Wallace Billingham
Regular
- Location
- NW, Pennsylvania, USA
Somehow I missed this thread Anyway I was in the same boat as a lot of people here looking at the S95, Samsung T500/EX1, the Sigma DP1s and others. I got the T500/EX1 and could not be happier. I had mistakingly thought the faster lens of the T500 would not be that big of a deal, I was wrong. I also thought the articulating OLED screen would not be that big of a deal. I was wrong again.
After using the T500 for a few weeks I would never buy a small compact camera without an articulating screen and a fast lens.
One other point to make about the wide end while it is a 22mm equiv in 35mm film terms, in reality it is 5.2mm which means that you get good DOF.
This shot
Was taken at at 5.2mm and f/1.8
You could only get this shot with a camera such as this. If I tried to use my DSLR at f/1.8 and 22mm the DOF would be so shallow it would not work, yet here you have enough that it works. Yes it is a bit soft but the amazing thing for me was this was shot at f/1.8
After using the T500 for a few weeks I would never buy a small compact camera without an articulating screen and a fast lens.
One other point to make about the wide end while it is a 22mm equiv in 35mm film terms, in reality it is 5.2mm which means that you get good DOF.
This shot
Was taken at at 5.2mm and f/1.8
You could only get this shot with a camera such as this. If I tried to use my DSLR at f/1.8 and 22mm the DOF would be so shallow it would not work, yet here you have enough that it works. Yes it is a bit soft but the amazing thing for me was this was shot at f/1.8