There's a reason why many cameras have a 3x zoom, its difficult to engineer a zoom lens with greater range. Just look at many decent zoom lenses for DSLRs, 17-55, 70-200, 100-400...these are 3x and 4x lenses....very good image quality....even a "kit" lens isn't all that bad 18-85 (5x)....
Canon makes a 28-300 L lens thats a 11x lens but of course costs $2500
My guess that even at the optical 12x part of your zoom, image quality is pretty bad.
stop underexposing your images. There is no reason why you can't get good images from a canon 40D @ ISO 1600 or even 3200, the problem is it may require a slower shutter speed than you want to give.
back in the film days you also went out and spent money on a little cartridge aka "Film". Digital days, your camera is the "film".
I don't care what kind of camera/AF/lenses you have, it could be a Canon F1, with L lenses, if you are shooting crappy Fuji Film 800 your photos are going to look crappy, no matter how spot on your exposure is.
I have a 10 year old 80-200 f/2.8L lens, shoots as sharp today as it did back when i got it.
People are so quick to give up privacy for convience. Maybe people should read the agreements that they agree to. They (the people) regularly give up thier privacy everyday. If you don't have anything to hide; who cares?
How about some device that gives you a driving test that you have to pass before driving? There's more idiots out there that can't drive sober then those that are drunk. Silly kool-aid drinking liberals.....
"Random House Publishing Sues Every Library in ths US"
I go to a library, check out a book, read it, then give it back. Does this violate the copyright?
Does this take place on a boat? If so I can see why "Half Mast" would be appropriate, other wise a more suitable titile would be "Half Staff" for those of us currently on stable ground.
"Are car manufacturers not in control of whether they manufacture/implement hybridized engines? Does not Big Oil have some influence over the fact that most engines get between 20-30mpg, rather than 60+?"
Its the American Public who controls mpg. Actually we don't care about mpg. With cheap gas, there is no market for fuel effecient engines or fuel cell vehicles. Gimme a H2 that gets 10mpg, big deal.
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all digital zoom is, is an in camera crop. And with point and shoot cameras (most of them) a severe crop results in not so great looking photos.
There's a reason why many cameras have a 3x zoom, its difficult to engineer a zoom lens with greater range. Just look at many decent zoom lenses for DSLRs, 17-55, 70-200, 100-400...these are 3x and 4x lenses....very good image quality....even a "kit" lens isn't all that bad 18-85 (5x).... Canon makes a 28-300 L lens thats a 11x lens but of course costs $2500 My guess that even at the optical 12x part of your zoom, image quality is pretty bad.
stop underexposing your images. There is no reason why you can't get good images from a canon 40D @ ISO 1600 or even 3200, the problem is it may require a slower shutter speed than you want to give.
back in the film days you also went out and spent money on a little cartridge aka "Film". Digital days, your camera is the "film". I don't care what kind of camera/AF/lenses you have, it could be a Canon F1, with L lenses, if you are shooting crappy Fuji Film 800 your photos are going to look crappy, no matter how spot on your exposure is. I have a 10 year old 80-200 f/2.8L lens, shoots as sharp today as it did back when i got it.
My 39mpix Leaf digital back would have to disagree.
yesterday's news today...read all about it on slashdot...
People are so quick to give up privacy for convience. Maybe people should read the agreements that they agree to. They (the people) regularly give up thier privacy everyday. If you don't have anything to hide; who cares?
How about some device that gives you a driving test that you have to pass before driving? There's more idiots out there that can't drive sober then those that are drunk. Silly kool-aid drinking liberals.....
ok maybe i can't spell :)
sometimes great ideas result from mistakez
"Random House Publishing Sues Every Library in ths US" I go to a library, check out a book, read it, then give it back. Does this violate the copyright?
so in Norway this site is called /, ??
"Agile Technology for the Agile Business" = "ad hoc developement for businesses without a plan" funny
My washer and dryer are almost 30 years old....
Does this take place on a boat? If so I can see why "Half Mast" would be appropriate, other wise a more suitable titile would be "Half Staff" for those of us currently on stable ground.
Avg price ( http://www.gaspricewatch.com ) is $1.49/gal. Still much lower than western european countries
"Are car manufacturers not in control of whether they manufacture/implement hybridized engines? Does not Big Oil have some influence over the fact that most engines get between 20-30mpg, rather than 60+?" Its the American Public who controls mpg. Actually we don't care about mpg. With cheap gas, there is no market for fuel effecient engines or fuel cell vehicles. Gimme a H2 that gets 10mpg, big deal.
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