Point & Shoot: There should be a special section here for the point & shooters to show there pictures, so they can be viewed separately aside from the DSLR. Just my thought. Anyone...

richard Loc: Mamaroneck, NY

There should be a special section here for the point & shooters to show there pictures, so they can be viewed separately aside from the DSLR.
Just my thought. Anyone behind me?

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

I think there is too much gray area between P&S and DSLR - rangefinders, bridge cameras, etc. Personally, I've never been particularly fond of the term, "point & shoot". I find it somewhat devalues or dismisses many well-thought out, well taken images simply because of the particular camera used for capture. "Compact camera" is a term I like much better.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

richard wrote:

There should be a special section here for the point & shooters to show there pictures, so they can be viewed separately aside from the DSLR.
Just my thought. Anyone behind me?

Oh no!!! Not ANOTHER break away section!!

richard Loc: Mamaroneck, NY

Compact camera works for me.

Searcher Loc: Kent, England

richard wrote:

There should be a special section here for the point & shooters to show there pictures, so they can be viewed separately aside from the DSLR.
Just my thought. Anyone behind me?

Why, are you saying they are inferior or superior?

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

richard wrote:

There should be a special section here for the point & shooters to show there pictures, so they can be viewed separately aside from the DSLR.
Just my thought. Anyone behind me?

Why do you want to separate them?

Johnny boy Loc: COCOA FL

I'm not for that !
I just like to shot and post as is because that is what I saw and wanted a photo of as I saw it. Then when I get brave I may play with the photo and ask for freindly pointers. Most of the time I get that but some times not but thats ok 1
So why change ? you only get better if you play a better apponent so to speak. I know I haven't posted in awhile because I have been looking for something really defferent.
Johnny boy

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

I don't think this forum is about camera gear, it's about photographs. And I agree, what should it matter what camera captured the photo? I mean, if you started breaking it down, would you have a Canon section and a Nikon section, Pentax, Sony, etc.? Nope. Don't see a need for a Point and Shoot section.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Bob Yankle wrote:

I don't think this forum is about camera gear, it's about photographs. And I agree, what should it matter what camera captured the photo? I mean, if you started breaking it down, would you have a Canon section and a Nikon section, Pentax, Sony, etc.? Nope. Don't see a need for a Point and Shoot section.

I agree. There are some great photos done on simple, inexpensive cameras as there are forgettable, so-so images captured by pro-level DSLRs. Ultimately it should be about the image, not the equipment used.

Chuck_893 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

richard wrote:

There should be a special section here for the point & shooters to show there pictures, so they can be viewed separately aside from the DSLR.
Just my thought. Anyone behind me?

rook2c4 wrote:

I think there is too much gray area between P&S and DSLR - rangefinders, bridge cameras, etc. Personally, I've never been particularly fond of the term, "point & shoot". I find it somewhat devalues or dismisses many well-thought out, well taken images simply because of the particular camera used for capture. "Compact camera" is a term I like much better.

Searcher wrote:

Why, are you saying they are inferior or superior?

All I use is a glorified P&S, presently a Nikon P7100 backed up by my older P7000 (and I am drooling over a P7800 'cuz it has an EVF). I think I handle the P&S's pretty good:

Just posted this one in another thread, but folks seemed to think it was pretty good...

Test shot made when my P7000 was brand new. There is a fly on one of the flowers. On the sharpest ones you can see the pollen on the petals.

This little fella landed on my camp trailer. It has been flipped and cropped, but I liked the reflection s/he made.

Hand held. Chicago Board of Trade.

Hand held. Pennsylvania State Railway Museum.

richard Loc: Mamaroneck, NY

So sorry I brought it up. Everyone, please forgive me.

St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

richard wrote:

So sorry I brought it up. Everyone, please forgive me.

No Worries. Carry On.

steve40 Loc: Asheville/Canton, NC, USA

rook2c4 wrote:

I think there is too much gray area between P&S and DSLR - rangefinders, bridge cameras, etc. Personally, I've never been particularly fond of the term, "point & shoot". I find it somewhat devalues or dismisses many well-thought out, well taken images simply because of the particular camera used for capture. "Compact camera" is a term I like much better.

What my Fuji HS35 lacks in being as big as a lot of DSLR's, is not enough to sneeze at. So it would be a little difficult to refer to it as compact, but sensor size it's very little bigger than most compacts. My H90 Sony on the other hand is truly a shirt pocket compact, with a lot of zoom.

So we might refer to these cameras as technically challenged cameras, because of the smaller sensor sizes. :thumbup:

That would be good, "Technically Challenged Photos". :) Go For It. :thumbup:

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Wahawk wrote:

Oh no!!! Not ANOTHER break away section!!

Actually, I'd like to see separate sections on each of the following:
FF DSLR
APC DSLR
OTHER DSLR
ILM
FF RANGEFINDER
APS RANGEFINDER
OTHER RANGEFINDER
BRIDGE (20X and less)
BRIDGE SUPERZOOM
COMPACT (P&S)
OTHER (Go Hero, etc.)

Of course each section would have separate subsections:
WITH VIDEO
WITHOUT VIDEO

WITH OPTICAL VIEWFINDER
WITH ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER
WITH OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC VIEWFINDER
WITHOUT VIEWFINDER

WITH FIXED LCD
WITH SLIDING LCD
WITH ARTICULATED LCD

WITH FLASH
WITHOUT FLASH
EXTERNAL FLASH ONLY

OF COURSE, SOME SILLY PERSON WOULD WANT TO ADD A SUB-SUB-SECTION JUST FOR BODY COLOR.

Hmmm, I wonder how else we could break it down - without going into lens types, that is. Oh, I know - two more categories:

SENSOR
DIGITIZED FILM (Of course, we'd have to add TLR's and MF/LF to camera types, and some TLR's have fixed lenses while others have interchangeable lenses.

Don't even mention sensor size.

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rpavich Loc: West Virginia

richard wrote:

So sorry I brought it up. Everyone, please forgive me.

Sigh....don't sweat...it's just the 'hog...just like real life...pretty messy... :)