I'm looking at purchasing a good Digital point & shoot camera that is easy to use and easy to carry. Price is not an issue. I am just looking at a good camera that can provide a good high quality pricture in good and bad light.
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Answer by captainexplorer
- H-P Photosmart R937
- Nikon COOLPIX S51c
- Canon PowerShot SD950 IS
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I would suggest the canon G9. It has 12.1MP, face detection, the ability to shoot in RAW format...supposedly has the power of an SLR camera in a point and shoot body.
ReplyDeleteHere's a good review...
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082005canong9.asp
I found the Digital Camera HQ website very helpful in choosing a camera you can choose your own preferences and they come up with suggestions and info.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/point-and-shoot_ratings.html
Canon PowerShot SD800 IS
ReplyDeleteFujifilm FinePix Z1
You can find prices and tech details here: http://www.shopmania.com/shopping~online-digital-cameras.html
No such thing as best, many are on equal footing. Consider:
ReplyDeleteFuji E900
Canon A630
Canon A640
Ones with lots of zoom:
Fuji S700
Canon S2 IS, or S3 IS
Sub compact:
Sony DSC -W80
Sony DSC-N2
When you say, "easy to carry," I will use the pocket as a testing ground. If it won't fit in a pocket, it's not the camera you are looking for.
ReplyDeleteFor point and shoot cameras, I like Canon the best and they make a few models for your consideration.
I bought the SD900 for my own pocket camera and I love it. It is still available, but it has been upgraded to the SD950-IS.
I bought an SD700-IS for my 34 year old daugher and this has been replaced by the SD850-IS.
The SD900 and SD950-IS have larger sensors and I feel make the better images, but the SD850-IS is still decent.
Here's a side-by-side of my SD900 and my daughter's SD700-IS showing the same subject on the same day. You can see the differences if you view this full size, as described under the image. The SD850-IS image might be a little better, but I doubt it would be a very noticeable difference.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/944309888/
The SD950-IS is a 12 MP camera and it might do well with that many pixels on the sensor, but the "IS" is more significant.
Let your budget decide. For my money, I like the quality of my SD900 better, but the "IS" in the SD850-IS and longer zoom might be more to your liking. They cost almost the same. The SD950-IS is showing a $ 450 price, but I have not read an actual review yet. Okay - here you go - let's both read this for the first time: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/canon_sd950.html "If the top performance from an ultra-compact is what you are looking for, then this is the camera for you."
Canon SD900 ($ 315): http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/sd900.html
- See also: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonsd900/
SD850-IS ($ 310) Preview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0705/07050702canonsd850is.asp
- Go here and click on "Read owner opinions"
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_sd850is.asp
- See also: http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/canon-powershot-sd850-is/4505-6501_7-32441340.html?ar=o&tag=pdtl-list
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/canon_sd850.html
Samples:
SD900: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/tags/sd900/
SD700-IS - go ahead and play the "which one do you like better" in this set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/tags/sd700is/
The Kodak EasyShare M853 combines an eight megapixel CCD imager and a Kodak-branded 3x optical zoom lens with a fairly standard 37 - 111mm equivalent focal range. For framing images, there's a 2.5" 154K pixel LCD display but like many current models, the M853 has no optical viewfinder. Images are stored on Secure Digital / MultiMediaCards, or in 16MB of internal memory.
ReplyDeleteThe Kodak M853 has 17 scene modes to help beginners achieve the results they're looking for without the need to understand subtleties like shutter speeds, apertures and the like. Scene modes provided are: portrait, sports, landscape, children, night portrait, beach, snow, fireworks, self portrait, backlight, night landscape, text/document, manner/museum, flower, sunset, panorama, and candlelight. Additional shooting modes include auto, video, Favorites, digital IS, high ISO, and close-up.
The M853 determines exposures with a center-weighted TTL metering system, and offers 2.0EV of exposure compensation in 1/3EV increments. Five white balance settings are available including an auto mode, and ISO sensitivity is controlled automatically ranging from 80 to 800, or manually up to 1,250. The EasyShare M853 also offers a movie mode, capturing VGA (640x480) clips at 15 fps, or QVGA (320x240) clips at 30 fps, both with audio. Movies are encoded in QuickTime MPEG4 format.
Images and movies captured on the Kodak M853 are transferred to your computer over a USB 2.0 Full Speed connection. Power comes from a custom KLIC-7001 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery, and features in-camera charging via USB cable.
The Kodak EasyShare M853 ships August 2007 at a suggested list price of US$ 179, and is available in white, red, graphite, silver and espresso.