On 02/01/2016 05:51 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
But you see, the example small camera you cite later, at about 400$, are at the price range of my SLR. My pocket camera is under 100€. I can't afford to buy another, not now.
I'm not asking you to, especially with the way the economy and the currencies are right now. The example I was giving were to make the point.
I know, for instance, that the compact cameras I have used distort. It is very noticeable when shooting rooms, the lines in the walls are bent.
John Anderson said <quote> I don't know. There is a lot of FUD running around loose in the world that drapes itself in the mantle of wisdom, which is, at best, based on one influential guy's unfortunate experience with ancient software. If you took the same advice about computers we'd all be using abacuses. </quote> It goes for hardware as well. There are many products that have failures associated with them. As for distortion, ALL LENSES DISTORT! Some more noticeably than others. Some do it with shape, some with colour. The whole point of digital photography is that this can be corrected with software. I don't know if vendor software does it; I don't run Windows. I *DO* know that there is/are database(es) of lens characterises. Programs like Adobe's Photoshop and even Darktable can access them and make use of them to do correction.. Or not of yo don't want to. Some people WANT the distortion. Think of wide angle lenses, panoramic shots, fish-eye lenses.
About Canon: I'm biased against it. Canon printers are badly supported by Linux, and I don't expect cameras to be different. The brand is very closed.
Contrariwise, while they aren't very innovative, compared to Fuji, Sony or even Nikon in the DSLR arena, some of the smaller cameras such as the G10/11/12 are brilliant. And they make DAMN GOOD LENSES! If you go for some of the smaller mirrorless cameras, the Olympus, Panasonic, the Four-thirds and Micro-four-thirds, then the community rants and raves over Canon glass going on eBay or other sales that they can use with adapter rings, even though this means giving up the automatic functions, because the glass is so exemplary. I looked at buying one of those micros after borrowing that Oly a few years ago and hung out in the forums/lists for a while. In that way, all the brands are 'closed', but so what? It's not as if there is "Open source" replacement for the s/w for any of the cameras or lenses as there is for Android cell phones. We're spoilt coming from a Linux background, its distorted out outlook. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org