You should check out the Panasonic Lumix cameras. They are very nice. All point and shoot cameras have shutter lag, but you can avoid some of that by depressing the shutter halfway and prefocusing the shot. Most of my cameras are Nikons, and if I were looking for a point-and-shoot, I would consider them, the Panasonics, or Canons. Amazon is great, especially since you can return the camera if you use it and don't like it. I purchased my camera equipment from Buydig.com, which has excellent reseller ratings. B&H is also excellent. You have to be very careful with purchasing camera equipment, as many places are disreputable. I would try to stay at 10 megapixels or under. The more you have on a small sensor, the more noise or graininess you will have. The manufacturers are making them with more megapixels because consumers think they are better, and they are just responding to sell more cameras.
I know this is a lot of information, and I can clarify more if you are more specific about what you want in a camera. Most salespeople at many big box retailers give out a lot of information that's inaccurate, and they don't know much about the cameras. I would first determine what I wanted a camera to do, and then I'd read reviews of them. I'd be happy to help if you need it. |