Jan 17 2008, 11:40 AM
QUOTE(darthbaboon @ Jan 15 2008, 04:26 PM)
Between fast point and shoot applications, the S3 wins. I don't think you guys buy the SLR camera to use it's auto-shoot/scene/portrait... etc functions. By the time I finish setting up the shot, either the subject is impatient, or I'd have stood there for ages, and worse still if the shot doesn't turn out properly, I'd have to reset everything again.
Why don't you use the auto mode on your SLR then?QUOTE(darthbaboon @ Jan 15 2008, 04:26 PM)
When I adjust shuttle speed/apperture/iso, the changes are reflected directly on the S3 LCD. Thus I know if I've got the ISO too low or adjusted the shuttle speed too fast and can compensate before taking the shot. I tried varying this on the D40x... there are no changes visible on the viewfinder. Many of my shots end up too dark/too bright and I have to take several (trial and error) before finally getting one right.
Do you guys have a certain sixth sense or experience that tells you what shuttle/iso/apperture to use for what occasion?
There is a meter telling you whether you shot would be correctly exposed or not. RTFM. However, no meter on any camera is fool proof, and sometimes experience does come on.Do you guys have a certain sixth sense or experience that tells you what shuttle/iso/apperture to use for what occasion?
QUOTE(darthbaboon @ Jan 15 2008, 04:26 PM)
but am I honestly expected to carry around 3 lenses and swap them each time I need to take a photo?
If you are anal about image quality, yes. If not, just get one of those superzoom lens like the Nikkor 18-200 VRQUOTE(darthbaboon @ Jan 15 2008, 05:05 PM)
The way you guys put it, does it mean that SLR is such a *slow* camera that you guys have to slowly compose all your shots before finally taking a picture? Does it mean that you need to have several years of experience of using SLR to know what settings to use for particular photos/scenes?
Its not slow at all. It focuses better, has better response time, etc. I can adjust on the fly without having to look at it. Its all about getting some practice.QUOTE(darthbaboon @ Jan 15 2008, 05:05 PM)
From what I see, the *features* difference between SLR and Prosumer cameras is slowly disappearing. Nowadays you can do most of the adjustments as well in prosumer.
On paper yes. In practice less so. You wouldnt be able to blow out the background as much with a prosumer, the dynamic range is quite a bit lower, the high ISO performance is a lot poorer, it takes a helluva lot more time to actually access those *features* with all the menu driven systems nowadays...etcQUOTE(mengsuan @ Jan 15 2008, 08:14 PM)
Bulb exposure is possible on S3 IS. With hacked firmware, you can expose up to a minute.
I wouldnt call a minute all that long actually.QUOTE
5) AF speed - The worst SLR can AF in less than 0.5 sec. While S3 usually takes 0.5-1 sec to lock on.
I don't notice the difference.
I don't notice the difference.
You will when you try to take pics of a moving object.
I think the conclusion that we can come to here is that you don't need a DSLR for the type of photography you are doing at the moment.
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