Is there a compact camera comparable to the Galaxy S7 camera?

[Alyzza]

I think the camera on the Galaxy S7 is an incredible camera. The problem is that it is a cell phone camera and really can’t take the place of a compact camera for constant shooting. Does anyone know of a small versatile camera that is comparable to the excellent picture quality of the S7 camera?

 

[Rudi Maes]

I think the camera on the Galaxy S7 is an incredible camera. The problem is that it is a cell phone camera and really can’t take the place of a compact camera for constant shooting. Does anyone know of a small versatile camera that is comparable to the excellent picture quality of the S7 camera?

The Sony RX100 v. I to IV. It's much better, than any smartphone camera.

Rudi

 

[bigley Ling]

I think the camera on the Galaxy S7 is an incredible camera. The problem is that it is a cell phone camera and really can’t take the place of a compact camera for constant shooting. Does anyone know of a small versatile camera that is comparable to the excellent picture quality of the S7 camera?

What do you mean by "constant shooting". If you mean shot to shot times, the S7 does support burst mode, and autofocus tracking for subjects moving towards and away from the phone camera.

 

[AlphaTikal]

I can support this statement. I myself have the first gen. Sony RX100 and the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Both are superb in image quality, with the added twist for RX100 beeing a real dedicated camera. For RX100 you have in example bigger sensor for better quality, better lens with zooming and ability to change aperture, features, menu structure and buttons specialized for photography only. Also the battery life is longer. And it is truly portable and small and all in all a classy device and ground braking for its time when it came out.

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[Travelshooter]

I think the camera on the Galaxy S7 is an incredible camera. The problem is that it is a cell phone camera and really can’t take the place of a compact camera for constant shooting. Does anyone know of a small versatile camera that is comparable to the excellent picture quality of the S7 camera?

The Sony RX100 v. I to IV. It's much better, than any smartphone camera.

Rudi

This will be another vote for the RX100m4... or the m3. Wife uses the 3 and I use the 4 in addition to a Fuji XT-1 mirrorless. Just ordered a Galaxy S7 Edge and a Samsung lens set from Korea to (hopefully) do my travel photography with the Galaxy and little Sony.

 

[Jostian]

I think the camera on the Galaxy S7 is an incredible camera. The problem is that it is a cell phone camera and really can’t take the place of a compact camera for constant shooting. Does anyone know of a small versatile camera that is comparable to the excellent picture quality of the S7 camera?

Basically any compact with be better, especially the higher rated ones like the Sony RX series, Canon G range etc. The tiny modules used in phones use a great deal of processing etc whereas a dedicated compact don't utilise as much processing as the hardware is less compromised.

 

[Alyzza]

>What do you mean by "constant shooting".

By constant usage I just mean a lot of shooting, not necessarily burst mode. I noticed after taking say 10 pictures over 15 minutes the S7 began to heat up and the battery went down about 8 percent. So for a typical vacation day of shooting, a cell phone just won’t cut it. I’ll have to check out the Sony. In the early days Sony pictures seemed too yellow and Fuji pics too blue and green so hopefully they aren’t anymore.. I have the Canon EOS70D with the kit lenses and don’t think the picture quality is as good as the S7, so that’s why I’d like to get as close to the S7 as I can with a compact if it can be done.

 

[bigley Ling]

>What do you mean by "constant shooting".

By constant usage I just mean a lot of shooting, not necessarily burst mode. I noticed after taking say 10 pictures over 15 minutes the S7 began to heat up and the battery went down about 8 percent. So for a typical vacation day of shooting, a cell phone just won’t cut it. I’ll have to check out the Sony. In the early days Sony pictures seemed too yellow and Fuji pics too blue and green so hopefully they aren’t anymore.. I have the Canon EOS70D with the kit lenses and don’t think the picture quality is as good as the S7, so that’s why I’d like to get as close to the S7 as I can with a compact if it can be done.

Strange, I have taken over 20 shots simultaneous DNG and JPG easily in under 5 minutes and the phone does not heat up or use anywhere close to 8% battery. It may be possible you may have another app running in the background while you are capturing images? One has to remember Android smartphones are capable of multitasking.

With respect to image quality. It is very unusual for the S7 to be able to capture better image quality over a Canon 70D, unless the kit lens is faulty, 70D camera is faulty, or possible operator errors? Canon kit lenses in general may not be as good as using Canon L lenses, but the level of quality should not fall below a S7 camera.

 

[madhav56]

There will be many compact cameras which have same size sensor like S7 (1/2.5").

The mobile cameras have inherent limitation of a fixed focal length and a fixed aperture. For the S7, the Eqv. focal length is 26mm, Eqv. aperture is 11 and the Eqv. ISO of 1680.

Since the diffraction limit of small sensors reaches very fast, if you are a pixel peeping photographer, you may not feel happy about the soft photos taken by an equivalent compact at higher apertures. But if you are Ok with a painting effect in your photographs (which at times makes the photographs artistic), then you have many options to choose from !

 

[Jostian]

>What do you mean by "constant shooting".

