Timeline for Beginner photography - Low end DSLR vs mid/high end Point and Shoot/P&S?
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| Jul 10, 2016 at 16:19 | answer | added | Janardan S | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 16, 2014 at 20:12 | history | edited | inkista | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
tightened up some punctuation; changed out POS for P&S, given what POS can stand for. :)
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| Mar 30, 2014 at 18:24 | comment | added | Robin | Don't forget, a lot of P&S cameras max zooms are in fact digital zooms, not optical. This is in effect nothing more than a crop of the actual photo which you can do with the most basic editing software (at the cost of image quality). | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 7:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhotos/status/448364545695027200 | ||
| Mar 24, 2014 at 16:43 | vote | accept | Erran Morad | ||
| Mar 24, 2014 at 15:45 | comment | added | Esa Paulasto | Sounds like you might like to read What are the differences between an entry-level DSLR and an advanced compact P&S camera? You know, there is a search function on this site, and every question is also tagged with the topic (like keywords) of the question. Combining tags with search tool you can easily find a lot of good information here :) | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 9:27 | comment | added | Michael Nielsen | zoom factors are relative, not absolute. you can have a 16x zoom 18-300mm, and a 1x zoom 800mm that "zooms in" a lot more, in layman terms. and generally speaking, the less "zoom factor" the better quality. | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 8:30 | comment | added | GoodSp33d | You stress about zoom factor, may I know if you are into sports/birds photography ? Because these hobbies do require a long range lens. And if you dont want to compromise quality you would need a DSLR. There are some equally good P&S but they are quite expensive. | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 5:35 | answer | added | user2719 | timeline score: 16 | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 3:49 | comment | added | Erran Morad | @rfusca - actually, I was hoping to get a slightly cheaper pos if its image quality was 30-40% less than a DSLR and had far more zoom. I doubt if that is even possible. | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 3:14 | comment | added | rfusca | I'm confused - you want IQ, low light, changing lenses, and you don't care about portability....why don't you want a DSLR? What are you calling a P&S? | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 2:39 | answer | added | AJ Henderson♦ | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 2:37 | comment | added | ppp | Just as an annecdotal, I began with serious photography by buying a Canon 1100D/Rebel T3 and I like the degree of personalisation I can get out of my DSLR, thing that's not very possible nor easy with a P&S, I think I wouldn't have learnt as much if I just went with a P&S, also, if I had bought the P&S I would have limited myself to just a lens and would never have explored into other kinds of photography. | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 2:22 | history | asked | Erran Morad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |