On Thu, June 4, 2009 08:53, Alfred Tay wrote: > > > > Touching upon the subject of P&S > What might be in your opinion, the "PERFECT" or "IDEAL" spec for a P&S > carried by a pro shooter vs a learner using the camera as a edu tool? > Would it be possible to combine both into one? Well; it's a matter of budget. Seems like something with a larger sensor is the top priority of the serious crowd (with which I align myself). Sigma is trying this with the DP2, and I have seen several people reporting considerable happiness with the results. This chunk of people want to keep tip-top image quality, and will compromise on zoom and other features to get it (fixed 41mm-e lens; slow, too, at f/2.8). But the street price on that is solidly into the range of low-end DSLRs; I don't think it's feasible to provision most educational programs with cameras at that level. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
