Now that compact digital cameras with a decent pixel count are
available at reasonable prices – I’ve got another.
My first, a Panasonic) was only 0.75 MP (magapixels) about 7 years ago and it was expensive by today’s prices.
Next came a 2 MP Kyocera that was ok for printing up to 6x4 or so and was an unusual camcorder style
Then a Nikon Coolpix 3700 with 3.2 MP – a tiny thing that was very pocketable.
All the while my “serious” photography involved Canon SLR film cameras and later a digital EOS 300D with 6.3 MP. The quality of digital photography from the larger sensor size of an SLR was not achievable with the much smaller sensor of the compact.
The latest acquisition is a Fujifilm Finepix E900. This has a 9 MP sensor and, whilst not the size of an SLR sensor, it will easily print an A3 with very satisfactory quality,
This one now allows full manual exposure control along with all the features expected in an SLR. It also shoots RAW mode files which allows a lot of post editing and refinement.
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