bobbarber

I tried this once. What I did was create layer masks to protect everything that I didn't want blurred. I did it in gimp, not photoshop, but the process is more or less the same. It didn't...

If this were true, then you would have to accept the high ISO performance of a compact camera on your m43 sensor. And if you say, "I'll just downsize to get rid of the noise," then we aren't...

At the risk of starting another long subthread, neither ppi or lp/mm measure the quality of a print. It is misconceptions like this that keep long threads like this going, and people defending...

I see your point, but imho you are arguing the difference between 9 m/s and 9.8 m/s, both useful figures, to /somebody/. On the other hand, 9.8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... is useful to...

Correct != arrogance.

As I said before, you have to let real life intrude into the discussion. Some of your guys' posts sound like you are in hypothetical la-la land, with no connection to what these cameras are used...

First of all, I'm not going to Google Dr. Fossum. I don't need to. He is wrong about this issue, whoever he is. If I listened to experts all the time, with fancy titles and degrees in things like...

If you can resolve every hair on your cat's body with 16 Mp's worth of data, then there is not another 20 Mp's worth of data in your cat waiting for a better sensor to resolve it. At some point,...

I don't really care what this guys says about pixel counts. The evidence is not on his side. The Nokia phone is an exception to the rule of compact sensor cameras having too many megapixels,...

There are many examples of lower pixel counts, as I gave earlier. No, what is migrating are the pixel counts themselves, not the sweet spot. The reason it is important to look at small...

I think I said what needed to be said in my original post in this sub-thread. The arguments that you guys make in favor of higher pixel counts are theoretical, and are not verified in actual...

...however, I don't agree with what you say about megapixel trends. Look at the Canon compacts, G12, SX230, etc. They have fewer megapixels than previous models. The SX210, two generations back,...

Is this true? The people who argue this tend to rely on theoretical arguments, but the evidence on the ground is somewhat different. I just spent a long time researching a pocket camera, and...

I posted too soon. It is working now. Flash sync up to 1/4,000s.

I just got the Cactus AF50 OP flash. It is supposed to support HSS on micro four thirds bodies. You press two buttons, and it goes into HSS mode. So far, so good. But the camera still limits...

I put CHDK on my wife's camera, and it does a lot of stuff. Fast shutter speeds with flash sync, intervalometer, raw capture, HDR, motion detection, etc. I have tested most of this stuff and it...

Well, I ordered the camera already, but I don't know what the firmware version is. Hopefully it is compatible with CHDK. Let me know if you test other functions. There is really a lot in CHDK.

Thanks for the tips. Holding the flash down sounds like it might damage the camera. Can't you just push it down after it pops up? Thanks for the idea about the grip. I ordered an SX230 today....

Hi, I loaded CHDK on my wife's SD870 and I've enjoyed playing with the features. Now I want to get a CHDK camera of my own. I think I like the SX230. Anybody try this camera with CHDK,...

Vlad, You don't have to bother with the test if you don't want. I just ordered the Cactus AF50. I'm a deliberate shooter, so hopefully the interface won't bother me too badly. Thank you for your...