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Alas, being an idiot I sold it on to a colleague who, to be fair, still uses it. However, I have a cunning plan...Another 7MP compact! I pleased to see I'm not the only one who rates them.
Alas, being an idiot I sold it on to a colleague who, to be fair, still uses it. However, I have a cunning plan...Another 7MP compact! I pleased to see I'm not the only one who rates them.
I wonder if the ability to take photos under water is because they are in competition with phones and phones AFAIK don't photograph under water.I share with my 5 years old boy an Olympus TG5 that was £160 used. Very good at macro and totally waterproof. It's definitely not a match for full-frame camera but it fit very nicely in a pocket. If I go shooting for wildlife with a long lens I like having this in the pocket for pictures of plants and landscape.
Maybe it helps but the Olympus underwater type goes back to at least 2006, not sure about others.I wonder if the ability to take photos under water is because they are in competition with phones and phones AFAIK don't photograph under water.
No never- I'm a 6ft 1" ex- paratrooper and I don't feel uncomfortable in any situationAre there never occasions where you'd feel uncomfortable flashing an expensive camera or phone around?
What if you were surrounded by ninja clowns?No never- I'm a 6ft 1" ex- paratrooper and I don't feel uncomfortable in any situation
Is it that any self-respecting male photographer wouldn't be seen dead with a red camera ?
Don't know about "read" cameras, which sound a bit too new age for me, but I have a red camera...
If it works, go for it. To me, all that matters is the result. How you get it is secondary at best.
Do we need a post your photos from your sub £100 compact ?
Don't know about "read" cameras, which sound a bit too new age for me, but I have a red camera...
Where is it?Just created a thread as I very nearly polluted this one with some pictures.
Most definitely yes!Do we need a post your photos from your sub £100 compact ?
Thread 'The compact camera picture thread!'Where is it?
Thanks. I was expecting to find it in one of the 'Photo' forums.Thread 'The compact camera picture thread!'
https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/the-compact-camera-picture-thread.730376/
Though what people call a P&S can be bit misleading. Often anything with a fixed lens eg Ricoh GR regularly so described and it’s anything but. I would call the Nikon DSLR that I bought used (D60 ??? ) a P & S because you couldn’t turn the flash off and I had to tape it down Until it gave up trying.I changed the thread name to clarify the type of camera I was referring to.
Interestingly, the D60's automatic modes were called "Point-and-Shoot Modes". There was one specifically labelled "Auto (flash off)". Worked pretty much the same as Auto but... without the flash. No tape required!Though what people call a P&S can be bit misleading. Often anything with a fixed lens eg Ricoh GR regularly so described and it’s anything but. I would call the Nikon DSLR that I bought used (D60 ??? ) a P & S because you couldn’t turn the flash off and I had to tape it down Until it gave up trying.
Fuji X100 series would be P & S for many and the X10/20/30 all are P &S.
Should we perhaps introduce a weight category to clear things up?ANY camera that offers automatic exposure and automatic focus is a point and shoot. Anyone who uses those features is a point and shooter. I am not qualified to say whether that is good or bad.
You’re probably right about the D60, I can’t remember which model, but it must have been well hidden because I couldn’t find it and I do read manuals .Interestingly, the D60's automatic modes were called "Point-and-Shoot Modes". There was one specifically labelled "Auto (flash off)". Worked pretty much the same as Auto but... without the flash. No tape required!
I've got a Ricoh GR and wholeheartedly agree with what you've said - it's my goto small 'proper' camera these days when I can't be fluffed with humping my D810 around.
You must have big pockets.This is one of my current point and shoots. I think it may also qualify as a Travel Zoom...
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I mean, all photography involves some degree of ‘pointing’ and ‘shooting’. Ansel Adams pointed his 8x10 at something and (eventually) shot. I think the definition of ‘point and shoot’ is a camera designed to be used that way (full auto).ANY camera that offers automatic exposure and automatic focus is a point and shoot. Anyone who uses those features is a point and shooter. I am not qualified to say whether that is good or bad.
You must have big pockets.
It that a big camera you have in your pocket or …. ? ;(This is one of my current point and shoots. I think it may also qualify as a Travel Zoom...
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I mean, all photography involves some degree of ‘pointing’ and ‘shooting’. Ansel Adams pointed his 8x10 at something and (eventually) shot. I think the definition of ‘point and shoot’ is a camera designed to be used that way (full auto).
Should we perhaps introduce a weight category to clear things up?
Okay, I tried changing the thread title to, “Does anyone use a cheap point-and-shoot camera with a sensor no bigger than 1/1.7” and doesn’t have a control wheel that can be assigned to change aperture, shutter speed or focus these days?”Probably best to ignore nit-picky forumites trying to be perverse about an obvious concept. We all 'know' a P&S camera is a compact designed to be used in a particular way, and not a DSLR that happened to have a mode the maker called point and shoot. The fact that many P&S compacts may have incorporated 'manual' modes to theoretically permit control of exposure and focussing doesn't matter because they weren't really intended, nor were they used that way.
Possibly the easiest way to define things would be to require the digital sensor (see what I did there) to be no bigger than 1/1.7" (to include things like the older Canon G series) and exclude the distinctly more intentionally controllable 1", M43 and APS-C offerings from various makers. Also excluded should be any camera with a control wheel automatically assigned to change aperture, shutter speed or focus rather than being required to dig into a menu: i.e. if manual control is obvious and intentional then the camera is immediately NOT a P&S device, even if it can be used that way.