Canon Digital Rebel

[helenabear]

Okay, throw out the tripod. All things being equal, one can take the same photo with your g3 as they can with your d10. In the end, I think we agree. A DSLR allows the photographer more flexibility. But it doesn't guarantee better pictures. That's my point.

Let me show you pictures I have taken with ALL settings being equal of fireworks at ISO 400... you will agree with me that the noise ijn the G3's shots are awful compared to the total lack of noise at 400 (even ISO 800) of the D10's. Right there is my example of when a camera DOES make the difference. It is more so in the digital world than in the film world... a film camera doesn't have near the difference in sharpness & color as in the digital world.

Again, you can try to tell me they are the same... if I were at home, I would yank out pictures to show you why they are not! A grainy gray sky is not acceptable to me... a solid black sky w/o a hint of noise is... the first I got from the G3, the 2nd I get from my D10. It's the camera... not me!

I agree it has nothing to do with the megapixels, but the actual computer chip inside does. That is why a Canon DSLR (recently) has been found to be better than a Nikon DSLR. If you read a bunch of digital reviews, you will find that noise is a big issue at higher film speeds on all digital cameras. Some are much better than others, but sometimes a better camera CAN make the world of difference! Not to say that P&S digital cameras are bad, but for what I am looking for, they just will not compare.

 

[Kelly Grannell]

Please give me a comparison of two pictures of the same of object with indentical controlled lighting condition, one taken using G3, another taken using dReb. Even using the kit lens of the dReb, everything being equal, the dReb WILL result in a much better picture than a G3 (or any point and shoot, for that matter).

The chromatic abberation and barrel/pincushion distortion at 50mm on a G3 are worse than the dReb (using the included, el-cheapo, often laughed-at kit lens). That alone pushes me away from a G3 (or any other G-series Canon).

Don't forget shutter delay, ISO 400 performance that is much worse than ISO 800 on the dReb, the price that's near dReb with kit lens. It does not make any sense whatsoever to use the G3 if the reason is other than its "smallish" size.