http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/olympus-goes-point-and-shoot-crazy-with-nine-new-compact-cameras/ Engadget Comments for Olympus goes point-and-shoot crazy with nine new compact cameras http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/olympus-goes-point-and-shoot-crazy-with-nine-new-compact-cameras/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/olympus-goes-point-and-shoot-crazy-with-nine-new-compact-cameras/Jan 7th 2010 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/olympus-goes-point-and-shoot-crazy-with-nine-new-compact-cameras/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/olympus-goes-point-and-shoot-crazy-with-nine-new-compact-cameras/Jan 7th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/olympus-goes-point-and-shoot-crazy-with-nine-new-compact-cameras/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/olympus-goes-point-and-shoot-crazy-with-nine-new-compact-cameras/I wish they'd make cameras with fewer megapixels but much more compact. Ideally I'd like a nice 5 megapixel shooter (with good image quality) about the size of a pack of gum (the standard 5 stick pack, not the jumbo packs.) Yes I know you can get camera phones, but that pretty much always ties you to a particular service provider and either the cameras suck, or the phone gets much bigger.
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When can we get some single-number, John-Q-Public-understandable specs for signal to noise, dynamic range, and color fidelity... and start competing on those, instead of this now-inane Megapixel race?

I bought a well-reviewed compact camera from a well respected brand last year, and honestly... the image quality is little better than a cell phone. Just lots more pixels... of trash.

That's the last camera I buy until either the Micro Four Thirds market fills out, or they take compact camera IQ back to where it was at the 6-8 MPix level.

Really, a little consumer education shouldn't be that difficult for this industry.]]>Jan 7th 2010 1:14PM