Hacker News Reader

Comment by callmeed | Hacker News Reader

I don't think we've reached the end–at least not for consumers.

Fuji was making point-and-shoot cameras with lower megapixels but superior image quality since '05 ... they still got their butts kicked by canon, nikon, and others.

If Joe Consumer is looking at two equally priced cameras in Best Buy, he'll probably choose the one with more megapixels.

View on HN

> Fuji was making point-and-shoot cameras with lower megapixels but superior image quality since '05

Could you provide some references for this, please?

Not because I disbelieve you, but for the opposite reason. I have an aging low-megapixel Fuji which appears to take better pictures than much 'better spec' cameras owned by my friends. I'd like a replacement, but I don't want to lose image quality.

You're thinking of S-pixels and R-pixels in Fuji's 2006 sensors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_CCD

If you're looking for a new camera I've found the following sites to be useful.. http://www.dpreview.com/ http://www.dcresource.com/ http://www.cameralabs.com/ http://www.imaging-resource.com/ http://www.photographyblog.com/

I have the F31d (almost usable at iso 800 and good enough until iso 400) which I bought when fuji was stopping it because the F41d that had just come out had more megapixels but higher noise...

For good reviews see http://www.dpreview.com/ that's what I used last time I bought my camera...

Reply on news.ycombinator.com