£200 Digicam

[shiato storm]

i think the f828 could be a little better, and its 2 years old now, released in 2003...and there's also the canon powershot Pro1 thats pretty good too but i'd wait a bit to see what else is around the corner.

[yamangman]

I have a Canon Powershot A520. I'm loving it. It's 4MP, with good macro, which is what I personally wanted. Regular distance photos look good too, and there are lots of different shooting modes if you fancy getting a bit amateur photographer, otherwise just stick it on auto

You can get it for £160-£200.

Was that on my recommendation?


Yea Canon A520. You'll have money to spare from your £200 and it's a great camera. Check out my Cymru thread for some sample photos if you like mate. Not the greatest pictures in the world, but there you go.

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.p...004#post531004

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=49637

[0iD]

The Canon a520 is on the shortlist. Does it matter that the Canon's only 4mp with 4x optical zoom & the Kodak is 5mp with 10x optical zoom? That is, does it affect the picture quality noticeably?
Also I'm comparing to the Fiji Finepix S550, Minolta Dimage Z3 & Olympus Camedia C765.

oh the decisions

[shiato storm]

if the zoom range is greater you're more likely to lose quality...glass just isn't that good I'm afraid. that said digi-cams (not slrs) often have very good lenses because they are made for just that camera. sony use zeiss - one of the best in the world, panasonic use leica - again renouned for their fantasic quality. I don't know much about others but canon's L series on the slr's is widely regarded as the best in the world...they have L glass on the Powershot Pro 1.
the lens makes omore of an imacpt than the sensor tbh. read around and you'll see who makes the best lenses and then see what there is on offer...

[joshwa]

The Canon a520 is on the shortlist. Does it matter that the Canon's only 4mp with 4x optical zoom & the Kodak is 5mp with 10x optical zoom? That is, does it affect the picture quality noticeably?
Also I'm comparing to the Fiji Finepix S550, Minolta Dimage Z3 & Olympus Camedia C765.

oh the decisions

The Olympus C765 / C770 (great deal on amazon.co.uk at the moment £179) is quite dated now, and I'm very surprised Olympus haven't released an updated version or one with image stabilisation... still a very good camera although lack of image stabilisation on long zooms means you're more likely to need to take a tripod with you (depending on the conditions).

anyway, for 12x optical zoom the Sony H1, Canon S2 IS, and Panasonic Lumix series (FZ3, FZ4, FZ5) are meant to be the best at the moment.

[0iD]

Cheers. lord knows what the wife plans to do with it, but a big zoom seems important to her.

[yamangman]

The Canon a520 is on the shortlist. Does it matter that the Canon's only 4mp with 4x optical zoom & the Kodak is 5mp with 10x optical zoom? That is, does it affect the picture quality noticeably?
Also I'm comparing to the Fiji Finepix S550, Minolta Dimage Z3 & Olympus Camedia C765.

oh the decisions

As far as I'm concerned, next to all of Kodak's digital cameras are sub-par. With a great level of zoom on a £200 digital camera, you are going to lose quality, usually resulting in dull and distorted images. Normally you wouldn't factor digital zoom into consideration, but this is a shot taken with 8x digital zoom on a cannon A520:

http://www.asnn82.dsl.pipex.com/IMG_0487.jpg

Cheers. lord knows what the wife plans to do with it

Make things look bigger

[shiato storm]

Make things look bigger

no, for that you'd need a macro...
but a zoom...surely thats something a bloke would need for...ahem...'bird wathcing'...?

[0iD]

That's it, it's the Canon A520. Job done. Thanks to you all.

Mind u, I have a canon EOS 350D I got myself a month ago still sitting in the box. Just too chuffin busy!! But the mrs has a poor track record with camera's & breakages, so this time she has to buy her own!

[shiato storm]

Mind u, I have a canon EOS 350D I got myself a month ago still sitting in the box.

wha-!

a pox on you!! get flippin' out there and start snapping!! its not ment to live in a box!

[TooNice]

Can the Fuji F10 be found for £200? I know it sells for $300 in the US.
It stands out as it excels with in low light environment thanks to its good flash and support for high ISO (1600). I am sure most cameras at £200 would be capable for regular day to day shot so it is a nice feature.

[shiato storm]

yes I hear the fuji f10 is a very good camera, certainly worth looking into.

[Agent]

That's it, it's the Canon A520. Job done. Thanks to you all.

Mind u, I have a canon EOS 350D I got myself a month ago still sitting in the box. Just too chuffin busy!! But the mrs has a poor track record with camera's & breakages, so this time she has to buy her own!

Sell it to me

Im really considering buying a DSLR now. Lots of time to play around with one.
I have the Canon IXUS 700. Brilliant camera.

[joshwa]

Can the Fuji F10 be found for £200? I know it sells for $300 in the US.
It stands out as it excels with in low light environment thanks to its good flash and support for high ISO (1600). I am sure most cameras at £200 would be capable for regular day to day shot so it is a nice feature.

cheapest I saw was inmac.co.uk at about £220 inc postage. (that's about £6 cheaper than anywhere else at the moment) My brother has it - what doesn't seem to have been mentioned is that the shutter response (on fast mode) is REALLY fast I was surprised by how fast it is, probably better than anything I've seen in compact digicams (and I've seen a lot).

ps - here's a picture of the moon i just took with the Panasonix FZ3 - even with 12x zoom the moon's still small and i stupidly forgot the camera was still on 2mp, instead of 3mp...