I have compared the photos from the Panasonic FX150 and the Canon I mentioned previously (my Dad has it) side by side and the images from the Canon are far superior - much sharper and far better contrast. QuoteOne thing to watch out for is that canon compacts by default tend to have a rather agressive sharpening applied to the images automatically - this effects both perceived sharpness right out of the camera and also contrast. If you're comparing canon jpegs with unprocessed raw files then I'm not surprised the jpegs look better.Quote from: Tris on November 25, 2009, 02:37:56 pmMost of the images I take with the Lumix looked washed out before I have to tweak them in Photoshop. thats raw for you.
One thing to watch out for is that canon compacts by default tend to have a rather agressive sharpening applied to the images automatically - this effects both perceived sharpness right out of the camera and also contrast. If you're comparing canon jpegs with unprocessed raw files then I'm not surprised the jpegs look better.Quote from: Tris on November 25, 2009, 02:37:56 pmMost of the images I take with the Lumix looked washed out before I have to tweak them in Photoshop. thats raw for you.
Most of the images I take with the Lumix looked washed out before I have to tweak them in Photoshop.
One thing to watch out for is that canon compacts by default tend to have a rather agressive sharpening applied to the images automatically - this effects both perceived sharpness right out of the camera and also contrast. If you're comparing canon jpegs with unprocessed raw files then I'm not surprised the jpegs look better.
Have a butchers at dpreview for deeply deeply ridiculous levels of analysis.
I think crucial thing is if it is for a shorty, go and have a look at your choices and see how user friendly they are - easy to switch on, pop flash up, take out memory card, etc etc.
So I'd have thought, but I've failed to find any so far