which camera to use?
I have been playing wit my company’s HP Photosmart R707, since last night til now. Have been comparing a couple of shots against my trusty old Canon Ixus V3. Took numerous shots, from night exposures, close ups, portrait, light sources, and alot of outdoor landscapes.
Initially my canon was really trailing behind in night shots. The R707 was able to produce crispier shots, while my canon was somewhat blunt… gutted weii.. my favourite digicam went down to a pc manufacturer digicam. And portrait shots, the HP produced more details and colour compared to the again… blunt canon. But well, its 4 yrs old already, very unfair to expect it to go against the new 5.1 megapix rite?
But somehow or rather, my canon faired better in shooting at light sources and daytime landscape shots. It was able to produce more natural colours.. u know.. you get what u see from your eyes. the HP however, the shots came out somewhat very fake… like as if it was painted on a canvas instead of a photoshot.
But i thought it may be the settings… so i tried again on the HP, and yet again.. it just couldn’t produce the performance it gave last night. So, the canon won hands down today. And i just realised that the canon was using ISO100 for night shot, which i believe was the down fall to it. I have always been using ISO50 for it. I compared some other ISO50 shots, and it is far much better than the ISO100 shots. The ISO100 has way too many noises… ugly ugly.
So.. i believe the HP had only won of the challenge, which is the portrait and close up shots. It gave more real colour and sharper images. Must be due to the 5.1 megapix. But however, the canon won the remaining challenges, by producing more realistic colours and clearity.
Final verdict… it is Canon 3, HP 2, Draw 1
set back… my canon’s battery runs flat very quickly.. due to years of recharging i guess.. too expensive to buy a new battery.. almost 200 buckz weiii.
Think i’ll reconsider of buying an SD card for the HP la… don’t want to waste $$ on something that wont give the best result. I believe i’ll be doing alot of daytime shots. Or… i just bring 2 cameras along. hahahaha.
Got another 2 hrs to decide.. to get or not to get. Itz only 65 buckz anyway for a 512mb Kingston SD… hmm hmmm…
