Tony, you know what's both fascinating and frustrating? I can't find the flash specs for the F300 anywhere! Not on Minolta's F300 page, not even in my manual, where they list every other possible spec.
Not many reviews yet. There's one on http://www.Epinions.com and another at http://www.megapixel.net . Jeff at http://www.dcresource.com/ mentioned that he'll have one up later this week.
WB setting was on automatic.
Yes, you can set (and store as a preset) a custom wb.
Thanks!
Interesting! I hadn't noticed that. It's unfortunate that the camera seems so easily fooled, though.
Yes, it does. Haven't tried it yet.
I've thought about the Canon S400, but from what I hear, the flash on that is really weak, too, and in fact, one of the few things complained about on the camera.
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B, I think you're right... it's very clear that I expected too much, especially incorrectly assuming I could point-and-shoot my way to fine photos in automatic mode in more dimly lit settings.
Again, IMO the noise is pretty much what you'd expect from a 5MP digicam at ISO200. Lower megapixels -> less noise. More MP -> smaller photosites -> less sensitivity -> more noise.
Haven't tried printing them yet, but in downsampling, they definitely do look better, although still not as sharp as I'd like, nor as good as my old 3.3mp camera.
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I think the outdoor test is more what you had in the disco, still
amazed though that your photos at point blank and with background
walls weren't good at all.
All photos at 5mp, livingroom lit by tv and the other room
completly, almost, black.
Outside dimly lit, wasn't able to find a place where totaly dark,
the tree pictures are a bit darker though then the wall, should
have taken pictures of my car but the parking lot were lightened
quite well, still not very much though
Suprislingly it locked at all inside pictures and the wall as well,
not the tree though and I now from using it that even when not dark
taking pictures of family etc. it can be red, unlocked, quite some
times.
I'll let others speculate but as espected with light as long as it
has walls to bounch at it does the job but without walls it's a
whole different issue, slaveflash here we go...
SeYa/Ambrose... Cam F300 http://www.pbase.com/ambrosed/macros
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SeYa/Ambrose... Cam F300 http://www.pbase.com/ambrosed/macros
The 3030z (and, I assume, others in that series) has an unusually strong flash. Chances are, at least when it comes to built-in flash, other cameras will disappoint you. I know... I used to have a 3030... ;-)
Ah, wow, someone who intimately understands my nostalgia
Ok here we go, here are some photos in different scenes, that is
indoor as well as outside, all with dimage F300:
http://www.pbase.com/ambrosed/flashtest
I think the outdoor test is more what you had in the disco, still
amazed though that your photos at point blank and with background
walls weren't good at all.
All photos at 5mp, livingroom lit by tv and the other room
completly, almost, black.
Outside dimly lit, wasn't able to find a place where totaly dark,
the tree pictures are a bit darker though then the wall, should
have taken pictures of my car but the parking lot were lightened
quite well, still not very much though
Suprislingly it locked at all inside pictures and the wall as well,
not the tree though and I now from using it that even when not dark
taking pictures of family etc. it can be red, unlocked, quite some
times.
I'll let others speculate but as espected with light as long as it
has walls to bounch at it does the job but without walls it's a
whole different issue, slaveflash here we go...
SeYa/Ambrose... Cam F300 http://www.pbase.com/ambrosed/macros
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That would be my assumption, too, except that I think the camera seems to have focused decently in these examples:
I'm inclined to think that too, although the underexposure does look a bit mysterious. In your shoes, I'd do a controlled test in a darkened room with a subject placed at different distances, to see how the flash meters and how far it reaches.
