resisting obsolescence -request to sean reid

[smokysun]

sean has a very nice article on older dslr's which hold up today.

i'd like to see an article on small sensor cameras.

here are my candidates:

sony 717
canon g3
fuji s6000
fuji f30/31

i've ended up buying a backup for each of these cameras, knowing they would disappear. all of them give very distinctive results.

wayne
www.pbase.com/wwp

 

[Lisa]

I'll agree with the Fuji F30/31 (which is the only one of those I'm familiar with). I'm hanging on to mine because it appears better than the later models that came along (F50, F100) - lowest noise, and various semi-manual features that were dropped from the F100. Fuji's sensor technology somehow manages to get considerably lower noise than other manufacturers' similar-size sensors. Now if they could just add raw capability, I'd be tempted to carry the F30 instead of my DSLR some of the times I have the latter...

New F30's (from amazon's partner sellers) are selling for far more than their original price when they came out, and far more than the current model F100! I think that tells you something...

When will the manufacturers (or is it most of their customers?) figure out that 6 clean MP are better than 10 or 12 noisy MP at print sizes up to about 12"x18"?

Lisa

 

[Lili]

I agree fully with the F30/31 and the S6000, used both, liked them.
I still use my S6000fd most of all after my GRD.


edit, the S6000fd uses same sensor as f30series, has more image controls and
IT DOES RAW
with type H XD card it writes files in 3-4 seconds.

 

[ecliffordsmith]

Hi All,

Wayne, good idea for a thread.

I will suggest that the Olympus C-8080 stands up well still. It is a very solidly built camera and the lens is superb. I suppose it shows its age in the playback and processing times but the images are very nice indeed.

 

[pollobarca]

All,
Olympus C5050z. Still holds its own with image and lens quality and has flip out LCD, metal body, wireless remote, reasonable inboard flash. Controls are good too.
A classic camera for sure.

rgds

paul