I do agree about actually having the camera in my
hands before buying.
However I am not looking for perfection.......
If the camera was for me I would have more
concerns over things. My girlfriend wants
a camera that doesn't eat batteries and
has at least a believable shutter release.......
When there are serious photos to
be taken that's when I get involved.......
On 10/18/2012 8:24 PM, Jan Faul wrote:
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
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.....
--
Russ
R.E. Baker Photography
www.rebphoto.smugmug.com
Feed a Cat...
Starve a Fever.....
--
Russ
R.E. Baker Photography
www.rebphoto.smugmug.com
Feed a Cat...
Starve a Fever.....
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