Nikon coolpic P5100 OR Canon powershot G9?

[usayit]

Detail is not being clipped... your exposure is off.....

 

[usayit]

Nah, in auto mode or program or any mode, if there is a bright bulb glowing in the corner of teh frame, a whole halo of bright patch is formed, i'll pust a few pics after i get home, i can give better picture of what i mean'
I guess its a problem with the metering of the frame.

If you are indoors and taking a photo for a bright TV screen, you'll have to one of three things

1) Meter for the TV screen (bright). You'll have a photo capturing details of the TV screen but the surounding room will be dark (underexposed)
2) Meter for the room (dark). You'll have a photo capturing the details of the room but the bright TV screen is going to be bright (over exposed).
3) Meter for the TV screen and add light to the room (via flash or something). This will bring the two exposures (TV screen and room) closer together resulting in a more accurate photo.

Auto mode and program cannot make this determination for you. Or perhaps I'm just not following you... .. Most likely your exposure is incorrect

 

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Yeah the lack of manual operation and manual modes is why I don't recommend P&S cameras and will suggest a bridge camera if the OP is open to it - you end up with more control than even a $5,000 dSLR, MUCH better glass than a P&S, and often about the same price as the P&S.

The one I like right now is a little on the pricy side but it sure looks like a bunch of fun! :thumbup:

 

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Yeah, but credit where credit is due - the camera features are just based on the chip features that Sony announced for that chip a little over 2 years ago. Here's the public release announcement from a year and a half ago:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07021801sonyhighspeedcmos.asp

And some undated technology disclosure/discussion sheets:
http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/cx_news/vol47/pdf/imx017cqe.pdf
http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/cx_news/vol47/pdf/featuring47.pdf

Kudos to Casio for selecting that chip though!

 

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Well, not really "sitting on it". This is the speed of engineering to prototype to production. That's actually pretty fast I think. You can read about the chips Sony is engineering today and get a pretty good idea of the features in the cameras to come in a year or two. Or etc.