Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1
Canon IXUS 240 HS
Canon PowerShot SX240 HS
Nikon D800
Samsung DV300F
Nikon Coolpix P510
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30
Nikon Coolpix S9300
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Thom Hogans’ Ultimate Compact Camera
Thom Hogan has laid down a challenge to the camera manufacturers by listing his must-have features for the ultimate digital compact. You might also want to read my previous posts, Is the Sigma DP1 the Ultimate Compact Camera? and Is the Ricoh GX100 the Ultimate Compact Camera?
“Personally, I’m sick and tired of all this mediocre me-too camera design. Not a single compact digital camera meets my requirements for such a product, and I think that most serious and professional photographers would agree with me on that. Rather than just sit and rant about the onslaught of me-too compact digital cameras, though, I decided to do something about it.”
Website: Thom’s Compact Camera Challenge
Panasonic Lumix DMC-3D1 Review
Canon IXUS 240 HS Review
Canon PowerShot SX240 HS Review
Nikon D800 Review
Samsung DV300F Review
Nikon Coolpix P510
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30
Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
Fujifilm X-Pro1
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V
#1 Greg Lorriman
A bit of a fat-head, I reckon. Seems to be somewhat insulated from the balancing act the rest of us, including business, have to perform.
...coming from someone who has no idea who this guy is. Is he really so important? 'spose he must be.
12:56 am - Monday, June 18, 2007
#2 Johan
well,
back in the day of 35mm film, there were plenty of me-too point and shoots. but there were also some better ones; I think yashica made one with a good reputation, as did contax.
I think all he's saying is that while consumer manufacturers are in a race to provide the most mediocre camera at the lowest price with the most advertisable features, there really ought to be some better models out there, that sacrifice useless features and rock-bottom price for some quality glass.
The sigma is a good example. It could have been very very cool, but they crippled it with a f/4 lens. They make a very good f/1.4 lens for SLRs, so I would have loved to see that (or maybe even just a f/2) used.
That said, I see why camera manufacturers haven't. Specs are still changing wildly from year to year (although hopefully the megapixel race will stop soon), so camera models become dated very quickly. The sort of enthusiast point-and-shoot I'm looking for would likely need to remain current for several years to sell in high-enough numbers to pay off its development.
4:58 pm - Monday, June 18, 2007
#3 Alexander
Ha-ha. There are 12 Mpix at 1/1.7" cameras now. The senseless race goes on...
4:26 pm - Tuesday, June 19, 2007