(I missed so many shots because of the almost 4 second start up time on the Fuji as opposed to waiting a mere fifth of a second with the Canon), continuous shooting, less noise at higher ISO’s, quick and accurate focussing, and of course, the quality of the image itself.
Must have been faulty, or an earlier model. Mine starts in less than .5 of a second, and I think that it would be about the same amount of time as your dSLR.
I suggest you take a look at my website – link below. All but about six in the Holidays section were taken with an S5000 or S5600.
Continuous shooting and low noise ISO settings can easily be achieved and I don’t have much trouble focussing at all.
I’ve toyed with dSLRs but not been able to find anything under £800 to match it, or provide a worth while upgrqade.
Your picture is taken at a range where there is no need for the teleconverter so I fail to see what you’re trying to say – that’s not distorted at all, it’s just the inside of the lens – which makes sense if you try to use it as you would the standard lens for that distance. Of course a zoom is going to reduce the width angle, that’s how all telescopes work (reduce the area to be displayed and magnify it). So you need to remove it – no problem.
However, like I said, you need to be very steady handed to use an extreme teleconverter lens – and even a tripod has to be quite solid for those ranges – but that’s true of almost any camera.
Mmmm £150 v £800 – well, I don’t have £800 so I’ll have to make do. When I have got £1500 to spend on something reasonable, I don’t think I’ll be ditching the S5600, or it’s replacement, I’ll use both.
Where ALL dSLRs show a big advantage is in the viewfinder. The tiny LCD is just to small and too low in resolution to be able to judge whether an image is properly in focus, so autofocus is the only real solution. Glass is the only real solution to that.
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