I suppose for not much more money, I could get a used S5IS instead of a used 1200 IS giving up the pocketability for a nicer little camera.
On Saturday, January 12, 2013 7:23:36 PM UTC-6, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > > Ah, yes raw. Don't expect too much of it. First of all, at least last time > I checked, it's raw raw, I mean raw without any iptc data, which limits > usage a lot. Also, raw saving is sloooowww. It is often slower than jpg, > but I had a S30 which offered raw natively, and I don't remember it being > so much slower. But I tested raw only a few years back, and of course on my > S5IS, things could be better for you. > > -- > Frederic Da Vitoria > (davitof) > > Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - > http://www.april.org/ > Le 13 janv. 2013 01:42, "JohnPW" <johnpw...@gmail.com <javascript:>> a > écrit : > >> It sounds like it works as advertised, but doesn't alleviate the >> usability curse of P&S's — the lack of physical controls makes the UI a >> deep nest of menus and a bottle neck for changing things. Still, the >> features you point out, plus being able to use a script to bracket and, >> most of all, getting RAW file output from a camera that doesn't (normally) >> have RAW file capability, that sounds pretty good. >> >> On Saturday, January 12, 2013 6:23:03 PM UTC-6, Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: >>> >>> I use it on my S5IS. I have a feeling that it reduces battery life, >>> although they swear it doesn't and it is true I don't really see why it >>> would. It is also so rich that I refrain from using the possibilities >>> because it takes so much time exploring the menus to find what is there. >>> But there are a few features which I really like so that I keep it, >>> especially the zebra mode, and the ability to chose what information is >>> displayed on the screen. Also, it is easy to revert back to the Canon >>> standard ROM : just switch the SD lock and voilà! I don't use it for >>> bracketing simply because my S5IS already has it in the standard menus, but >>> there are special bracketing modes which I never use: focus bracketing and >>> ISO bracketing. Now that I think of it, I should use ISO bracketing >>> sometimes... This is just an illustration of the main problem with CHDK: so >>> many features that you easily miss interesting ones. >>> >>> -- >>> Frederic Da Vitoria >>> (davitof) >>> >>> Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - >>> http://www.april.org >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. >> A list of frequently asked questions is available at: >> http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ >> To post to this group, send email to hugi...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> hugin-ptx+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx