> >
>> Nathan> > Moose wrote:> > Nathan Wajsman wrote:> > > >> ...... It
>> is especially unfortunate that > >> the compact camera makes are
>> using the megapixel count as the most > >> important product
>> attribute to emphasize, and so we get all those > >> cameras with
>> fingernail-sized sensors onto which 8 or more megapixels > >> have
>> been crammed. As a result, performance at ISO speeds above 200 >
>> >> suffers from image noise, and anything above 400 is virtually
>> useless. > >> > >> > > This is the second time you've made such a
>> statement. While generally > > true, it is not entirely true. The
>> exceptions tha
> t prove/test the rule > > are a handful of Fujis.> >> > The F10,
> 11, 20, 30 and 31fd all share a 1/1.7" sensor with roughly > >
> twice the surface area of the 1/2.5" sensor in most small digicams.
> > > Combined with Fuji's unique, hexagonal pixel layout and
> whatever they do > > in their processing engine, these cameras
> outperform the other little > > guys in noise by a very significant
> margin, generally at least two stops.> >> > The F10/11 were amazing
> and the F30 is even better. It appears that the > > F31fd is simply
> an F30 with face detection added, which might actually > > be a
> plus for street photography. The newest, the F40, finally ups the >
> > pixel count from 6 to 8 mp, with an only very slightly, if at
> all, > > larger, 1/1/6" sensor, so the jury is out on whether it
> will be better > > or worse.> >> > Unfortunately, Fuji doesn't have
> IS, so for static subjects, these > > cameras aren't much ahead of
> the better smaller sensor cameras that have > > good IS, although I th
>
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