May 12, 2007, 14:30
Here's an article written by Mike Johnston, posted on his web blog "The Online Photographer". warning: it may be offensive for both language and content. http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.co...shoot.html
I'll skip to the conclusion:
I know there are a couple of photographers here who do some really good work with P&S cameras, but most people here do use DSLRs. Is Mike Johnston off-base, correct, or just looking for a reaction?
I'll skip to the conclusion:
Mike Johnston Wrote:Finally, you're going to be frustrated. Why? Because digital point-and-shoots are lousy cameras. So don't worry about the fact that your camera is often fiddley to use, only semi-capable in some circumstances and near-incompetent in others, and that it completely defeats your intentions from time to time. If you allow this to trouble you, again, you will be wasting worry on the inevitable. Better to chalk it up to death, taxes, and digicams. Don't think for two seconds that because your camera is lousy, it means you should have bought a different lousy cameraâbecause any other point-and-shoot would frustrate you too. Don't think that if you had just gotten a Brand Y instead of a Brand Z your pictures would look better. They probably wouldn't. And even if they would look just a little better in some ways and in some situations, they'd look just a little worse in others.I'll weasel out of providing much of my own comment by saying that I absolutely agree with most of what he says, but with the caveat that often it doesn't matter. When I use my little Oly 770SW, it's doing a job that none of my other cameras can. No, it's not natural, intuitive, or even sensible most of the time. But what should I expect from a camera that comes with a built-in alarm clock? It even happens to be a handy feature.
I know there are a couple of photographers here who do some really good work with P&S cameras, but most people here do use DSLRs. Is Mike Johnston off-base, correct, or just looking for a reaction?
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