https://www.apnphotographyschool.com/equipment/compacts-vs-dslrs-what-to-use/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=compacts-vs-dslrs-what-to-use Shivanand Sharma's photography blog Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:39:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.apnphotographyschool.com/equipment/compacts-vs-dslrs-what-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-45683 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:39:50 +0000 https://www.apnphotographyschool.com/?p=14682#comment-45683 For b/w shots many compacts have an option for resulting shot to appear as a b/w. The Coolpix series for one has that as a menu scene setting (b/w copy). Once go fully to street scene photos w/ a compact it’s hard to go back. The P Series is also very good being bit more pro-ish
while being bit larger tho fits in winter jacket pocket well. Compacts also get stolen less for some reason. Robbed at knife point some years back in Central Park but no one looks twice at Coolpix whereas the high end Canon DSLR made 2 guys trail me.
Read up on specs but they can be misleading. Some barf about Coolpix S long range models being slow to start up or have trouble focusing at full length but no prob for me.

]]> https://www.apnphotographyschool.com/equipment/compacts-vs-dslrs-what-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-45675 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:29:53 +0000 https://www.apnphotographyschool.com/?p=14682#comment-45675 Or you could compromise and get the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200. It has nearly all the advantages of a DSLR (shoots RAW, has a 600mm zoom, 12.1MP), plus the features of a compact camera (scene settings, etc.) and it weighs less than a pound and a half.

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