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November 20, 2008
Creative Compact Cameras – A word of Advice
These cameras aren’t much bigger than the compact digital cameras, but they offer a lot more user control. The lenses might be bigger, heavier, and of higher optical quality. Almost all creative compact cameras offer the option of storing images in RAW format, usually proprietary but sometimes in Adobe’s standard DNG format.
A standard JPEG is convenient for uploading to the Web, sharing with friends, or getting prints. Unfortunately, a lot of shadow and highlight detail that was captured by the sensor can be lost with a standard JPEG.
Using the RAW format, the photographer has the opportunity to bring out that shadow or highlight detail in images by using a graphics editing program (or letting a professional lab do it and make a really great print).
It is important to note that unless you are prepared to spend an evening reading the manual and learning the settings I don’t recommend you buy one of these cameras. If you don’t do your homework first your results will be the same as if you had used a simpler compact camera.
Panasonic LX2 (28-110mm F2.8-4.9 image-stabilized Leica lens; good for wide angle). Canon G7. 35-210mm F2.8-4.8 lens; no RAW capability; very bad noise at high ISO Ricoh GR Digital. This has a fixed focal-length 28mm equivalent lens that will be superb for wide-angle scenic photos. It is not clear if this camera is going to be sold in the United States.
Unfortunately this product category appears to have gone out of favor and you may have difficulties finding one on the market. Camera companies are concentrating their energies on the “SLR-like” category and SLR category
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