Canon's had a deserving advantage a few years ago, but the other companies have caught up in the interim. The fact is, they all pretty much use the same, or nearly the same size sensor, so increasingly the difference in digicams is merely bells and whistles. To pay a premium for a feature you may rarely if ever use makes no sense as the market is over-crowded and there is competition aplenty. For kicks I picked up a Kodak z812 and was very impressed with the quality. As it was "too big" to fit in her purse I then picked up a Lumix TZ4 with a Leica-designed lens. Again the quality was impressive. Anyway, these are all good cameras and you can't go wrong with today's digicams Michael Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:50:18 To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students<photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Canon Sure Shot 890 I know this "a friend of a friend of a friend" sort of deal but.... I have two friends who are avid, avid amateur photogs, they both use the SureShot line and I'm consistently exceptionally impressed with the quality of the images they get from their cameras. I can't tell you the numbers they are using (700, 890, etc) but I can tell you that when I'm in the market for a new point and shoot that will be the line I consider first and foremost. By comparison my little point and shoot is a Lumix something or other and my bigger point and shoot is a Canon G7. Both serve their purposes but I honestly think the SureShots have both of mine beat. Hope this is of some help. Lea On Oct 10, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Marilyn Dalrymple wrote: > I'm not sure if it is becasue I did not have a subject line in my > first message or because no one has had experience with a Canon 890 > Sure Shot, but I thought I'd try one more time. > > I've done some research on the Internet, but am wondering if anyone > on this list has used the Canon Sure Shot 890 IS Elph and if so, if > you would be willing to share your thoughts on the camera. > > Marilyn babies. they're what i do. www.leamurphy.com
