EX2F vs. NX300+30mm

Greynerd wrote:

I think the sniping that goes on against the IQ of small sensor compacts is the negative aspect of photography. I notice you only mention the EX2f and presumably the thousands of smaller sensor compact users out there who presumably need not apply here.

As I said, I don't own Samsung compacts, and I don't know them at all, so I can't talk about them. I just took the Samsung EXF2 as an example as it was featured here with image samples that look very nice. It's as simple as that. I can tell you something about the many Canon compacts I own, and also the Sonys and Fujis I've tried out, but that's not the topic here. Again, I think there is no reason to take people's responses in such a negative manner.

I just find it rather sad that photography is such an intense big gear competition. Just look at any bridge camera review or even the recent Panasonic 25mm f1.7 review where m43 is not big enough and see just how relentlessly negative this format bashing is. I have seen in the past very direct attacks on small compact users and it is not a case of ignoring the small formats but of their being driven out.

I suppose DPR is at heart an IQ competition so not really worth saying any more.

It is a gear forum after all, especially the camera brand forums, and thus tech specs, performance and image quality are important subjects of discussion to people who frequent this place. But over the years DPR has also evolved into featuring and discussing the more creative sides of photography, and there are forums on landscape, wildlife, macro, portrait, and travel etc. where you can show off your images and invite feedback. They will take you up big time on composition and light and be less interested in your camera's brand and sensor size.

However, I was serious when I said you should go ahead and start a thread on compact cameras and images to add to this forum what you think is missing. Take action! I bet we'd see some nice pics.

Cheers,

Andrea

Andrea Georgia wrote:

Greynerd, why always so negative? The OP posted a thread with his views on two very different cameras and took his pick with just fine reasoning.

But why deduct from that that compact cam threads and images would be bashed here? As you can see, others here like their EXF2, even if they think that the NX line has better IQ. The EXF2 images I've seen on this thread look very nice. Someone else even posted a thread with an image from the Galaxy S6.

Whatever Samsung's own sales numbers are, compacts are giving way to mobile phone cams, so camera makers are under pressure to differentiate the compact lines they want to keep by adding nice features like longer faster zooms, and/or bigger sensors, i.e. they want to close the gap to ILCs. There is nothng bad about improving IQ and features of compacts through this pressure from the bottom and the top, even if some compacts fall away in this process. I also don't think that any online photo forum has a significant effect on sales numbers or mirrors the reality of interest in and sales of cameras. The few people you see on these forums tend to be exceptionally interested in photography and they like to discuss things, and I'd say that chances are that this means that most of them, even if not all of them, als own ILCs. If many prefer those for taking pics and discussion, there is nothing bad about it. But this does not mean at all that you can't discuss compacts here.

I don't own a Samsung compact, Canons only, so I can't post compact images here, but I suggest you start a thread and invite people to show off their Samsung compact images. The images taken with the EXF2 I've seen here look lovely indeed.

So go ahead!

Cheers,
Andrea