Charles Smiley
cspmovies
QUOTE: "... Pelle Soeborg at MR, for instance, was to get one with at least 8 MP that would get at least F 22."
If you don't know the image chip area that is a kind of less meaningful number.
My Sony DSLR A55 could go to F36 which was at one time really great. But my little point and shoot cameras can beat the dickens out of that for depth of field and especially far less imaging noise shooting still shots or HD video in low light. I'm not sure what the equiv. F-stop improvement is but it is a palpable increase for sure. Back in the mid nineties a 30,000 Dollar pro video camera could not shoot low light shots as well as a tiny, cheap consumer camera can today. Even one in an I-phone or tablet.
If you don't know the image chip area that is a kind of less meaningful number.
My Sony DSLR A55 could go to F36 which was at one time really great. But my little point and shoot cameras can beat the dickens out of that for depth of field and especially far less imaging noise shooting still shots or HD video in low light. I'm not sure what the equiv. F-stop improvement is but it is a palpable increase for sure. Back in the mid nineties a 30,000 Dollar pro video camera could not shoot low light shots as well as a tiny, cheap consumer camera can today. Even one in an I-phone or tablet.