Best Coolpix for HD and low light too?

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"Neil Harrington" wrote :

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> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
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>> tony cooper wrote :
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> Ooooh. My kinda woman. (Though I'm mainly a Beretta guy myself.)

As in 9mm? Wuss? LOL

I was carrying an XD-9 for awhile but the guys in my gun group kept bugging
me about its lack of "stopping power" ( heck it had 9mm +P JHP! ) and telling
me to carry a .45 ACP. So I figure if 14 rds of 45 ACP JHP wont do the job
now, I gotta call in Jack Bauer. LOL

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>> so it's already pretty full and slightly
>> heavy.
>
> Leave the extra magazine home and that'd save the weight of a pretty
> good-sized compact camera.

Already do that. <sigh>

"A pistol is just something you use to fight your way back to your rifle."

LOL


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John McWilliams wrote :

> Neil Harrington wrote:
>> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
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>>> Exactly. I'd love to have a nice Nikon DSLR, so I could have a polarizing
>>> lens and all, but it IS for my purse and I already have a bunch of stuff
>>> in
>>> there, including the XD-45 ACP,
>>
>> Ooooh. My kinda woman. (Though I'm mainly a Beretta guy myself.)
>
> Kinda like Rita, I bet. A lady but not a woman.
>


"She was not quite what you would call refined
She was not quite what you would call unrefined
She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
-- Mark Twain


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- Jane Galt
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Jane Galt wrote:
> John McWilliams wrote :
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>> Neil Harrington wrote:
>>> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
>>>> Exactly. I'd love to have a nice Nikon DSLR, so I could have a polarizing
>>>> lens and all, but it IS for my purse and I already have a bunch of stuff
>>>> in
>>>> there, including the XD-45 ACP,
>>> Ooooh. My kinda woman. (Though I'm mainly a Beretta guy myself.)
>> Kinda like Rita, I bet. A lady but not a woman.

>
> "She was not quite what you would call refined
> She was not quite what you would call unrefined
> She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
> -- Mark Twain


Nice one! I do like humor.....

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 >> Stay informed about: Best Coolpix for HD and low light too? 

"Neil Harrington" wrote :

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> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
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>> "Neil Harrington" wrote :

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>> Frankly I'd love a $3000 Nikon DSLR but it's like with guns. They say
>> that the smaller gun you can carry is better than the bigger gun that
>> you have to wind up leaving at home. Same with this. If it fits my
>> purse, I have it in a snap. <pun> If it's baggage, I probably would
>> leave it at home most of
>> the time, then I'd miss something like that video of Congressman ( Thug
>> ) Bob Etheridge if I saw something like that going on.
>
> Yes, wasn't that something.

Should give his constituents nightmares, right up until the elections this
fall.

Creeps ME out!

Of course if he'd pulled that on me and not a teen boy....


>> True. Well now that I have a HD 24" LCD monitor ( Asus VK246H ) and
>> HDTV at
>> home, I'm really enjoying true HD, so it would be awesome to be able to
>> take full HD photos and video and see them on these at home, even as
>> wallpaper.
>
> I see David has already pointed out that HDTV is only about two
> megapixels. And that's at the highest available resolution regardless of
> screen size: 1920 x 1080 = 2.07 megapixels.

I guess the awesome factor on an HDTV screen or monitor, must come from the
sharpness of said lens.


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- Jane Galt
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"Neil Harrington" wrote :

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> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
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>> "Neil Harrington" wrote :
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>>> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
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>>>> Looking some more, the S90 is also tempting, so it's between the
>>>>
>>>> S90 $350
>>>> S8000 $250
>>>> and SD4000IS $350
>>>>
>>>> It would stretch the budget for the more expensive two ( $350 street
>>>> price )
>>>> if it would bring $100 more joy to my shooting, but what's a credit
>>>> card for?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The two Canons you mention look sort of interesting, though if I were
>>> buying a Powershot I'd go the extra $100 for a G11.
>>
>> I mentioned that I could spring the extra from the $250 price of the
>> S8000 to the SD4000IS. Now you're talking $450. Creeping price
>> here. LOL
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> Yup.
>
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>>> I don't know if
>>> you'd consider the G11 purse sized, however.
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>>
>> Not so much?
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>> I looked up the S90, the S8000 and the SD4000IS:
>>
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>> S90 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.2 6.2 OZ.
>> S8000 4.1 x 2.3 x 1.1 6.5 OZ.
>> SD4000IS 3.9 x 2.1 x .9 6.1 OZ.
>>
>> G11 4.4 x 3 x 1.9 12.5 OZ.
>>
>> <sigh> The purse IS kinda big already, to hold the size and weight of
>> the XD-45 ACP and the 14 rounds of JHP. Hmmm....
>
> I suppose one full magazine of .45s should be fairly close to the weight
> of the G11, and not TOO much difference in overall size. So think of it
> as more or less like carrying the extra magazine.

But the mag could save my life.

I guess the camera could too, if one encountered Congressman Drunk Thug and
was afraid to shoot him with the pistol. LOL

>> Is the G11 THAT much better than the other 3?
>
> I think so, yes. I don't have one yet myself -- being mainly a Nikon guy
> -- but the G11 is really getting under my skin and I'm gonna have to
> get one soon.

<sigh> Ok, it's gonna cost us much more than the $450 though. <sigh>

> I need Yet Another Digital Camera like I need another navel, but heck,
> as a friend of mine used to say, "The one who dies with the most toys,
> wins."

It's like guns, gold and youth, you cant have "too many or too much".

>> ( thinking this is gonna cost me more... )
>>
>> At what point will I need to start moving other stuff out of the purse
>> to make room for it?
>>
>> I like the size of the Cyber-Shot DSC-S750 that I have in there now.
>> It's in a little hard shell case. It just doesn't take very sharp
>> pictures, and after all, what's a camera for if not that? Oh and the
>> video it takes are tiny. And I love the idea of taking HD stills and
>> video...
>>
>> IOW I want a new purse camera for my birthday.
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> I don't think you'd go wrong with any of those we've talked about. In
> the end the only FULLY satisfactory solution is to buy them all, as then
> you will never say, "Gee, maybe I should have bought ------ instead."
> But of course that solution has its obvious down sides as well.

ACK! Like having to live in the car.... LOL



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Savageduck wrote :

> On 2010-06-18 17:52:24 -0700, Jane Galt said:
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>> "Peter" wrote :
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>>> Happy birthday. Since it will be your only xx birthday ever, get the
>> G11.
>>>
>>
>> Talked to my other half about it. If I spend $450, they will want a bunch
>> of stuff too, and it's gonna get way expensive. LOL
>
> Why not?
> It is your birthday. Your XD-45 cost more than $450, and is the only
> tool you need for making a persuasive argument for the camera you want.
>
> Also a 13 or 10 round 45 fully loaded is not exactly light, even with a
> polymer frame and without an extra magazine.
> My carry choice is a Kimber Pro CDP II with an 8 round magazine. More
> than enough to handle any issue.
> http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Kimber-1.jpg
>
> Having said all of that, I have a Nikon D300s and a Canon G11 and the
> G11 is just fine.
>
> Have a happy birthday.
>
>

Thanks Duck. <quack>


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- Jane Galt
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John McWilliams wrote :

> Jane Galt wrote:
>> John McWilliams wrote :
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>>> Neil Harrington wrote:
>>>> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
>>>>> Exactly. I'd love to have a nice Nikon DSLR, so I could have a
>>>>> polarizing lens and all, but it IS for my purse and I already have a
>>>>> bunch of stuff in
>>>>> there, including the XD-45 ACP,
>>>> Ooooh. My kinda woman. (Though I'm mainly a Beretta guy myself.)

>
>>
>> "She was not quite what you would call refined
>> She was not quite what you would call unrefined
>> She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
>> -- Mark Twain
>
>
> Nice one! I do like humor.....
>

As far as this quip:
>>> Kinda like Rita, I bet. A lady but not a woman.

More like a female but not a lady. LOL



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- Jane Galt
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Jane Galt wrote:
> John McWilliams wrote :
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>> Jane Galt wrote:
>>> John McWilliams wrote :
>>>
>>>> Neil Harrington wrote:
>>>>> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
>>>>>> Exactly. I'd love to have a nice Nikon DSLR, so I could have a
>>>>>> polarizing lens and all, but it IS for my purse and I already have a
>>>>>> bunch of stuff in
>>>>>> there, including the XD-45 ACP,
>>>>> Ooooh. My kinda woman. (Though I'm mainly a Beretta guy myself.)
>
>>> "She was not quite what you would call refined
>>> She was not quite what you would call unrefined
>>> She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
>>> -- Mark Twain
>>
>> Nice one! I do like humor.....
>>
>
> As far as this quip:
>>>> Kinda like Rita, I bet. A lady but not a woman.
>
> More like a female but not a lady. LOL

Well, apparently, you know best about....you! But I think my statement
re "Rita" stands. Unless, of course, you are Rita, and then you're both
or either....

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john mcwilliams
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John McWilliams wrote :

> Jane Galt wrote:
>> John McWilliams wrote :
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>>> Jane Galt wrote:
>>>> John McWilliams wrote :
>>>>
>>>>> Neil Harrington wrote:
>>>>>> "Jane Galt" wrote in message
>>>>>>> Exactly. I'd love to have a nice Nikon DSLR, so I could have a
>>>>>>> polarizing lens and all, but it IS for my purse and I already have a
>>>>>>> bunch of stuff in
>>>>>>> there, including the XD-45 ACP,
>>>>>> Ooooh. My kinda woman. (Though I'm mainly a Beretta guy myself.)
>>
>>>> "She was not quite what you would call refined
>>>> She was not quite what you would call unrefined
>>>> She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot."
>>>> -- Mark Twain
>>>
>>> Nice one! I do like humor.....
>>>
>>
>> As far as this quip:
>>>>> Kinda like Rita, I bet. A lady but not a woman.
>>
>> More like a female but not a lady. LOL
>
> Well, apparently, you know best about....you! But I think my statement
> re "Rita" stands. Unless, of course, you are Rita, and then you're both
> or either....
>

Dont know any Rita. Was she a meter maid? LOL

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- Jane Galt
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So with this G11, does it have an awesome sharp clear lens? <drool>
 >> Stay informed about: Best Coolpix for HD and low light too? 

"Jane Galt" wrote in message

> "David J Taylor" wrote :
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>> You do know that "full HD", and your monitor, are only about 2MP, I
>> presume?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>>
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> Oh my.
>
> Well whatever makes it look so sharp and clear, I want it.

Yes, I sometimes wonder that as well, Jane! One thing is that the pixels
are right on the surface of the display, with no intervening optics, and
there's no "ink spread" which you might get in some printing processes.
Of course, if you want to crop half the linear image you've taken, you
then need four times as many pixels, so having that 8-10-12MP camera does
make some sense....

Oh, and I've seen figures of around 200 pixels per inch for acceptable
photos, and that on a 6 x 4 inch print is 1MP - others say 300 pixels per
inch so that's 2MP.

Cheers,
David
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Jane Galt wrote:
> So with this G11, does it have an awesome sharp clear lens? <drool>

Prolly! I bought the G3, several generations earlier, but don't know
first hand how sharp it is. The G3 is still a very useful compact
camera. (4 MP). I now shoot mostly with an 'old' D5.

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