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>>152415 I think we've gotten off on the wrong foot here. If you'll look at our first two posts, you'll see that we pretty much have the same opinion re: superzooms. My only nitpick was that I think a $300 used DSLR has more versatility than an S5IS--part of which being because I'm counting the possibility of future system expansion into the versatility equation, whereas you were just thinking in terms of out-of-the-box, day 1 shooting ability. Both of which are valid ways to look at it, just different.
I wasn't even really trying to convince him to buy a DSLR. My intention was to point him downwards into the P&S category, since one of those would still be useful if he *did* want to eventually get a DSLR and offer the same quality as a superzoom for cheaper if he didn't.
>There has been a grand total of 3 instances where a point-and-shoot user actually wowed more than one person. Now seriously, which do you think is the most likely of the two possibilities here: 1. /p/ as a whole always checks the EXIF on a shot before looking at the picture, and decide based on that whether they should like a picture or not before even opening it. 2. Good photographers tend to eventually upgrade to SLRs for the better control, wider creative options allowed by interchangeable lenses, better high-ISO noise characteristics, etc, which means that the P&S cameras are generally being wielded by people who aren't that good.
Also, either your photographic memory has a stuck shutter or you're not reading all of the threads because:>>151340 Thread full of images Heavyweather took with his Ricoh, and at least two people praised 'em (me and sv).
If you go through and actually look at all of the posts on the last 10 pages, you'll find that the /p/ you've got in your head really just doesn't match the /p/ that's really there.
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