Compact digital cameraisti - Canon G10 or Nikon P6000?

I tend to use the auto-bracketing feature on my Panny which usually
gives a decent result from one of the images. I just have to remember
to delete the ones I don't want as it's a sure fire way of filling up a
memory card in short order.

 

My old Canon A75 had complete manual controls and was definitely a
compact. Canon must still do one (as I suspect do other mfrs) but I'm
not sure what the equiavalent model is.

 

True, but I did spend some time trying to go over the basics with V&Ma
couple of years back - he has a proper DSLR - a Canon, IIRC.

 

Indeed. Mine's an A80 (about 5 years old), IIRC, and yes, it has all
of the metering and settings that I was used to on a decent SLR in the
old days, including Auto, with Speed or Aperture priority if desired,
Program with 2 memories, preset portrait, landscape and sports modes
and full auto control, with on-screen metering.

And yes, it's certainly what I would call a 'Compact'. Maybe this
'bridge' idea would now encompass that sort of thing, if compacts have
got smaller since then?

 

I don't really see much point in full auto, given Apperture Priority
gives perfectly exposed pictures but just that little bit more control
over depth of field without taking any longer to use. Probably the
best stepping stone to using fully manual too.

 

(I'm missing something here, and freely admit that I've never spent
enough time playing with my camera to use anything other than the
fully-auto or landscape-, portrait-, sports- and night-specific modes.)

If you're using Aperture Priority mode, you set the aperture and the
camera works out the shutter speed, yes? So that *must* take longer to
use than fully-auto, as you've got to fiddle to get the aperture setting
you want.

 

With my canon it takes no longer than using a scroll wheel on a mouse,
as the wheel on the camera sets the apperture.. Generally when I'm
thinking about how to frame a shot I'm also considering whether I'm
trying to capture something fast moving or with a narrow depth of
field and need a large apperture, or if I want a large depth of field
and need a small one, sure it might add half a second or so to the
process, but it's really not significant.

All that information is shown in the viewfinder too, so it's not like
I have to fiddle pressing lots of buttons.

 

Whilst you speak da troof, you are missing one important feature - on
Canon's at least, the auto modes only save a JPEG - if you want RAW for
further processing, you have to use one of the manual settings.

 

I do say that the auto settings (Fully Auto, Sports etc etc) do a good
job - the limitation is that the pic is only saved as a lossy JPEG, with
a RAW image there is the opportunity to salvage details lost on a JPEG.

All depends - I will use one of the auto modes if I only want a few
snapshots, and a manual mode for something I want to put a bit more
thought and effort into.

 

Full auto is handy for quick snapshots of stuff (inanely grinning family
etc) and will even sort out the inbuilt flash for you.

 

Blimey, I wonder if my Nikon does that.

 

I don't know...

Worth remembering that Nikon has a particular RAW mode (is it NEF?) that
still adds a little compression to the saved file.

Biggest advantage of RAW (IMHO) is the ability to sort out the correct
white balance later - try that with a JPEG and it leads to much gnashing
of teeth and misery.

 

This is Blaney we're talking about, don't forget.

 

Are you suggesting that for a very intelligent guy, he's not too bright?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace

Troo.

The sort of photography he's into, he's probably more concerned about
the camera being lube-proof.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Yes, NEF. Anyway, if I remember, I'll check it out this evening, as I've
got some pics to process from the weekend anyway.

 

<waits by computer all excited>

 

Eh? My Pentax saves RAW (if I've set it to) whatever mode the picture
is taken in.

 

Canon's don't - not when in the dummy modes. I don't think the Nikon's
do either. I admit it's a failing, but I suppose they assume if you
can't set up a picture properly then you won't need raw.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simes

Minoltas (now Sonys) do.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.