Where to buy Fujifilm FinePix F710 ??

Bill Funk wrote:
> On 26 Jul 2006 03:38:01 -0700, "minnesotti" <minnesotti@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Bill Funk wrote:
> >
> >> Google is a good resource for finding things that aren't readily
> >> available. Keep looking.
> >> Of course, there are other obvious places to look: eBay, and other
> >> auction sites, for example.
> >
> >Or, I just read on the dpreview Panasonic forum about the so-called
> >"HDR software". It allows to combine several over-exposed and
> >under-exposed images of the same place, and produce a picture of the
> >high dynamic range. I downloaded the free software called EasyHDR, and
> >trialled it with the three images of my lamp. I am impressed with the
> >capabilities, and I like the approach. When the weekend comes, I will
> >snap a few proper pictures and play around with this software.
> >Hoepfully, it will deliver what I was looking for (or close to that).
>
> Thanks for the program name!
> But, what does this have to do with finding an F710?

This means I might not want anymore to look for Fuji F710 which has a
high DR. Instead, I do the pictures by the "software" method, that is
making a few pictures with my Pana LX1 of the same place, and combine
them with the high-DR software to get one resulting pic of a high DR.

Or, I won't get a high DR by software method which could possibly be
gotten only by the "hardware" method ?

...

On 26 Jul 2006 16:21:22 -0700, "minnesotti" <minnesotti@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>
>Bill Funk wrote:
>> On 26 Jul 2006 03:38:01 -0700, "minnesotti" <minnesotti@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Bill Funk wrote:
>> >
>> >> Google is a good resource for finding things that aren't readily
>> >> available. Keep looking.
>> >> Of course, there are other obvious places to look: eBay, and other
>> >> auction sites, for example.
>> >
>> >Or, I just read on the dpreview Panasonic forum about the so-called
>> >"HDR software". It allows to combine several over-exposed and
>> >under-exposed images of the same place, and produce a picture of the
>> >high dynamic range. I downloaded the free software called EasyHDR, and
>> >trialled it with the three images of my lamp. I am impressed with the
>> >capabilities, and I like the approach. When the weekend comes, I will
>> >snap a few proper pictures and play around with this software.
>> >Hoepfully, it will deliver what I was looking for (or close to that).
>>
>> Thanks for the program name!
>> But, what does this have to do with finding an F710?
>
>This means I might not want anymore to look for Fuji F710 which has a
>high DR. Instead, I do the pictures by the "software" method, that is
>making a few pictures with my Pana LX1 of the same place, and combine
>them with the high-DR software to get one resulting pic of a high DR.
>
>Or, I won't get a high DR by software method which could possibly be
>gotten only by the "hardware" method ?
>
>..

From what I've seen (I've not toyed with HDR software yet, but it's on
my to-do list), there is no hardware in the consumer (meaning
available over-the-counter) camera marketplace that will come close to
what software HDR will do.

Does this match others' opinions?
--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"

I would agree that you won't find a consumer digi-cam that can produce the
same high definition image you can get from doing and HDR from differently
exposed images.

This of course provided HDR images are something you like the look of. I
have yet to see one I would consider nice looking. Most don't look real,
more like renderings.

R


"Bill Funk" <BigBill@there.com> wrote in message
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> On 26 Jul 2006 16:21:22 -0700, "minnesotti" <minnesotti@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Bill Funk wrote:
>>> On 26 Jul 2006 03:38:01 -0700, "minnesotti" <minnesotti@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >Bill Funk wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Google is a good resource for finding things that aren't readily
>>> >> available. Keep looking.
>>> >> Of course, there are other obvious places to look: eBay, and other
>>> >> auction sites, for example.
>>> >
>>> >Or, I just read on the dpreview Panasonic forum about the so-called
>>> >"HDR software". It allows to combine several over-exposed and
>>> >under-exposed images of the same place, and produce a picture of the
>>> >high dynamic range. I downloaded the free software called EasyHDR, and
>>> >trialled it with the three images of my lamp. I am impressed with the
>>> >capabilities, and I like the approach. When the weekend comes, I will
>>> >snap a few proper pictures and play around with this software.
>>> >Hoepfully, it will deliver what I was looking for (or close to that).
>>>
>>> Thanks for the program name!
>>> But, what does this have to do with finding an F710?
>>
>>This means I might not want anymore to look for Fuji F710 which has a
>>high DR. Instead, I do the pictures by the "software" method, that is
>>making a few pictures with my Pana LX1 of the same place, and combine
>>them with the high-DR software to get one resulting pic of a high DR.
>>
>>Or, I won't get a high DR by software method which could possibly be
>>gotten only by the "hardware" method ?
>>
>>..
>
> From what I've seen (I've not toyed with HDR software yet, but it's on
> my to-do list), there is no hardware in the consumer (meaning
> available over-the-counter) camera marketplace that will come close to
> what software HDR will do.
>
> Does this match others' opinions?
> --
> Bill Funk
> replace "g" with "a"

"Bill Funk" <BigBill@there.com> wrote in message
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SNIP
> From what I've seen (I've not toyed with HDR software yet, but it's
> on my to-do list), there is no hardware in the consumer (meaning
> available over-the-counter) camera marketplace that will come
> close to what software HDR will do.
>
> Does this match others' opinions?

Correct, but one needs to "tonemap" the luminosity range to the output
device's capabilities, e.g.:
<http://www2.cs.uh.edu/~somalley/hdri_images.html#hdr_images> and
<http://www.picturenaut.de/hdri.html> .

Bart