having debated whether to chip on or not... On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Cyril Niklaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 30 nov. 08, at 13:01, LuKreme wrote: > > > On 29-Nov-2008, at 20:46, Cyril Niklaus wrote: > >> You should also be aware of the Sigma DP1 for its sensor size (almost > > > > The Sigma Dp1 is very good, but it's triple the price of the S2000HD > > ($675 v 225) > I wasn't looking at prices, to be honest… I wouldn't either put that > much into a point and shoot. > So I'd second Jared and his suggestion of looking at Panasonic Lumix > series. They have Leica lenses, and are not too expensive (for what > they are). > > The DMC-LX3 is supposed to be quite good, particularly the lens (but > it's rather wide). It's double the S2000HD though, while the DMC-TZ5 > is about the same price, has a zoom but the lens is slower.
If you are looking to spend no more than around 300 bucks, it might be worth ignoring numbers of megapixels and zoom factors and picking a camera that you "like" in terms of looks and feel and the menu structure - especially where the controls that you are likely to need often are buried (ISO, Flash and WB settings ?). At this price level, its going to be a point and shoot in the realest sense and the more advertising features the thing has, the more weaknesses its likely to have. I'd go for a standard-ish zoom like something around the 35 to 105 range - I'm not sure that something that goes down to 24, or 28 is going to work well enough at this price level - but I might be wrong) and I'd pick something from Canon, or Sony (if you don't disklike Memory Sticks) that starts up fast, writes fast (and, or has a decent frame buffer), doesn't have disastrous noise at ISO 400 (which rules Lumix out I suspect) and has good battery life and either an excellent display and/or a useable viewfinder. If you are prepared to spend a bit more money and a bit more time shooting, the favorites become Lumix, Ricoh, Sigma (though I'd wait for the Sigma DP2 rather than blasting on a DP1), perhaps still Canon and (eventually) Nikon. 0.02, Mark. _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