By constant usage I just mean a lot of shooting, not necessarily burst mode. I noticed after taking say 10 pictures over 15 minutes the S7 began to heat up and the battery went down about 8 percent. So for a typical vacation day of shooting, a cell phone just won’t cut it. I’ll have to check out the Sony. In the early days Sony pictures seemed too yellow and Fuji pics too blue and green so hopefully they aren’t anymore.. I have the Canon EOS70D with the kit lenses and don’t think the picture quality is as good as the S7, so that’s why I’d like to get as close to the S7 as I can with a compact if it can be done.

Strange, I have taken over 20 shots simultaneous DNG and JPG easily in under 5 minutes and the phone does not heat up or use anywhere close to 8% battery. It may be possible you may have another app running in the background while you are capturing images? One has to remember Android smartphones are capable of multitasking.

With respect to image quality. It is very unusual for the S7 to be able to capture better image quality over a Canon 70D, unless the kit lens is faulty, 70D camera is faulty, or possible operator errors? Canon kit lenses in general may not be as good as using Canon L lenses, but the level of quality should not fall below a S7 camera.

yes, absolutely no way S7 matches the 70D, under no circumstances, unless its faulty or there's a lens issue, as bigley says.

 

[Travelshooter]

>What do you mean by "constant shooting".

By constant usage I just mean a lot of shooting, not necessarily burst mode. I noticed after taking say 10 pictures over 15 minutes the S7 began to heat up and the battery went down about 8 percent. So for a typical vacation day of shooting, a cell phone just won’t cut it. I’ll have to check out the Sony. In the early days Sony pictures seemed too yellow and Fuji pics too blue and green so hopefully they aren’t anymore.. I have the Canon EOS70D with the kit lenses and don’t think the picture quality is as good as the S7, so that’s why I’d like to get as close to the S7 as I can with a compact if it can be done.

My wife can take 100 or more on tour with her S3 or my S5 and the battery barely moves. Houston.. U got a problem.

 

[madhav56]

>What do you mean by "constant shooting".

By constant usage I just mean a lot of shooting, not necessarily burst mode. I noticed after taking say 10 pictures over 15 minutes the S7 began to heat up and the battery went down about 8 percent. So for a typical vacation day of shooting, a cell phone just won’t cut it. I’ll have to check out the Sony. In the early days Sony pictures seemed too yellow and Fuji pics too blue and green so hopefully they aren’t anymore.. I have the Canon EOS70D with the kit lenses and don’t think the picture quality is as good as the S7, so that’s why I’d like to get as close to the S7 as I can with a compact if it can be done.

My wife can take 100 or more on tour with her S3 or my S5 and the battery barely moves. Houston.. U got a problem.

 

[Rudi Maes]

>What do you mean by "constant shooting".

By constant usage I just mean a lot of shooting, not necessarily burst mode. I noticed after taking say 10 pictures over 15 minutes the S7 began to heat up and the battery went down about 8 percent. So for a typical vacation day of shooting, a cell phone just won’t cut it. I’ll have to check out the Sony. In the early days Sony pictures seemed too yellow and Fuji pics too blue and green so hopefully they aren’t anymore.. I have the Canon EOS70D with the kit lenses and don’t think the picture quality is as good as the S7, so that’s why I’d like to get as close to the S7 as I can with a compact if it can be done.

My wife can take 100 or more on tour with her S3 or my S5 and the battery barely moves. Houston.. U got a problem.

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Couple of Compacts that have exact same size sensor (1/2.5") as S7 are:

Panasonic Lumix TS5 and Canon G1X. I am sure there maybe others as well.

Madhav Bodas

The Canon G1X has a 1,5" sensor. That's larger than the one in the Sony RX100.

The TS5 is a 2012 camera and has a 1/2,33" sensor.

Only low end compacts have a sensor that's comparable to the sensor in the Samsung S7.

But if you only look at pictures on a smartphone screen, you will barely see any difference with a larger sensor camera.

Rudi

 

[madhav56]

Pardon me, my mistake of misinforming. I thought I will google and get the info to help and expected the info to be correct..............

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[Rudi Maes]

Pardon me, my mistake of misinforming. I thought I will google and get the info to help and expected the info to be correct..............

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-best-point-and-shoot-cameras-style-features-or-optics/

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Madhav Bodas

I think the author of this article hasn't done his work. He claims de sensor on the Sony RX100 II is 1/2.5", while it is 1".

Here you find the specs of this cameras:

https://www.dpreview.com/products/c...x&products=panasonic_dmcts5&sortDir=ascending

Rudi

 

[madhav56]

Lesson learnt...........

Sometimes, similar models create confusion, like Canon 750D is an APSC while Nikon D750 is a FF.........

 

[Shangri La]

Pretty much any compact camera today beats cell phone cameras.

 

[madhav56]

I will say any Compact that has a sensor size bigger than 1/2.5" (as in S7) and a pixel size of more than 1.4 Micron (as in S7), otherwise it will soon get limited by diffraction as you change for smaller apertures.

S7 software goes for higher temperatures, lot of noise correction and edge-sharpening. Pictures at a glance look appealing, but cant stand zooming-in.

 

[Travelshooter]

S7 shoots jpeg, raw and dng... certainly you can find something to use with one of those. BTW, Samsung Korea makes a wide angle and tele lens adapters for the S7 Edge.

The day of the ILP (Interchangeable lens phone) are here NOW!