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Canon SX30is - first impressions
NOISY.....not greatly impressed with my first Canon and I'm judging it by comparison to the P7000 not the D300 DSLR. I bought it hoping for acceptable results beyond the 200mm range of P7000 (ie. Birds/wildlife).Some of my shots between 200 -840mm max zoom are just O.K. but at the extreme end I would have to use a tripod to get anything really useable. Almost all the shots showed noise to some degree. Conditions: Late afternoon sun, harsh shadows.
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The other side of the Tarn, guessing about 250yds.
Maybe 150yds distant.
All images processed in CS5, levels, noise, shadow/highlights and sharpen.
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The other side of the Tarn, guessing about 250yds.
Maybe 150yds distant.
All images processed in CS5, levels, noise, shadow/highlights and sharpen.
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If you are not happy with it, take it back, thats what I did when I was disappointed with my second Nikon compact, I sold it within a couple weeks.
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I'm no expert, but I can see visible noise and loss of detail. I agree with Dawn, if you're not happy, take it back and get something you'll like more 
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I can't see much in the way of visible noise :/ Not on these resized shots anyway. Still, interesting to see some shots from it.
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Early days to be thinking about changing it. I really need to master a good technique to keep the noise to a minimum. Thanks for all comments.
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Range will always be at the compromise of quality tbh. You gotta weigh up what you want out of the camera
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