11-30-2010, 01:15 PM
[quote name='Lomskij' timestamp='1291109913' post='4594']
Just out of pure curiosity - could you please define the P&S then? I.e. what is *your* understading of the P&S term? I thought that it's generally accepted that point-and-shoot refers to simplified operation, like full auto focus/aperture/exposure/etc, regardless of lens type?
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There are two "definitions" that always run through eachother, and to me it seems also through genotypewriter's posts.
The more "correct" one being the pointing the camera at something and just shooting a picture (which he and I identify the most likely buyers of lenses like the 15-85 and other ultra zooms to practice), and the other one being the referral to compact cameras (or cameras with a small sensor, which then include bride cameras too).
Compact cameras often are really just point and shoot devices, but not all. That mostly depends on the possibilities for the photographer the influence the capture of an image by the camera.
In his earlier post, genotypewriter likened the possibilities of lenses like the 15-85 to be like the possibilities with cameras with small sensors (the 2nd "definition"). In his post above he expands on that by talking about how a DSLR can be used as P&S (1st definition).
Just out of pure curiosity - could you please define the P&S then? I.e. what is *your* understading of the P&S term? I thought that it's generally accepted that point-and-shoot refers to simplified operation, like full auto focus/aperture/exposure/etc, regardless of lens type?
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There are two "definitions" that always run through eachother, and to me it seems also through genotypewriter's posts.
The more "correct" one being the pointing the camera at something and just shooting a picture (which he and I identify the most likely buyers of lenses like the 15-85 and other ultra zooms to practice), and the other one being the referral to compact cameras (or cameras with a small sensor, which then include bride cameras too).
Compact cameras often are really just point and shoot devices, but not all. That mostly depends on the possibilities for the photographer the influence the capture of an image by the camera.
In his earlier post, genotypewriter likened the possibilities of lenses like the 15-85 to be like the possibilities with cameras with small sensors (the 2nd "definition"). In his post above he expands on that by talking about how a DSLR can be used as P&S (1st definition).