luvdunhill Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 I consider a rebel XT/XTi/XSi compact. =T heh. My wife has an XTi actually, great camera Quote
laxx Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Then get a G9. If you don't already have an external flash, get one and both of you can use it. Quote
Iron_Dreamer Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Yeah, that's another major advantage of the G9. Just glue that ISO dial at 100 Quote
grawk Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Amazon.com: Minox Rolleiflex MiniDigi 3.1MP Digital Camera: Camera & Photo Quote
Contrastique Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 From what my collegue told me the DP1 has more noise than the G9. He took some testshots comparing the 2 as a client was interested in the DP1. He walked out the door with the G9... I haven't seen the test shots yet myself though... Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Amazon.com: Minox Rolleiflex MiniDigi 3.1MP Digital Camera: Camera & PhotoOMG, that is so cute that they did that. Quote
laxx Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 The DP1 was such a cool concept, but don't like how it turned out. It's a prime. =T Quote
luvdunhill Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 good enough recommendations for me. I just bought the G9. Quote
luvdunhill Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Yeah, that's another major advantage of the G9. Just glue that ISO dial at 100 is this a serious suggestion? I'm assuming so... Quote
laxx Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Just that your flash would be bigger than your camera, lol. Quote
Iron_Dreamer Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Well, somewhat serious at least. Since you have a hot shoe, you can use bounce or diffused flash for times where you don't have enough light, and get nice looking shots. ISO100 is fine for flash, outdoors in good light, or for anything static if you use a tripod. You'd just be screwed trying to shoot moving objects in less than perfect light, but the AF performance of such cameras doesn't exactly tailor them for that purpose anyway. It's ironic, since I really like having that dedicated ISO dial on the G9, instead of having to go into the menus to change it like most P&S cams, yet to actually use the dial beyond the minimum setting is asking for trouble. From what I've seen the DP1, and Foveon cameras in general, just aren't very good at high ISO thus far, but that is in a comparison amongst DSLR's, not P&S cameras. Looking at the DPReview tests of the G9 and DP1, the DP1 to my eyes does much better in the noise department, with ISO800 on the DP1 looking like ISO200 on the G9. Not that it should be much of a surprise, considering the gulf in sensor sizes. Of course, the DP1 has plenty of it's own issues, not to mention price. Even with the noise issue, I'd buy a G9 before I ever bought a DP1, and with a nice external flash to boot still coming in at a lower cost. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sigmadp1/page10.asp http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong9/page7.asp Quote
Iron_Dreamer Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 You can put one item in one pocket, and one in the other. That's still infinitely more portable than any DSLR+lens, let alone with the flash. And good light makes all the difference, regardless of the camera being used. Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 I still like the panasonic fz20 for point and shoot camera. It's just 5 or 6 mpix, but has the best lens of any small camera I've seen. The later models got worse.Is that the same as the DF20? Because...you know, black. Also, do suffixes matter? K, W, hatever? link Quote
grawk Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 Panasonic DMC-FZ20B Lumix 5.0 Megapixel Digital Camera w/ 12x Optical Zoom - Black - DMCFZ20B - Buy.com Quote
luvdunhill Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 so a "friend" wants to know what flash you guys would recommend for the G9 Quote
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