Comparing compacts to SLR's is very tricky because you not only change the sensor size, you also change the lenses and actual focallenghts, lens size. How are you judging the images.. On the camera or on the computer?

To really compare you should take the same picture with both camera's and see the result. I wouldn't be surprised it the 35mm equivalent focallength reported by the compact doesn't match up. That doesn't mean the the basics of scaling stuff doesn't apply, it just means the manufacturer is just misinforming you.

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