Please gives me some suggestion~

moon

I am looking around for a camera to buy in boxing day
specs i look for:
* take good picture in the dark,
  non blurry picture indoor (VERY IMPORTANT since i only go out at night)
* price below $500
* having 16:9 better

Secondly, I was quite satisfy while testing this cam
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/canon_s5is.html
experts here, is this a worth to buy camera? any bad side of it?

thanks so much!

WaruiOne

that should be a really nice one, the canon S-series has always been pretty decent. but a bit big if you are thinking of taking pictures while going out drinking or partying at night... at least that's what i think.

maanmo

recently i have been checking out the sony w80

its advertized for sale for $200 at visions and one other place
it was $250 $230  a few months ago

  it has optical image stabilizer and  enhanced iso sensitiviy iso 3200
  you could compare this with the Canon camera you mentioned above
this camera is pocket size , ideal for night life indoors

this review has some specific infor on the sony w80's low light performance
...
My low light shots in the Gallery include a stick shift and auto interior taken at several ISO settings
.....
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/W80/W80A.HTM

       this is not the best low light camera i know, in fact i dont know any,
its just a review for you to compare others camera with
you might think of the w80 as having  the typical  low light capability of recent
camera models

moon

I have already got a Ricoh as a handy dc, so I hope to get a functionality one I won't have hard time shooting in any situation, bulky is okay. but my photog skill is not professional thats why I didn't consider buying a DSLR thinking I am going to wear a big hat.

maanmo

i guess then, from your last post,
you are not a social photography, looking for a sleek cam hiding in your pocket

you want a bulky hobbyist camera,


  then consider the olympus sp 550,
  by boxing day, it should crash through the $300 barrier

  or you can consider the  two other 18x zoom camera's from panasonic and fujifilm
i think the fujifilm is about $400, the panasonic is more expasive

  read up on the reviews of these cameras

  you mentioned about lowlight sensitivity
the fujifilm  FinePix S8000fd
has " ISO settings of up to ISO6400 (at 4MP resolution) " compared with canon s5 is 's iso1600
but after reading the reviews carefully, i would not say they are much better than the canon s5is

since you mainly shoot indoors the 18 x zoom models may not appeal to you
  the only thing not quite satisfactory i feel about the canon s5is is its lens is not as wide angle as
  the three 18 x zoom cameras
s5is lens...
6.0-72.0mm f/2.7-3.5 (35mm film equivalent: 36-432mm)

lerico

Seriously, DSLR is really what you need. A Canon Rebel XT goes for around $500 now, and NO point and shoot camera can beat a DSLR in low light. A Rebel XT isn't much bigger than the S5 IS, and I always use my DSLRs when I am wearing hat.

Oh... and also... DSLR has a much wider wide angle lens, you will find yourself easier to take group pictures in a party or even picture of yourself and a friend.

My Rebel XT is now my compact, party camera, I found myself using it even more than my 30D for random shots

here is a shot with my XT in a very very dark restaurant (Hells Kitchen on 4th Ave), Hand Held, no flash, ISO1600, with 18-55mm lens


[ 本帖最後由 lerico 於 2007-12-19 20:41 編輯 ]

maanmo

NO point and shoot camera can beat a DSLR in low light

i doubt the above statement
2007 models of digital cameras such as the W80
  has low light sensitivity matching older models of DSLRs such as the canon xt

about the need for wide angle lens, the  wide angle lens found in 2007 digital
cameras are adequate, if you want wider angle , you can buy a  lens for DSLR
, but the lens alone , cost twice as much  as one of those 18x optical zoom digital cameras

  in 2007, low light and wide angle photography are doable for a total of $400 or  less

maanmo

back to Canon s5is

the only bad side i can think of for this s5is, is just the zoom range

but compared to the 18x zoom cameras available now, this canon s5is is fast

  how much faster ?
check out the shooting time bar graph in the review below here
comparing  the canon to the big shots from sony, panasonic , fujifilm , olympus
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/fujifilm-finepix-s8000fd/4505-6501_7-32514554.html

look like the s5is is the best to buy for now
for any camera, one must be careful not to spend too much money,
because there are many upgrades coming soon,

here s the coming olympus sp 560


here s the one we might grab only if its price drops further


[ 本帖最後由 maanmo 於 2007-12-20 16:36 編輯 ]

SAZABI

Agree with leico.  No 傻瓜機 can even come close to DSLR when it comes to low light performance.
Even in the DSLR level, the 40D is no match to the 5D for low light performance.  I don't know about the 1D level, b/c I don't have $$ to buy those...
Check the Aaron Kwok thread for some pics I took.  No flash, no tripod, ISO1600/3200

edit: 傻瓜機 with ISO 1600 doesn't mean the picture quality is as good as DSLR ISO 1600....

[ 本帖最後由 SAZABI 於 2007-12-20 16:34 編輯 ]

maanmo

a lot of people get DSLR , and then is seen no more
we need a missing DSLR task force to seen what happened to them