What brand and type of digital camera would you buy?

Stijloor

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Fellow Covers,

I am in the market for a new digital camera. If you had $300 to invest, what brand and type would you buy? Please share with me your experiences. Oh yes, I've been on practically every possible site. I do value and appreciate my Fellow Covers' opinion. :thanx:

Stijloor.
 
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Fellow Covers,

I am in the market for a new digital camera. If you had $300 to invest, what brand and type would you buy? Please share with me your experiences. Oh yes, I've been on practically every possible site. I do value and appreciate my Fellow Covers' opinion. :thanx:

Stijloor.
I'm going to buy a Canon S3 IS soon, after much research and shopping around.
 
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pldey42

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Fellow Covers,

I am in the market for a new digital camera. If you had $300 to invest, what brand and type would you buy? Please share with me your experiences. Oh yes, I've been on practically every possible site. I do value and appreciate my Fellow Covers' opinion. :thanx:

Stijloor.
A couple of years ago I had a similar decision and went with a Panasonic DMC FZ20K. I'm vey pleased with it. You probably get more megapixels for less money now.

It's somewhere between a compact and a DSLR. The lense doesn't come off but it has a whopping 12 times optical zoom (35 mm camera equivalent is 36 to 432 mm) with optical stabilization, and it's made by Leica so you know it's good. (There's more in the digital zoom but I don't use it because of the reduction in picture quality.)

Also, and one of the main reasons I chose it, this camera has great ergonomics for a keen amateur - manual focus ring on the lense barrel, and digital controls that make it easy to adjust aperture, shutter speed, stop up or down, or bracket.

I was nervous of it at first because it has an LCD viewfinder, but in practice it has not been a problem.

The only slight annoyance is that it takes a proprietary battery, so if it runs low while you're away from power you can't just pop into the nearest shop and reload with AA batteries. But I carry two and that always seems to be enough for my purposes - I get about a hundred high resolution pictures per fully charged battery.

It's the first camera I've owned for several years that I have not wanted to upgrade after a few months. It's staying!

Pat
 
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I bought a Canon Power Shot A75 about a couple of years ago.
Been very satisfied. Good battery life, easy downloading, good photo options (portrait, outdoor, backlight etc.) Plus an Auto option. Also reasonably priced.

Hope that helps

James
 

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I'm going to buy a Canon S3 IS soon, after much research and shopping around.
Don't do it - do NOT get the S3 IS!!!! We have that one here at work and I am extremely disapponted with it after 1 year. The photo quality is very poor - seems to have deteriorated over time. We had it serviced for a spot on the sensor also. The Canon A570 IS is 100% better and less expensive. We just bought that one for the mfg shop at work. The A570 IS is remarkably better than the S3 IS.

If you want, I will send you comparison photos....
 
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Crusader

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Fellow Covers,

I am in the market for a new digital camera. If you had $300 to invest, what brand and type would you buy? Please share with me your experiences. Oh yes, I've been on practically every possible site. I do value and appreciate my Fellow Covers' opinion. :thanx:

Stijloor.
Go to www.dpreview.com. Choose wisely and read the reviews thoroughly. Compare the sample photos carefully also.
 
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Aaron Lupo

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Fellow Covers,

I am in the market for a new digital camera. If you had $300 to invest, what brand and type would you buy? Please share with me your experiences. Oh yes, I've been on practically every possible site. I do value and appreciate my Fellow Covers' opinion. :thanx:

Stijloor.
We bought a new FujiPix S700 (7.1 MP 10X optical zoom) earlier this year and it is fantastic. I think we paid ~$220. The photos we get are unbelievable and at 7.1 MP the print quality is excellent.
 

ScottK

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Oh this is a familiar dilemma.

For $300 you're looking at a point and shoot. If you were willing to spend double that I'd say get a starter DSLR. I got a Canon Rebel XT in April and it's worlds away from point and shoots.

So consider what your priorities are:
size
form
zoom
shutter lag
size of screen
resolution
etc

The last point and shoot I bought was a Sony DSC W55 about a year and a half ago. My top priority was shutter lag (nothing ruins a shot like someone blinking in a 1/2 second between pushing the button and the camera firing) and at the time Sony had the fastest.
It's a fine camera. Small enough to drop into my shirt pocket, decent battery life, does video with sound.
Keep in mind - point and shoots are prone to red eye because of the location of the flash.

Go to a store and handle every single camera in your price range to get the feel. Don't be shy about it.

Also, I can't recommend Adobe Photoshop Elements enough. Great software for minor fixes and cataloging.
 
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Dan Armstrong

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Canon is in the process of updating most of their line.

Canon Press Room

It may pay to wait a month or so if you're looking at Canon cameras. I bought a Canon EOS 30D two months ago. I kind of wish I'd waited for the 40D to show up (Canon supposedly had canceled the project).
 
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