The DSLR Advantage

[Zach Matthews]

This series from Adorama (actually a photography retailer) does a great job of explaining, among other things, why DSLR cameras do a better job than point and shoots:

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?article=021808&op=academy_new

Interestingly, the exact same results apply to FX versus DX (or 1.5x enlargement) digital cameras.

[Carter Simcoe]

http://6mpixel.org/en/

[mike j]

Here is another AMAZING ADVANTAGE!

100,000 images

[nemoblackdog]

No doubt – low light situations are the bane of P&S cameras.

[John Bennett]

To me anyways its about tradeoffs.
Theres no way anyone could ever convince me to part with my dslr for any PnS but they do have some redeeming qualities.

While the small sensors in PnS do negate the ability to shoot at high ISOs theres nothing stopping somone from shooting at iso 100 or 200 on a tripod. An offshoot benefit of those small sensors is greater DoF all else being equal.

So take macro for example. All else being equal a DSLR shooter would have to stop way down to ensure adequate DoF, where-as with a PnS you can get away with a little more aperature and hense more light hitting the sensor.

Underwater.
I am very tempted to pick up a Pentax WP to bring with me at all times. My DSLR could do everything I currently do with it but now I also have the option of some underwater fish/habitat shots.

Video.
Was out shooting Snowy Owls last winter with my daughter. While the shutter lag, slow focus and low fps would never allow her to capture a Snowy going from static, to launch, to flight the way I did.
She did get a very cool 10sec vid clip of it at 12x optical with a simple turn of the dial

I love my dslr and all the options (providing I buy the glass) it opens up, however a nice PnS in the pocket to do the things a dslr cant is good to.

[Ben Cochran]

FX Digital? I sure hope so and hope that mass production should be just around the corner. Not only do I agree with “Murphy’s Law”, it seems that he has adopted me as his best friend. Due to this, I have learned to be nervous and on guard.

[david king]

One thing that really amazes me about digital is how well it enlarges. With the lack of grain digital goes BIG really well. I have attached a shot I did that was enlarged several time life size on a Inca large format printer. Even at that scale you can see fiber in the towel and the Model is absolutely tack sharp. I used a medium format DSLR with a 22 megapixel back. I think the larger pixels in the Eyelike/Sinar back really make a big difference and there is some serious magic going on in the printer too.

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