Where have Creative Compact Cameras Gone?

While these cameras aren't much bigger than the compact digital cameras they typically offer the user a lot more control. You will find that the lenses may be bigger, heavier, and are typically of a higher optical quality. Almost all creative compact cameras offer the option of storing images in RAW format and some may offer the Adobe's standard DNG format.

You will probably find that a standard JPEG is easiest for uploading images to the Web, sharing with friends, or purchasing prints. Unfortunately you will probably find that a lot of shadow and highlight detail that was originally captured by the sensor can be lost with a standard JPEG.

With the RAW format, the photographer has the option of bringing out that shadow or highlight detail in an image editing program on a personal computer (or letting a professional lab do it and make a really great print).

Unless you are prepared to spend an evening reading
the manual and learning the settings don't buy one of these cameras. If you don't do your homework first the results will be the same as if you had used a simpler compact camera.

Panasonic LX2 (28-110mm F2.8-4.9 image-stabilized Leica lens; good for wide angle). Canon G7. 35-210mm F2.8-4.8 lens; no RAW capability; very bad noise at high ISO Ricoh GR Digital. This has a fixed focal-length 28mm equivalent lens that will be superb for wide-angle scenic photos. It is not clear if this camera is going to be sold in the United States.

Creative Compact Cameras seems to have gone out of favor and therefore there are not too much to choose from. Camera companies are concentrating their energies on the "SLR-like" category and SLR category

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