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A call for help to the camera geeks out there.

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Since I went digital have had my trusty Cannon Powershot S30 camera, and it has served me well.   It has worked flawlessly for the past four years and takes a great photo.   However at this stage, it is starting to date compared to all the other models out there.  Battery life on the unit is now really bad and lotusphere is coming up and I don't want to be humbled by gadgetry this year.  I enjoy photography and am looking for a good model.  I was considering going digital SLR, but aside from cost, they are just a bit bulky for me.    I will most likely swing to a small unit (easily fits in shirt pocket), with good features and quality.  Has anyone made a purchase like this recently or have suggestions on what to buy/not to buy?

Posted by Paul Mooney On 04/01/2006 | Digg This |

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1 - hi

I just bought myself a Panasonic as well - the LX1.

http://www.produkte.panasonic.de/product/product.asp?sStr=3@-@10@22@@@@@@@DMC-LX1EG-K@Lumix-Digitalkameras@&altMod=N&upper=&prop=

sorry that the link is in german

Love the camera - I had a Canon S45 powershoot which was also good but this one is MILES ahead. Basically everything is the same as the FX8 but with a better lens (I think so at least) and it is 8 MPixel in 16:9 mode.

Ursus

Posted by ursus At 15:09:24 On 05/01/2006 | - Website - |


2 - Paul,

A friend of mine bought a Nikon S1 at Christmas and it is a very nice camera with a large viewfinder and easily fits into a shirt pocket.

I have an Olympus 8080 which takes great pics but is a bit clunky.

Have a look here for reviews http://www.dpreview.com and here to buy online http://www.pixmania.com

Cheers,
Val.

Posted by Val At 10:22:50 On 05/01/2006 | - Website - |


3 - Warren & I have Casio Exilim EX-Z55 s. Great little camera that lives in my handbag all the time (one of my criteria) and easily slips into a pocket for on-the-spot travel. Battery is good for a day and it takes SD cards. It has a load of 'best shot' settings which have filters and things all pre-set - great for sunsets, nature shots etc. All our honeymoon photos are taken on it as are the wedding photos which Morgan took. (You can check all those out on warren's blog in the photo albums bit). Only little downside is that it doesn't take very ood shots if the room is really dark.

See you soon!

Posted by Kitty & Warren At 05:35:18 On 05/01/2006 | - Website - |


4 - Ben Rose, Kathleen McGivney, and I have all recently bought Panasonic Lumix cameras.
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelDetail?displayTab=O&storeId=15001&catalogId=13401&itemId=94144&catGroupId=24999&modelNo=DMC-FX9K&surfModel=DMC-FX9K&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702
It has a cool image stabilizer, a huge display, a great Leica lens, and it comes in a slick black case. Ben's version is a little newer and seems to have better battery life, though I would still carry two at all times.

Posted by Ed Brill At 19:55:26 On 04/01/2006 | - Website - |


5 - As Ed said, the Panasonic FX-8 is a great camera and I like it a lot. http://www.pbase.com/jaffacake is my album which will give you an idea, although most of the pics on there are re-compressed.

Sony do a nice 6MP cybershot which is very small, but suffers for battery life as a result. It also demands proprietary memort sticks which aren't so flexible or as cheap as SD cards and the like.

My Panasonic battery is good for 300 pics, but a spare battery and 1GB memory card cost me £50 together. Bargain.

This is a great review site featuring the older FX-7 model. Lots of other cameras featured on there too.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/fx7.html

Posted by Ben rose At 11:36:13 On 05/01/2006 | - Website - |