Don’t miss this read at DPReview titled: “Compact Camera High ISO modes: Separating the facts from the hype“. Simon Joinson tackles this much mis-understood topic so prevalent in today’s digital camera sales literature. Simon says (sic)-

“Many decent compacts can produce almost SLR-like quality at their lowest ISO, but whatever the marketing departments of the camera manufacturers may like you to think, there is no way you can get acceptable results from a small sensor compact at high ISO settings - some struggle even at ISO 400. The only exceptions are the Fujifilm FinePix F30 and F31fd, which use a combination of large pixels (lower megapixel count), clever sensor design and clever noise reduction to produce decent results at ISO 800 and usable results at ISO 1600 (the ISO 3200 mode is, however, a step too far).”

Fujifilm FinePix F30 6.3 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
The Fuji F30 is one digital camera that actually excels at high ISO photography.

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