any digital cam is worth to buy?

tweety

'cuz I want to buy a casual, smail d-cam for travel.. I got one .. but it's too big loo..

I don't have that much of money.. maxium.. C$300 included taxes

maanmo

today , you can buy wonderful cameras for $200 - #300

  you already have a camera, too big?

  i dont know how big is too big for you..

as to travel camera, some one posted some opinions on this web page
which i found by googling " samall camera, travel, review "
http://www.hobohookah.com/index.php/2007/09/13/review-top-travel-camera/

i did not have time to read all his thinking but he recommends canon's A series.
  it so happens London drugs  is selling a canon A720 for $240
  this camera has more than  3X optical zoom which i believe is great
  3X optical zoom in many small cams are only good for social photography

read all about this camera at steve's digicam  web review
[email=http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/canon_a720.html]http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/canon_a720.html[/email]

i suggest you personally go to  best buy or future shop or any store where
you can try out the cameras with your own hand and look at all
the small cameras, dont just look, play with it, take pictures , shoot,
ask questions.
then come homw and read the reviews on the web,
steve's digicam reviews are most user friendly

i have never used canon, but canon and sony seem to have  the most advanced
small cameras, and many of them have dropped $50 since september 2007

  may be this drop in prices is due to interesting small model from other
brands,

  the brands i used are fujifilm and  olympus,
and dont forget to try out  the panosonic models.

it so happened  the 24hrs newspaper recommended olympus FE-280


real all about it here
[email=http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/olympus_fe280.html]http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/olympus_fe280.html[/email]

if you have already used a digital camera, you should know what features
in a camera you want,
this olympus FE 280 probably have the minimum of all your requirements
nothing beats  going to the stores and try out and watch the ads for other
models at constantly lowering prices.

just in case you did not bother to visit the webpage
linked to above

with the opinons on what makes a good travel camera
here is a couple of paragraphs
"
Compactness is also key for the traveler. While there are ultra slim cameras on the market, none will use double-A batteries, and most will attract unwanted attention from would be thieves. We can’t stress enough keeping your profile low in especially Latin America and Europe. A nice sleak camera will go for hundreds more than you probably paid for it in these locations, making you an attractive person to heist. The A-Series is compact enough to not take over an inordinate amount of your backage, but discrete enough to keep itself safe from prying hands.

Durability is another key factor. I like to throw my camera anywhere in my bag, and not worry about. The many Elphs that I’ve owned have all have suffered broken screens from this treatment. The A-Series has been dropped, beat to hell, and still ticks and the screen, while scratched, gets the job done to this day.

[ 本帖最後由 maanmo 於 2007-12-9 11:40 編輯 ]

pkphilip

Worth to buy? The ONLY worth buying camera is the DSLR.

P&S cameras are going to get outdated in a few years. They are more like cell phones, they worth when the trends permits.

Canon is my only choice in P&S camera, the A series offer very good value. The new A series with IS is worth a look.

Philip

tweety

thanks for ur informations.. I'll take a look the above website gar na..

oh.. I got canon S40 with 4MP (I spent C$750 for it.. I bought it from hk ages ago)....when d-cam first come out.. it's too big and too heavy for me to carry around

after I bought sony cyber shot 7.2MP 2 yrs ago... .. but it's still too big to carry around..

I tried to find some d-cam that I can hang on my neck.. in case I drop it or lose it when I go for tour..

I prefer:

No camera shake blur, flash washout or difficult settings

At least 3x optical zoom

[ 本帖最後由 tweety 於 2007-12-9 21:46 編輯 ]

pkphilip

Casio, and Sony are known to make small cameras. A few Casio is on sale in Office Depot for $250 ish...

Philip

maanmo

wow,  you say  , you bought a canon s40 for $750.
years ago, then you are an old pro,

you must be looking for a tiny, tiny camera
may be you are dreaming of the kind , i am dreaming about,  the kind i can wear in my nose or my ear,

in any case,
here is one that is probably not what you are looking for., because you are an old pro,
the panasonic lz7

i like this camera, because
its relatively small, it comes with a nice bag
it comes with rechargable batteries

you buy the whole kit for $250  at future shop

many weeks ago, when the weather was still warm
i saw a family bought a big box  containing a
panasonic slim camera with other goodies inside
like chargers and a camera bag,

its probably this one


in any case,this panasonic is for the beginner,
for an old pro, experienced with canon,sony power,
there are probably card sized cameras for you,

nonetheless, for travelling , and i would think wearing a light weight camera
bag is better than something hanging from the neck

forget about DSLR,  you never take a DSLR along, when you travel,
the DSLR takes you along, you are there to serve the DSLR

when you travel or go out with a small camera , its ok if you never take any
pictures, because you are too busy enjoying something else,
if you take a DSLR along, you never enjoy anything else, your day is a failure
if you dont take any pictures.
and what kind of pictures these travelling DSLR got to show ?
probably a garbage can in a Paris back alley...
there are lots DSLR photo opportunities in garbage??

[ 本帖最後由 maanmo 於 2007-12-10 12:33 編輯 ]

tweety

go for helicopter tours in vegas.. I don't want to drop my camera.. so that's why I need to buy a small d-cam that I can hang on my neck.. and not heavy one la

tweety

yeah.. I'm not old pro.....

I'm still young pro..

maanmo

aerial photography ?  wow

  helicopter operation , eh ?

  i think it would be nice if the camera has a long sholder strap, that means
you wear the camera in a bag  next to your waist, the bag itself can be hanging
from your opposite sholder, and it can be also clipped to your waist band
the camera itself also has a long strap, that strap also hangs from the
opposite sholder, so when you pull the camera out of the bag, its still sort of
hanging from the nect and sholder.

  i think for aerial photograpy, a camera with a little wider angle than most
current digital cameras ,
  most cameras have lens zoom that starts at  35mm
there are some recent models that start at 27mm ( equivalent )
more zoom than 3X is also nice     but i dont know how useful that is

actually, i imagine a camera for a helicopter tour need not he small
a compact camera hanging  diagonally
from the shoulder , should be comfortable enough,

it would be nice if you also has a camera bag that  is just strapped to
your waist, then the camera can rest in the bag for added protection and
comfort of movement, when you pull the camera out, its still attached to
your nect and shoulder via a long strap

  if that is possible to carry a camera like that , you probably wont need any
new equipment at all

tweety

but.. no small camera that can take nice picture ??