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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / August 2006CANON S3 or SONY H5 ?
Hello, I am shopping for a digital camera. I narrowed down my search to two cameras: The Sony Canon S3 and the Sony H5. The S3 can be controlled by the PC, while the H5 cannot. The H5 has a large display, while the S3 does not. Which one should I buy? They are priced almost the same. Thank you. T.I. > I am shopping for a digital camera. I narrowed down my search to > two cameras: The Sony Canon S3 and the Sony H5. The S3 can be > controlled by the PC, while the H5 cannot. The H5 has a large > display, while the S3 does not. Which one should I buy? They are > priced almost the same. Thank you. The Canon LCD folds out, which is a very nice feature when you're taking pictures at odd angles (e.g., over a crowd or at ground level). This review compares the image quaility of the H5 and S3 (and a few others): http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/SonyH5/ They do conclude that the H5 is not much better than the much cheaper H2. > I am shopping for a digital camera. I narrowed down my search to two > cameras: The Sony Canon S3 and the Sony H5. The S3 can be controlled by Since neither is an SLR, please keep the discussion off of the .slr-systems group. Cheers, Alan >> I am shopping for a digital camera. I narrowed down my search to two >> cameras: The Sony Canon S3 and the Sony H5. The S3 can be [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Cheers, > Alan rec.photo.digital.zlr would appear to be the most appropriate group. David I took a quick look at the Canon S3-IS and the Sony H2. I found the eyepiece electronic finder unacceptably unsharp even with my best efforts to focus the eyepiece; the Sony's finder is considerably better. I would consider the H2 over the H5 for its lower image noise levels (the images are otherwise similar, so why pay the extra?). -- David Ruether ruether@verizon.net rpn1@cornell.edu http://www.ferrario.com/ruether ----- Original Message ----- From: "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net> Newsgroups: news.misc.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.point+shoot,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:49 PM Subject: CANON S3 or SONY H5 ? > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > T.I. >I took a quick look at the Canon S3-IS and the Sony H2. > I found the eyepiece electronic finder unacceptably unsharp [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > similar, so why pay the extra?). > -- AS far as i know, H2 has lower noise becasue of different noise reduction program, which however is not as good as one in H5. If you read reviews, as one in dpreview.com, i think that conclusion is that S3 still has nicer picture, more even in colors, etc... read one article about comparing S3, H5 and panasonic FZ7 - note especially shot at ISO800 made wth FZ7 - noise reduction is so strong that pic is quite useless... > David Ruether > ruether@verizon.net [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >> T.I. Two things I hate about the H5, although it may be a better overall camera than the Canon, are the much larger bulky size, and the Sony "only" memory stick. David, I am in the same boat as you. I can't quiet decide on the Canon, Sony, or the panasonic. I'm leaning towards the Canon, but haven't handled the Panasonic. One drawback on the FZ7 is it only uses the rechargable battery from Panasonic. >I took a quick look at the Canon S3-IS and the Sony H2. > I found the eyepiece electronic finder unacceptably unsharp [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > similar, so why pay the extra?). > -- AS far as i know, H2 has lower noise becasue of different noise reduction program, which however is not as good as one in H5. If you read reviews, as one in dpreview.com, i think that conclusion is that S3 still has nicer picture, more even in colors, etc... read one article about comparing S3, H5 and panasonic FZ7 - note especially shot at ISO800 made wth FZ7 - noise reduction is so strong that pic is quite useless... > David Ruether > ruether@verizon.net [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > From: "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net> > Newsgroups: news.misc.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.point+shoot,rec. photo.digital.slr-systems > Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:49 PM > Subject: CANON S3 or SONY H5 ? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> T.I. [] > AS far as i know, H2 has lower noise becasue of different noise > reduction program, which however is not as good as one in H5. If you [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > shot at ISO800 made wth FZ7 - noise reduction is so strong that pic > is quite useless... .. any of the image-stabilised, small sensor cameras will struggle at ISO 800. BTW: this discussion is about ZLR cameras, and is not within the charter for the point+shoot group. Corrected. It probably shouldn't be cross posted either.... David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Talal Itani" <titani@verizon.net> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > T.I. compare here,: http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Panasonic-FZ7--Canon-S3-IS-Sony-H5---He ad-to-Head-to-Head-Review/Still-Imaging-Performance--Image-Quality.htm >> > Hello, >> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> > >> > T.I. > compare here,: > http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Panasonic-FZ7--Canon-S3-IS-Sony-H5---He ad-to-Head-to-Head-Review/Still-Imaging-Performance--Image-Quality.htm Nice comparison (too bad it didn't include the Sony H2...). Still, the softer viewfinder of the Canon compared with the Sony tilts it toward the Sony for me. If you can't see in the finder what you are getting (except for framing, but not sharpness/focus-point), well, what's the point of some other minor advantages...? ;-) As I said before, the H2 likely has some image advantages over the H5, in addition to lower price - but all of the cameras included in the test are good cameras (the OP wouldn't do badly choosing any of these, plus a few more...). -- David Ruether ruether@verizon.net rpn1@cornell.edu http://www.ferrario.com/ruether |
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