compact power pack

I have long looked around the internet for a compact "Always with you" companions.
My DSLR I take anyway rather deliberately and often with a camera you wish for this to have, without
take a suitcase full of technology.

First, it should be one of the 10x Zoomer Reisecams. Since each manufacturer has its flagship so.
Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Ricoh, Casio ...

From past experience, I looked once for Panasonic LUMIX. I already knew 2 compact
LUMIX cams. They were of the image quality quite appealing. I could of the now envisaged TZ-10
not necessarily argue. Next to Sony. Super Design-Cam, with super facilities ...

But as feared the usual watercolor pictures ... Too bad ... The Cam could have been there! (HX5)

The Canon SX210 has produced the only in the dance quite natural images. But then so is in diverse
Tests "tending to noise" punished as. I for one hate this digitally processed
Pictures ...

Ricoh and Casio also offered quite respectable pictures but I came now to the WB2000 by Samsung.
(Earlier in the compact class is actually also known for mud Images)

Although it has only 5 times zoom, but the image quality of the sample images on the net I found great!
And! You can save consistently and in RAW. This can be as a compact very rare!

In addition, a not-to-find at 10x Zoomern brightness of 2.4 in wide-angle of 24mm considerable.

High light intensity and RAW there even one floor up at the ambitious 3X Zoomern.
(SAMSUNG EX1, Canon S95, LUMIX LX5 ...) But then again, not quite compact, more expensive
and zoom inflexible) I'm not Zoomfetischist and appreciate the fixed focal lengths on the DSLR, but a
compact always with you must be flexible halt.

Back to WB2000. Sure, you can not expect from such a Cam DSLR service and quality, then
you will only be disappointed. But if you do a very compact measured in the standards, then
one has his joy of clippers.

Especially in combination with RAW (highly recommended) be attracted slightly grainy, but impressive detail
Pictures from the action. Even if you have to fall back out somewhat higher ISO.

No trace of this JPEG Smooth underwired edges supervisor part pabulum.

The Out-Of-cam JPGs can be proud of, but the RAWs are more fun! Especially in the current Lightroom Version
already a profile is included for lens correction. (The RAWs show namely significant distortions, the
in the Cam are already corrected for JPEGs.) The profile and some fine tuning but you get the then
again towards better.

Does not have the RAWs compared to RAWs from the big DSLRs, is very dynamic restore lights.
What is overexposed, is only very limited correctable.

Shadow, however you can still brighten up halfway, if you then fought a little noise.

My experience when it comes to high dynamics, rather then underexpose slightly so that you can do that later.
(In RAW) and JPEG modes also bracketing in the CAM) there

By the way you can in the shade (higher ISOs) often to be seen almost gray color effect of images (JPEG) from the WB2000
(See also in the network) perform better in the RAW processing, as it actually looks very natural.

Otherwise, the Cam has ne fat Facilities for preset clippers that I did not want to further examine here.
I would recommend it to anyone who values ​​good image quality, the Cam. Only the completely manual operation
should here be emphasized. Even that is not common in this compact class.

Another word for processing: The camera can look very sophisticated and fits comfortably in your hand. In video mode must only observed
are, not to put the finger on the mike. The HD video mode is very well in good light. In low light
wirds muddy and dip it fixed Störpixel in appearance.

All in all, to the just plain settled under manufacturer recommendation price, a very good digicam with significant
Ambitions. One speaks even with this little camera also the photographer to not only the clippers. This shows the manual
Adjustability, the AV and TV mode, the RAW possibilities, and details such as the free choice of format between 4: 3, 16: 9
but also 3: 2 and even 1: 1, that is square! (Feeling like the good 6x6 medium format; o))