Comments on: Digital Camera Shopping

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:04:49 +0000

Thanks Curtis.

Actually, I haven’t purchased a replacement yet. I am still waiting on Office Max to send me my reimbursement stuff.

At the rate they are moving, it could be January before I get a new camera!

By: curtis

curtis — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:58:49 +0000

Of course you’ve probably already made your purchase, but I want to put in my 2c for the S2 IS purchase. I’ve used a Canon S1 IS for 2-1/2 years and love it. The S2 has the 12x optical zoom (mine has 10x + 3.2x digital zoom) and a higher megapixel that the S1 (mine’s a 3.2 which is plenty large for my uses). The size is plenty small, though I had to buy a $16 hip-pack which slips onto my belt because this camera ain’t gonna fit in your pocket (well, a ski jacket perhaps). BTW, Office Depot is running a 15% rebate offer (ends 12/10) for the S2. Also, there are buy-it-now prices of $260 for the S1 model. Good luck!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:37:55 +0000

Yeah, I have been reading through the reviews on dpreview.com.

I was happy with my Canon A75. I am going to be looking at one of the Exilim’s tonight when a friend comes over to visit, so I will see what I think of it.

I have just about ruled out anything that can’t fit in my pocket. I have an old Pentax 35mm SLR with a nice set of lenses I can use for anything fancy.

My wife’s great aunt had one of the Sony Cybershot cameras over Thanksgiving and it seemed nice, but the flash was pretty weak on it, so I know I won’t be looking at Sony.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:29:44 +0000

My sister has the Powershot SD400. It takes pretty good pics and its small enough to carry around in your pocket. For some reason, I’m just not a huge fan of the Canons.

I had a Sony DSC-T1 for about a year and a half, then the LCD screen went out this summer so I sold it on eBay for half what I paid for it. I really never liked to pictures the Sony took and I would definitely never buy another Sony camera.

Since I no longer have a camera, I’m in the market as well. I’ll only buy an ultra-compact because I would never take a bigger camera with me anywhere.

I have several friends with different model Casio cameras from the Exilim line. They take good pictures, have big ass screens, and are very user friendly.

The Panasonic DMC-FX9 seems like a nice camera too.

Check out dpreview.com and also this post:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000023065431/

Oh, and GO COLTS!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:48:50 +0000

Thanks for the link Jeff. I am leaning more towards the SD400 anyway. I have an old Pentax K1000 (old school manual) that I can use if I really want to shoot more than just snapshot pics.

Go Steelers!

By: Jeff Croft

Jeff Croft — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:24:21 +0000

I had almost the exact same dilemma a while back. You might want to read my thoughts and what I ultimately decided here:

http://jeffcroft.com/blog/archives/2005/08/new_camera_cano.php

The bottom line is there’s just no way to get the portability of the ultra-compacts with the long-zoom of the SLRs and prosumer models (such as your S2 IS). It sucks, but that’s just the way it is.