Today I had a flickr contact post a comment on an image which got me thinking. To give the full story, this was the image:
Nothing too special, just a beachside scene from Sydney, Australia. The part of the comment that I found interesting was, "Its interesting how much these point and shoot cameras have improved over the time ..."
Now this image was taken with my GH1 and 14-140mm which was released as long ago as 2009 so the comment about improving over time is not entirely relevant in this case. What does intrigue me about the comment is what defines a point-and-shoot camera.
My flickr contact shoots with a Canon EOS 60D which while obviously being a DSLR is probably not all that different in specification to a GH1, yet despite that he infers that a GH1 is a point-and-shoot. Based on where the GH cameras sit in the Panasonic hierarchy, that would then make every Micro 4/3 camera a point-and-shoot.
So, what do you define as a point-and-shoot? Are our Micro 4/3 cameras (or indeed all MILCs) point-and-shoots? Or just some of them? Or does it just depend on how you choose to use them? Of course if the latter case is true, then EVERY camera could be a mere point-and-shoot...
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Nothing too special, just a beachside scene from Sydney, Australia. The part of the comment that I found interesting was, "Its interesting how much these point and shoot cameras have improved over the time ..."
Now this image was taken with my GH1 and 14-140mm which was released as long ago as 2009 so the comment about improving over time is not entirely relevant in this case. What does intrigue me about the comment is what defines a point-and-shoot camera.
My flickr contact shoots with a Canon EOS 60D which while obviously being a DSLR is probably not all that different in specification to a GH1, yet despite that he infers that a GH1 is a point-and-shoot. Based on where the GH cameras sit in the Panasonic hierarchy, that would then make every Micro 4/3 camera a point-and-shoot.
So, what do you define as a point-and-shoot? Are our Micro 4/3 cameras (or indeed all MILCs) point-and-shoots? Or just some of them? Or does it just depend on how you choose to use them? Of course if the latter case is true, then EVERY camera could be a mere point-and-shoot...