Good compact digital camera with manual control?

[Marcos]

Oh, well in that case just get a canon ixus and use CHDK to get more control over things.

What is CHDK?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

What is CHDK?

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK

[Marcos]

neat

[nibbler]

Have a look at ricoh - full auto control, really nice and compact and - thank god there's at least 1 digital - virtually no shutter lag. Uses a CMOS sensor.

[Marcos]

i dunno, i havent heard enough about Ricoh to trust them, and CMOS sensors...are you sure thats good??

Ive tried out a Panasonic FS7, unfortunately developed a problem so its going back. Im gonna pay the £10 extra to get an FS15

[kalniel]

i dunno, i havent heard enough about Ricoh to trust them, and CMOS sensors...are you sure thats good??

It's neither here nor there. Just by itself it doesn't mean anything - there are bad CMOS sensors and there are good CCD sensors.

Ricoh are a quality make though, at least, used to be in film days. Nothing really carries over though so it's not much use!

[nibbler]

CMOS means less shutter delay on the whole. Which is good. And the Ricoh compacts are brilliant, just check out soem reviews.