Comments on: 5 “Point & Shoot” Camera Features That Should Be Trashed

By: itlog

itlog — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:45:23 +0000

the worst thing to happen to cameras for me is that right now people can take as many pictures as they want that they never think about positioning composition and lighting of the shots. but then again thats just me.

By: T,Ghosh

T,Ghosh — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:28:44 +0000

Couldn’t agree more but what’s the use of moaning?
D’ya think Bill Gates’ minders are going to stop shovelling out bloated Win versions, stuffed with apps very many, if not most, will never use, just ‘cos the users whinge? Get real!

By: r0cks7ar

r0cks7ar — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:07:53 +0000

Well Said, A feature that i would love to see stop before it goes to far is Video which is now being stuck on DSLR’s, if I wanted a camera with video then I’d by camcorder its completley pointless most of them can only manage around 20mins, not to mention the additional circuitry, buttons and menus that are obviously cheapening the rest of the camera.

I’ve actually just heard that the next Hasselblad H is going to have HD video, Satnav, DD 5.1 Surround Sound, MP3 player, games and with there new range of revolutionary lenses the camemera can also be used as a night vision Monocular. and if you think I’m over exadurating there just look at mobile phones you can’t by one those these days with out all the pointless gimmicks of Cameras, torches, games/programs, internet, mp3 players, video, blah blah blah….

By: Quazi Ahmed Hussain

Quazi Ahmed Hussain — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:38:27 +0000

Good reading. I’ve made about 13,000 shots with P&S cameras which probably gives me some opportunity to comment.

All the five features mentioned above for discarding are correct. However, make no mistake that P&S digicams turn out good images under sufficient lighting conditions. They also perform pretty well at night using the built-in flash for short distances. It meets all the needs of a pure amateur photographer who “just” casually shoots whenever he/she feels like. They are never serious about it.

But the serious hobbyist will have to resort to prosumer DSLR as this equipment, with bigger sensors, does have the capability to respond to their calls that I’m experiencing now. P&Ss with their tiny sensors can never do that. Certainly the gimmicks should be abandoned as these only mislead the customer to lose some extra bucks for nothing.

By: Javier

Javier — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:51:19 +0000

Totally Agree!… Please Big Ones, Will be a real like dream to see a 6mp sensor with a clean 1600iso with the tech improvements of today sensors…and if from this point the big ones want to hype the iso to 12000 or so, ok bt at least it starts with a more rational sensor/pixel ratio. Thanks for such funny article. Best regards

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:10:13 +0000

I was just reviewing some of my konica digital pictures from 2003 (5 mp) and they look better than most of my current day shots (8-10 mp)

By: Phist

Phist — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:49 +0000

The lag on point and shoot cameras is my biggest beef with them. The rest of the features are all optional, for example my camera has digital zoom but I never use it. But I think a point and shoot digital camera should be like that, not point, hold button for several seconds, take crappy picture of missed opportunity.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:51:22 +0000

How about crummy video capability? The quality is of no real use, so why bother?

By: william

william — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:53:44 +0000

” Eric
January 26th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Don’t underestimate 6 mega pixels. I once blew up a 6mp image from a D40 to 16×20″ and it looked fine. The New York Times ran a good test comparing prints from various mega pixel cameras and the simple fact is most of people can’t distinguish between a 4 megapixel image as a 13 megapixel image printed at 16×24″. ”

Sensor on a D40 and sensor on a 6MP P&S is on different playing fields… read up on it before making comparisons…

By: Candy N

Candy N — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:59:50 +0000

Not exactly a “feature” but… time for proprietary memory like xD and Memory Sticks to go…