Ralph46

I thought you had the Canon 55-250 IS. Non stabilized is not good for a tele. If the 15-85 mm stretches your budget at the moment, you should consider getting the 18-55 mm IS version and the...

So you think that the temptation has ended there? Optimist! ____________________________________________ - -Better a small camera in the pocket than a big one on the shelf...

Oh, I just saw that you wanted to sell the 55-250 mm too. Don't do that! The lens is a gem and worth far more than it costs. You can use it well together with either the 18-55 mm or the 15-85 mm....

If the 18-55 mm lens is the image stabilized version ("IS" denominated) it is a good lens and you can well keep it well for learning the basics. If the "IS" is lacking, go ahead and sell it. Not...

rishi o' wrote: Technically today's digital images from APS-C, m4/3 and even often from 1/1.7" easily surpass almost all images taken on film. To qualify this , you would have to divide the...

What would you say I am smoking if I told you I consider CDAF to be much more accurate than PDAF? The German photo magazine COLOR FOTO regularly tests AF systems under difficult conditions. PDAF...

Almost certainly the small sensor G-line is finished. Ever since the S90 came out with the same sensor and processor as the G11 it seemed to me that the G-11 and then G-12 were not the best...

Hi Bob, No question is dumb if you wish to learn. If you want a short and clearcut answer, I would say go in fairly close to about 3 feet (for average dog size) and set the zoom angle to match....

On the G1X you are not looking at a tiny lens covering a tiny sensor and needing only a few mm lens element movement to focus to 5 mm object distance. Even very expensive APS-C and m4/3 lenses only...

If it makes you happier, you can only use the zoom from w/a to midrange (about 60mm equiv.) and never drop below f/4. Contrary to the many complainers, I find f/2.8 on the wide end outstanding and...

Choose the proper lens? I would certainly not choose a 16 mm pancake as a lens for general purposes. Perhaps you would be happy with just that on an entire trip. I would prefer w/a, normal and...

Presumably the size and price of the G1x will limit the purchasers of it to the more knowledgeable photographers who actually know about sensor sizes, lens sizes and realistic expectations. These...

You did extremely well on those pictures. Amazingly good photos for such a small camera. I live in Europe and will never go to 'Vegas, but I do presume that there are many places there and probably...

I can only speak for myself. I don't know how many kg of DSLR stuff you are used to lugging around, but the more it is, the more you will probably enjoy being liberated from it. If you only take...

Sorry Vidar, but in my last post right now I forgot to say that I greatly enjoyed your gallery. Great pictures reduced to the minimum of subject matter to highlight the object or mood you intend....

May I disagree with you, although I have no intention to start an S95 vs. S100 dispute? I have always seen almost no difference between the ISO 80 and 400 images on my S95. The IQ drops off...

Another thought about sensor sizes. I had found that the field of view was the same for G7 and G9 (with identical lenses) despite 1/1.8" sensor on the G7 and 1/1.7" on the G9. So does this sensor...

Despite the differing sizes officially stated by Canon, I think they were the same size. I got my G9 before I sold my G7 and compared the wideangle coverage. I would have liked the G9 field of view...

I find it annoying, that the S95 does not have various self-timer modes to scroll through, e.g. 2 sec plus 10 sec plus multiple etc. I can't remember any of my many previous Canons that only...

just where the studio shots of the S100 were quite soft. Maybe that's just a coincidence, but I wondered if there could be something about the studio widget setup which caused the lower R corner to...