Bought one of these for my 75yr old mother today. $167.
http://www.dphotojournal.com/sony-cybershot-dsc-s730/
She had a old Sony and I have had a very good run with various models
over the years. I looked at the Canons but the Sonys controls were
still a
bit better laid out. I was bearing in mind ease of use over most
things...
The zoom toggle on the Canons I tried was a bit fiddly and the Sony had
a separate "Play" button instead of the slider for Play/Rec/Movie
(that the
older Sonys used to have). The separate button is much better as those
sliders can mean you get a movie instead of a image by mistake (My
mother has done this as well as my young daughter on another camera)
Just something to consider depending on who you are buying one for.
Me, I like lots of buttons and the new DSLR's give you plenty of those !
Have fun
Regards
Mark
On 06/05/2008, at 8:15 PM, Eugene wrote:
Compact digital cameras use converging technologies and the current
crop are quite impressive. Having said that I agree with Stephen,
you really can't go past a canon, they always consistently produce
excellent photos.
I think their lens technology is actually superior to most other
makes.
Regards,
Eugene
On 06/05/2008, at 8:05 PM, Stephen Chape wrote:
Hi Reg,
I have had 2 Cannon's and did not realise how good they are until
my son brought his Fuji Finepix over one night to download his
holiday pics into iPhoto.
He commented about straight away in picture quality.
The shots taken with the Cannon were far better than the Fuji photos.
PS: At that time they were both 3.2MP cameras (so it was apples for
apples .. no pun intended)
On 06/05/2008, at 7:19 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:
Hi All
I'm interested in your ideas on a good quality inexpensive compact
digital camera. I have a lovely Fuji Finepix S5000 which takes
great photos. However I like the idea of sometimes having a pocket
sized camera to take good photos too. Then both Elaine and I would
be armed. Our mobile phones have cameras but they are less than
adequate, quality wise, only good for fun snaps and not serious
photos.
A quick web search shows cameras like the Canon A470 (http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/A470/A470A.HTM
) with " 3.4x optical zoom, a large 2.5-inch LCD monitor, and 7.1-
megapixel CCD". This is advertised at around $130 which looks good.
Are there any out there with Bluetooth? I can't find that function
on any but the Richoh Caplio 500SE, costing more than $1000 @ http://www.shopbot.com.au/p-82051-1692264.html
yet almost all mobile phones now have it.
Any suggestions and experiences would be appreciated.
Regards
Reg
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