Camera Recommendations, anyone?

[shirlblack]

[QUOTE= The other is a kodak easy share only 4 mega pixels but its fab! Great pics and really easy to use! I don't how much it would be in US but here in UK they're about £50.00 new approx $100.00!!![/QUOTE]


I've had the kodak easy share 4.0 for almost 5 years now and it is a very good camera. The down side to the newer cameras without a view-finder is that in bright sun you can't see what you're shooting. So I guess I'll use the kodak on sunny days and the coolpix for all else.

[morningsting]

Originally Posted by RowdysMom

I'm sure you are right, but you see, this camera is far too expensive for my budget, it does way more than I really need it to do, it is more complicated than I am comfortable with (I'm NOT in school for photography), it uses lithium rechargeable batteries, and it does not have the zoom power that I need. Thus, even though it is the perfect camera for you, it is not the perfect camera for me and it is a bit disconcerting for you to say it is far better than any Fujifilm point and shoot. I actually don't have a Fujifilm point and shoot, but if I did and I liked it, I might take offense at your statement. Of course it is better because it costs much much more and has more quality features.

Lots of people use cameras for lots of different purposes and have lots of different budgets. I think that was the point of this thread, to help the OP make the decision about the camera that works best for her. At least that is the way it started out.

I'm sorry I offended you! I was just merely stating that I love my digital SLR. My point&shoot Fujifilm IS a great camera, but I just get so much better pictures with my Canon SLR. I'm really sorry. Anyways, if the OP is still looking for a great point&shoot, I would recommend any camera by Fujifilm. In my opinion they have the best retainment (is that a word, lol?) of colors, especially greens&blues. I've had beautiful pictures come out of my Fujifilm point&shoot. It's really easy to use, the instruction manual is really straightforward&it has a lot of nifty features, such as taking pictures at nighttime It's a FinePix E900&I believe it cost me around 250$. Great price for a great quality camera! Again, I did not mean to offend you ... Sometimes I guess I just want everyone to have the camera that I have because how could they not love it like I do? I realize that everyone is different, so next time I'll just keep my big mouth shut, lol.

-Amy

[sheilajom]

I'm not quite sure how someone got offended by someone's recommendations for a camera, I mean come on you can't be sensitive about a camera! This explains why some of the threads get way out of hand, I think people need to not take things so personally.

[crystalsmom]

I really like Canon and their 'sure shot' models are great.

My son got a new one yesterday and his has quite a zoom lenses. This morning I got a pic he took of the moon that is unbelievable.

QVC has a one time only today $299 for $199 that looks nice.

Edit: sorry I didn't read the posts above mine.

[Britster]

I think I'm going to buy a Canon soon! I know a few people who have the smaller Canon powershots and they always have taken amazing pictures!

Anyone have experience with this camera?
Steves Digicams - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS - Hands on Review

[Hansch99]

Originally Posted by Britster

I think I'm going to buy a Canon soon! I know a few people who have the smaller Canon powershots and they always have taken amazing pictures!

Anyone have experience with this camera?
Steves Digicams - Canon PowerShot SX10 IS - Hands on Review

That's an impressive new camera. Especially its HD movies are impressive.

But from purely a picture-taking perspective, I personally would get either a Digital SLR or a more compact point & shoot than that "super zoom."

The super zooms are getting better, but there's still a significant performance lag behind a DSLR in terms of image quality and creative options. They do all things reasonably well in one convenient, easy-to-carry package; but they seldom excel at any one thing (biggest exception: their video capabilities are better). Plus, they're about the size of a DSLR, so they're not particularly convenient to haul around relative to their picture quality.

Don't get me wrong, they're great for some things. With it's good image quality for its class and great zoom range, It'd be a great camera to take pictures of the family at Disneyworld or of an outdoor wedding. But once the wedding moves indoors to the reception, you'd find where these superzooms really show their faults. Their small sensors produce grainy images at high ISOs, so you'll have to use a flash indoors. You don't have to do that with a DSLR, which has lens options that can make your camera seem to "see in the dark."

Plus, for fast-moving animals like Yorkies, DSLRs will have much quicker autofocus and frame-per-second fire rates.

IMO, the better non-DSLR is something like the Canon A Series:
PowerShot A2000 IS Digital Camera
It's smaller, less expensive, and takes just as good quality of pictures as a super zoom in the vast majority of shooting situations. The only thing it lacks is the truly long telephoto reach, and a hot shoe for attaching an external flash.

[xxmxaxrxyxx]

i would recommend any of the canon powershot xxx IS....price well and due to the IS lense it will take pictures in low to no light rooms...so you won't ever miss a shot...

[michsmith1973]

I have the canon powershot sd1000 as a point and shoot camera and for that aspect I love it. its easy to use, very compact and takes fairly decent pictures. Now when I say that it takes fairly decent pictures I am of course comparing it to my Minolta DSLR which is much larger, alot less compact but much better at taking sometimes almost professional like photographs. Of course your DSLR's are going to be much more expensive than your point and shoots....so if you are in a budget of $200 or less...my recomendation would definately be the powershots from Canon. You can get some really brilliant outdoor pics with this camera...and as far as indoor shots...its just something you have to play with. I usually take the majority of my indoor pics with my DSLR just because it takes much better pics indoors.

I would definately say research your cameras.....make sure what you are looking for is included on the camera that you get. I know in my last point and shoot camera that i wanted the fireworks mode and I also wanted a camera that I could take pics from with the LCD sreen instead of having to look through the tiny viewfinder. I got b oth of those features in the SD1000 model. Also be very aware of the type of batteriels a camera takes. I've found that cameras that take a normal double A battery tend to eat those up like candy. I will never buy another camera that doesn't have a recharagable battery. last but not least try cameras out in your hands....as one member said earlier....sometimes cameras just dont feel right in your hands and the buttons may feel off skewed when holding the camera in place to take a photo which can be distracting.

I actually splurged today on a new DSLR....got the Canon XTI and I cannot wait to get it....I needed an upgrade on my original DSLR that I've had for about 4yrs and I had a coupon that expired on the 22nd to use on it....so I took the plunge.

Good luck with your new camera purchase and definately let us know what you decide to go with.