David J. Littleboy wrote
> The small-sensor cameras have been getting _worse_ as they pack more and
> more pixels into smaller and smaller sensors. Things like the Sony S85 or
> Canon G3 used to be pretty decent at ISO 100. Recent cameras tend to be
> noisier at ISO 50 than the S85/G3 were at ISO 100. (One exception: the Canon
> G5 was a real dog, but the G6 is quite a bit better.)
Even though you feel that the G6 is an improvement over the G5, do you still
consider it to be too noisy at ISO50 or ISO100? I'm curious as the S70 shares
the same sensor as the G6.
As I generally use IS0100 slide film, I could live without using the higher
ISOs.
> The new Canon 350D with, say, the 24/2.8 (functions like a 38mm lens) would
> give the XA a run for the money (and kill the XA at ISO 800 or 1600) and not
> be a lot larger. (The 350D + 24/2.8 weighs 590 + 270 or so grams.)
>
I can see a lot of merit in this setup but the Olympus XA is a very compact
shirt-pocket sized camera. I know the 350D is small but it's not quite that
small!
It looks as though it will be a while yet before compact digicams of the size I
want can start to compare to their DSLR siblings, at least in terms of noise
and ISO flexibility.
Ironically, my scanner (Minolta Scan Elite) is relatively old and, even with
multi-pass scanning, there is some noise in the very deep shadows. As such, it
is the weak link in the chain but I don't really want to buy a new scanner.
I'd rather put the cash towards my first forray into the world of digicams!
Thanks to you (and everyone else) for your comments.
Al Bond
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