I'm a fan of my Optio Z10 (old stock only available) which has a
"Digital Wide Mode" allowing you to take two overlapping vertically
composed pictures and stitches them together in-camera for a 28mm
equiv. lens. Works very well, and the camera is small, no lens to poke
out (internal optical zoom)(folded light path), and a slide over lens
barrier (also turns the camera on and off) like the old Olympus Pen XA.
"The Optio Z10 is equipped with 7X optical zoom lens, the highest
magnification among current PENTAX compact digital camera models,
built in a small and lightweight body of easy mobility. In addition,
the Optio Z10 has a high resolution of 8.0 effective megapixels, and
features shake reduction that allows stress-free telephoto
photography, and face recognition with high-speed detection time. In
all, the Optio Z10 is a model that everyone can easily enjoy
photography with high magnification and high image quality."
A Google search shows that it is readily available for under $100 from
Buy.com, BuyDig.com and TriState Camera, though you can still pay
original list price of $219.99 at Office Depot.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Thibouille <[email protected]>
wrote:
SR should be a nice bonus.
The thing is for my mother, not for me. Screen is obviously more
important than any kind of OVF or EVF =)
I saw the Lumix FX37 but it seems European Service fr Panasonic is as
good as it was non-existent (according to my trusted usual dealer).
Pentax has P70 which seems alright (and has 28mm WA).
Any other suggestions?
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