New Gear. Drool!!!!

[John_Vitollo@adobeforums.com]

Canon also has a new 8 Meg Point and Shoot that looks sweet:

<http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/pro1/index.html>

[Cindy@adobeforums.com]

Not to mention Canons SLR cameras.

[Chris_Cox@adobeforums.com]

Now get me 8 MP in something the size of an OptioS....

[SPAMMERS_SHOULD_DIE_bonniejdesign@bonniejdesign.com]

Linda--

THe camera I brought to Photoshop World.. the one you used.. is a D100.

So check out those images for noise (use the ones shoot in RAW format)

[Wade_Zimmerman@adobeforums.com]

You guys don't know how to read in Manual it is 1/8000 to 1/30 and in several of the auto Modes it is 1/4000 to 8 Secs and in a couple of the Auto Modes it is 1/4000 to 30 Secs and these same modes have a Bulb/Time Setting of up to 10 minutes.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Wade,

Who do you mean by "you guys"?

You guys don't know how to read in Manual it is...




Watch out; someone might accuse you of not knowing how to write. %D

[Phosphor@adobeforums.com]

HEH@Ramón!

When I first started coming around here years ago I popped on Wade for his writing abilities all the time.

Now, I just try to read between his lines, learn what I can from him, and chuckle at the rest!

:)

[LRK@adobeforums.com]

Bonnie,

That's true and I was very impressed with the quality. I love my own Nikon and I guess that's why I want another one. But still, I am open to suggestions and will research all my options before making a purchase.

Linda

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

The Fuji S3 has 2 sensors per pixel a regular one for the shadows and mids and a second one to expose for highlight detail. and has a 12 MP image.

doesn't anyone find this to be truely awsome.

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Phosphor,

I also enjoy Wade's posts very much, agree with a lot of what he says, and love his work. I was just kidding him because of his earlier remark.

[Wade_Zimmerman@adobeforums.com]

Why I don't right no good!

[Allen_Wicks@adobeforums.com]

The SLRs in the current crop of Nikon/Canon/Fuji SLR digicams are indeed awesome. Which is "best" is very individual and based on needs, except that at the compete-with-medium-format end the Canon 1Ds rules - until Nikon comes out with the D2x...

The 1Ds plus Canon Tilt/Shift lenses are almost enough to make me switch to Canon. However, decades of abusing Nikons from the tropics to snow country have created almost total brand loyalty in me. I will wait to see how good the D2x is, and unless Nikon really screws up (not likely unless they overprice it) I will buy one.

[Chris_Cox@adobeforums.com]

Buko - no, because you get a 6 MP image. Yes, it might have better hilight detail, or do HDR exposures -- but it's still a 6 MP image.

[Zeb@adobeforums.com]

There's a tiny Casio 6MP if you're interested.
<http://www.dpreview.com/news/0402/04021303casioexp600.asp>

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

Buko - no, because you get a 6 MP image.




OK I was just at the Fuji site you get a 12 megapixel image because you have 2 sets of sensors.

APS size 12 megapixel (S-pixel: 6.45 million, R-pixel: 6.45 million) Super
CCD SR sensor technology for high image quality with wide dynamic range
Produces 12.1 Million (4256 x 2848) recorded pixels or choice of (3024
x 2016), (2304 x 1536) and (1440x 960) pixels

[Chris_Cox@adobeforums.com]

No, you get a 6 MP image with alittle more hilight and shadow detail. Each pixel just has 2 sensors associated with it for the detail.

The 12 MP is their usual "our sensors are better than yours so we can upsample" crappola.

[Todie@adobeforums.com]

Chris, Fuji's interpolated 12MP images seem to be better than other cameras' 12MP interpolated images.

[Mike_Ornellas@adobeforums.com]

but my amp goes to 11.......

[Chris_Cox@adobeforums.com]

Todie - not really.

[ashley_karyl@adobeforums.com]

The S3 will probably be a very good option for many users with great colours and a useful dynamic range. The only negative I can see in this upgrade is that while it is still effectively a 6MP camera the new Raw files are going to be really big from what I have heard reported, so flash cards are going to fill up after very few images when you shoot RAW. I was surprised to see all the bashing on the Fuji forum over at dpreview though because I have always thought that Fuji are producing great cameras for the money.

The new Canon 1D II will be all the camera that many pro photographers need, while being fast and tough as well. With a good 8MP sensor showing super low noise it will no doubt be successful, but I still think that unless speed is paramount and when quality is important the 1Ds is still the best all round solution on the market.

I am really happy that Kodak finally seems to have solved the quality issues with the 14n and its looking like being the camera that it should have been when it was first introduced 1 year ago. This will hopefully force Canon to be more reasonable on the price front and also means that Fuji won't be able to charge too much for the S3 while pressure will mount for Nikon to introduce something spectacular.

The only problem is that from recent history, Canon always seems to be about 2 years ahead of the other makers with R & D and I suspect that when Nikon finally introduces something comparable to the 1Ds, Canon will immediately announce the update to the 1Ds which will be so good any improvements made thereafter will be purely academic.