Originally posted by weeie:
even with all the technical terms you can list, i still can't
accept that you said any iso above 800 in p&s cameras is
useless (no offence even if you are a professional photographer)
i'm just looking from the point of a consumer and experience from
many p&s cameras i have tried myself. i guess fujifilm knows it
well better than any of us when developing a product like
this.
in fact, i'm really impressed with the quality from the night/dim
pictures i took from a fujifilm camera as compared to the different
brand of p&s cameras(about the same price range). i tested it
myself and it's proven to be gd. of course noise is one setback but
don't think it's really important unless i'm printing poster size
image.
ISO800 should be enough for [b]most p&s cameras? you
are contradicting yourself because you mentioned earlier "Any ISO
above 800 in P&S cameras is useless" That means you are
implying to all p&s cameras and not most?
yes, we are talking about the ease and capability of night shots
for a point and shoot camera. and i feel that fujifilm can easily
take on any cameras of the same price range. i may not be a good
with the technical aspects of camera but this is tested by myself
and friends. 
[/b][/b]
Well, I was referring to how images with ISOs above 800 are
unusable due to really bad noise. So you're right in correcting me
, it's supposed to be 'unusable' and not
'useless'.
That said, I can't comment on many P&S cameras out there. My
tools have always come in the form of medium format cameras, film
SLRs, DSLRs and at the very least prosumer cameras. My impression
of P&S cameras is not very favourable, having used the high-end
stuff 
