Jag håller med om att det finns tillfällen då man måste gå upp till ASA>400, exempelvis om man skall fotografera i en kyrka eller där man vill fånga naturliga skuggor. Då är Fuji F10/F11 eller en DSLR att föredra.
Det är dock inte alltid man behöver gå över ASA400, och när det gäller utskrifter finns det exempel på kameror som ger hög kvalitet även vid ASA400. Att kika på 100% utsnitt på en datorskärm är inte likvärdigt en utskriven bild. Citat från test av Olympus SP-350:
"Print Quality
Impressive print quality, great color, very usable 13x19 inch prints! ISO 400 images are slightly soft at 11x14, very good at 8x10, great at 5x7 and 4x6.
Testing hundreds of digital cameras, we've found that you can only tell just so much about a camera's image quality by viewing its images on-screen. Ultimately, there's no substitute for printing a lot of images and examining them closely. For this reason, we now routinely print sample images from the cameras we test on our Canon i9900 studio printer, and on the Canon iP5200 here in the office. (See the Canon i9900 review for details on that model.)
With the Olympus SP-350, we were impressed with its ability to make decent 13x19 inch prints. This really is a proof of concept for printing images as part of our tests. At 11x14, its prints were excellent, and quite usable even at ISO 400. At high ISO, image noise levels are held in check very well, with only minimal color noise appearing in very big prints. It's an impressive performance. Our ISO 400 indoor test shots printed at up to 11x14 with minimal noise visible, and even 13x19 prints would be acceptable for wall display. If you examine the print up close, it looks more like a pointillist painting, but it's still pretty darn good from a small point and shoot. Our outdoor FAR shot showed a little more noise at ISO 400 and 13x19, especially in the roof shingles, but 11x14 wasn't bad, and by 8x10 absolutely not a problem. Olympus has managed to use the 8 megapixel resolution of the SP-350 to cover up a variety of problems. If you look at the image at 100 percent onscreen, you'll think it won't print well at all, but our prints show that more pixels are starting to add up to better images overall. Printing is where the rubber meets the road, so we can confidently say that the SP-350 makes great images."
Källa:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SP350/SP35A.HTM
Återgår man till färgåtergivningen är det något som man alltid dras med med en given kamera, oavsett situation. Ingen kompaktkamera är (IMO) idag perfekt.
