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<\/p>\nRecently, I have been experimenting with what I can achieve with a mere “point and shoot” camera. Both of these photos were taken with an Olympus XZ-2, which ranks at the high end of point and shoots, but has only a 1 \/ 1.7″ sensor.<\/p>\n
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This photo was also taken with the Olympus XZ-2. While the originals are 12 MP images, all of these have been resized to 640 pixels wide for display here. They look much better full size!<\/p>\n
I also shoot 1″ sensor cameras (Nikon 1) and will post some of those photos another time.<\/p>\n For now, here is a link to some nice night time photos taken in Paris by someone using a 1″ sensor Sony RX100 camera. I think the 1″ sensor size is going to be a “Sweet spot” for cameras, producing exceptionally good images. As sensor technology improves, we are also seeing remarkable low light capabilities of these smaller sensor cameras (as compared to 4\/3ds, APS-C or full frame).<\/p>\n 1″ not only produces exceptional results but lenses are quite small relative to the larger format cameras, producing a small and lightweight package for professional quality results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, I have been experimenting with what I can achieve with a mere “point and shoot” camera. Both of these photos were taken with an Olympus XZ-2, which ranks at the high end of point and shoots, but has only a 1 \/ 1.7″ sensor. This photo was also taken with the Olympus XZ-2. … Continue reading Point n shoot photography<\/span> ![\"Blown](\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8777\/28599157590_30261c1275_z.jpg\")
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