First P&S that may "may" not be a piece of crap?

Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
range and a larger sensor.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs

"Rich" <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:082d1eb0-ee11-4fc1-9a71-5ca3eba840db@f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
> they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
> lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
> range and a larger sensor.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs

1/1.63-inch CCD is still a small sensor!

Rich wrote:
> Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
> they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
> lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
> range and a larger sensor.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs

It has no viewfinder.

Russell

Rich wrote:
> Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
> they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
> lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
> range and a larger sensor.
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs

Panasonic don't have the sensor technology to make a decent 4/3 sensor.
How are they going to get it right with a FF one?

Russell D. wrote:
> Rich wrote:
>> Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
>> they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
>> lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
>> range and a larger sensor.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs
>
> It has no viewfinder.
>
> Russell

Put a 0.3mm focal length on it, and you don't need a viewfinder - just
point it in the general direction of your subject, and crop it later

Russell D. wrote:
> Rich wrote:
>> Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
>> they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
>> lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
>> range and a larger sensor.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs
>
> It has no viewfinder.

Scroll down for the optional rangefinder attachment.

Matt Ion <soundy106@gmail.com> wrote in news:g66d1n$3ug$2
@registered.motzarella.org:

> Put a 0.3mm focal length on it, and you don't need a viewfinder - just
> point it in the general direction of your subject, and crop it later

Now your sensor is *really* small.



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2SQUID wrote:

> Rich wrote:
>> Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
>> they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
>> lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
>> range and a larger sensor.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs
>
> Panasonic don't have the sensor technology to make a decent 4/3 sensor.
> How are they going to get it right with a FF one?

What am I missin'? That looks like 1/1.63".


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Russell D. wrote:
> Rich wrote:
>> Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
>> they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
>> lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
>> range and a larger sensor.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs
>
> It has no viewfinder.
>
> Russell
That and the 2.5X optical zoom would disqualify it for me.

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Rich <rander3127@gmail.com> wrote:

>Sick of the idiocy of the ultrazoom, itty-bitty sensored junk that
>they sell as P&S's today? Maybe this one will be different. An f2
>lens! Shades of 2001 and the Olympus C-3040!! A conservative zoom
>range and a larger sensor.
>
>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08...clx3.asp#specs

Well, it appears to be the first since the Nikon 8400 to have a 24 mm
equivalent wide angle. This camera, after it comes out, could very easily
depress the high used prices that the Nikon 8400 gets (due to its
desirability among real estate appraisers and the like).

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).