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Subject: [Leica] Canon WX260 demonstration
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:13:38 -0800
References: <608D39BC-4860-4C8D-BBA3-EFB431908445@acm.org> <18E183DF-32A2-4E37-BB9A-A0B7C04E90D9@acm.org> <834A9B92EF2C45568B624E2415931412@jimnichols>

ust a type. It's the SX260.

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Jan 16, 2013, at 6:42 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> Herb,
> 
> I can't find anything on the Canon WX260.  Did you mean the SX260?  I just 
> finished reading the February issue of PCWorld, and the Canon PowerShot 
> SX260 HS topped their review of "Megazoom" cameras.
> 
> If it is similar, enjoy the jpgs.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon WX260 demonstration
> 
> 
>> Well, as far as producing usable DNG's this CHDK stuff is pure crap. It 
>> must do something sloppy in converting to DNG, because there are various 
>> artifacts thrown into the picture: 1) a grain that looks like noise, but 
>> ain't touched by LR4's noise reducer, 2) a test shot on a decorated 
>> shower curtain came up with yellow splotches that are neither on the 
>> curtain nor on the jpg. I tried having it produce RAW instead of dng, but 
>> LR does not recognize the RAW put out by the hack.
>> 
>> So, I'll just enjoy the toy as is. Gotta be a hell of a lot better than 
>> the camera in iPhone 5.
>> 
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>> 
>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
>> 
>>> I believe I wrote last week about getting this Canon P&S that had 
>>> manual, shutter speed preferred, aperture preferred, and exposure 
>>> compensation, all handy from the spinning wheel on the back. And also, 
>>> about a S/W hack that enables downloading DNG. Here is an album of some 
>>> varied shots, all processed in LR4. It's obviously "no Like-a". But the 
>>> resolution is better than I expected. However, if you look large, you'll 
>>> see a graininess that looks like noise, even on the ones at ISO 100. 
>>> However, what I don't understand is that the various noise reduction 
>>> sliders in LR have zero effect on that, zilch.
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/CanonTrial/
>>> 
>>> Herbert Kanner
>>> kanner at acm.org
>>> 650-326-8204
>>> 
>>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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