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Anonymous
okay, so what the fuck? should i just throw my camera in the garbage and start painting or something? what the god christ meatball is with the flat colors?

pre, them post.
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>> slim !yE5LOsLjxQ
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sorry, pre THEN post. also name and trip.

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>> Anonymous
How is the preformance on that camera, I was conisdering buying it.
>> slim !yE5LOsLjxQ
the first photo is straight from the camera. every photo is flatly colored and needs shopping to make it acceptable.

high ISO gives severe grain. some chromatic aberration at high zoom in high light. difficult to focus manually because of the LCD. i bought it thinking it would substitute for a dSLR until i could afford one but it's not really even close. it's like a toy.
>> Anonymous
Just set it on auto, auto always makes the best pictures.
>> Anonymous
I wouldn't say it's like a toy... it's LOADS better than the A70 I upgraded from, but then, it's supposed to be.

But yeah, low light = shitty colours, and a hell of a fucking time focussing, and grain. Bright high-contrast light = bad CA.

once you get to understand the limitations of the camera, you can work with them.

It's definitely not a dSLR substitute though, that's for damned sure.