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I wonder how you got your feedback from camera vendors re: smaller cameras. That is not what I hear most, guys are complaining that cameras are getting too small; too hard to hold. Only women purchasers typically prefer a small camera. I personally am sick and tired of trying to find decent sized electronic devices that fit my hands eg. mice, cameras, phones and I don't have particularly big hands. One of the reasons I would buy an SLR is because it is big enough and heavy enough that I can reliably and steadily hold the thing. Comment made about the PC Authority article: Stepping up to a DSLR camera: 4 types of cameras compared? The market is adapting to photo enthusiasts with a number of better-than-compact technologies and camera sizes. Here's a 5-minute primer to the pros and cons of four different types of digital camerasWhat do you think? Join the discussion.
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Hi Lawry, you make a good point - not everyone find it easy to use smaller size cameras.
As much I like using a DSLR, I sometimes find them a bit difficult to squeeze into my luggage on a trip, and they're not always convenient to carry to social events, which is why I find the high end compacts and Micro Four Thirds cameras useful. If space isn't a priority though, then I'd be happily using a DSLR every time.
I agree with your point though - and it's worse when a too-small phone/camera has a too-small touchscreen interface.
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I have two digital cameras (having also pensioned off 3 earlier ones). I have a more extensive film history and still go back to it sometimes. I see holes in this story:
DSLR: some DSLRs have larger sensors than others, I would get one unless it was full frame (24x36 for "35mm"). Some use sensors as small as those in more compact cameras.
Power Zooms: also known as compact SLR, and zoom wise can be challenged by compact cameras. Nikon had one for years that was held like a 110 film camera so had a high zoom (but a small sensor).
Micro Four-Thirds (both types): this is almost an endorsement for the two companies with products pending or available.
But, even for a digital camera series; I rue that you have omitted Film entirely. I can still get better photos with a 25 year old Nokon film SLR in many situations. These include most importantly: high contrast pictures, and those high speed times where I cannot afford to wait for the digital camera to auto focus. I can hand focus and shoot onto film a series of pictures faster than any digital I have used can recognize the shutter was pushed, and this is a camera with NO motor drive. My specific situation here is filming races cars driving over a bridge. With film I can hand wind, focus & shoot 3 or 4 photos onto film, (approaching, on & just past); the digital camera gets one shot of an empty bridge, and the car is 400m past it. Even shutting off auto focus & vibration reduction seldom catches the action.
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