This isn’t exactly a recommendation, but if you want perfection in a pocket camera, you need o spend mo’ money as well as doing some serious research at stores where you can see the cameras with your hands. Lag time is a given with cheap stuff and the only camera I know which has little to no lag is not cheap at about $500. The only camera I can recommend out of the many I have owned is the Canon G12. The images are excellent and there is IS. AMazon has it for about $500 including shipping. If one is traveling it is always wise to take along an extra battery or two. A friend of mine went to Africa for almost a month with no possibility of ever plugging it in to recharge and took 4 64GB SD cards and 10 cheaper 32GB SD cards along with ten batteries not from Canon but an alternate supplier.
Gordon said he spent one night in a hotel in Botswana and rather than go out to dinner, had dinner in the hotel so he could recharge his 8 flat batteries. He said he put the charger at the front desk and paid the guy $20 to run them through the night. While that was going on, he was dumping the contests of his SD cards into two 1TB drives. The worst problem was that he also took a Nikon D3X and it locked up from the heat. He shot his assignments on the G12.
Jan
On Oct 18, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Russ wrote:
I looked at the reviews and such for the A1300IS and
it looks good.
My main concern is there a long shutter lag
and how do the batteries hold up?
On 10/18/2012 6:43 PM, Don Roberts
wrote:
I bought my wife a Canon Powershot
A1300 because it has an optical viewfinder in a very small
package. It does everything every other P&S does and
provides very good jpegs. We both find that too often an LCD is
unusable for critical framing and focus in bright light and want
the viewfinder. We are both pleased with it as a travel camera
or a carry around camera.
Don
On 10/18/12 4:39 PM, Christopher Strevens wrote:
I have a Fuji AX 500 that set me back $100. It
is very good and point and shoot with zoom... and automatic
scene recognition, autofocus and face detection. It takes SD
cards and also has cine capability. Remember, your sweetie is
clever and will soon master the menu..
Dr Chris
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:04:19 -0400
From: rebphoto@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: P&S Suggestions
To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks
I am not looking for a "Brand" recommendation
but a suggestion for an actual model that someone
has experience with........
On 10/18/2012 3:54 PM, Pablo
Coronel wrote:
There
is a pentax tgat you can take underwater and us shock
proof
If tgat is too much a nikon is slways good
On Thursday, October 18, 2012, Russ wrote:
Hey Gang........
I'm looking to get my Sweetie a Point & Shoot
for Xmas.
I have never spent much time looking at them.
A few years ago I got her a Samsung of some sort
and she likes it except for the incredible lag
from
when you press the shutter release and when it
actually fires
and it eats batteries!
I am looking at spending around $300 (street not
MSRP)
Any suggestions?
Compact and easy is the key word here.......
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Russ
R.E. Baker Photography
www.rebphoto.smugmug.com
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Russ
R.E. Baker Photography
www.rebphoto.smugmug.com
Feed a Cat...
Starve a Fever.....
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Russ
R.E. Baker Photography
www.rebphoto.smugmug.com
Feed a Cat...
Starve a Fever.....
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