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Anonymous
point&shoot w/ dslr quality.. is it out there?

sorry noob here, but really looking into getting one

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>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
Sigma DP-1 perhaps, but it has a boatload of limitations so do your research.

Otherwise you're out of luck, because that's the only P&S with a decently sized sensor. I guess there's that Sony too, but by the time you get to that size it's DSLR territory.
>> Anonymous
>>203072

Sony DHC H3 or some degree of Leica.
>> Anonymous
>>203078
H3 is far from DSLR quality if you shoot at anything other than ISO 100, and Leica M8 requires quite a lot of manual settings to qualify as a point&shoot (not to mention it's rather big by P&S standards and costs a shitload)
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>203080
Maybe he meant the actual Leica point and shoots, in which case he's wrong because they're rebranded Panasonics, which are nice as point and shoots go but nowhere near DSLR quality.

Once again, compare sensor sizes. This is the most important measurement when it comes to saying "DSLR quality".
>> Anonymous
The operation is so quick, reliable, and similar to my SLRs, I can get very quick shots on the street. Also, and this is a rarity among point and shoots: no discernible shutter lag, if you're in Snap, Infinity, or MF mode (though the manual focus is lame and sucks). No shutter sound, either. You can turn every unnecessary sound off, which is not something I think you can say for many point-and-shoot class cameras, again. It becomes a stealth camera. With the viewfinder, I don't have to frame using the terrible (and bright) screen. Instead, I've got big 21mm/28mm brightlines, and I can shoot as though I'm using a rangefinder, a la HCB, Winogrand, Erwitt, DAH, and the other Leica-using ilk.

It's got the best speed of operation of any compact camera, period. Dual wheels, with the rear wheel containing a push-in function to access other user-defined settings like ISO, quality, flash compensation, etc.

Frankly, I like the GR lens as well. It's sharp, fast, and because of the unfucked noise reduction, you can shoot good stuff at a 1/15th of a second at f/2.4 at 1600 and get usable stuff in any room with more than a few photons bouncing around. Now that's a pretty fucking good trick, if you ask me about a pocket camera. I just love mine.
>> Anonymous
>>203072
Fuji F31fd. Kinda.