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Does anyone know of a decent compact camera with decent picture quality and most importantly, fast in taking snaps. The problem I have is we are use to the instantaneous nature of the DSLR and like something similar for ad-hoc picture taking.
We have an old camera which has delays of about a second or so between pressing the button and taking the image. Popped into Jessops and the gentleman suggested the Canon Ixus 60. Anyone with other recs for me to research into?
Think they are all pretty rubbish TBH, certainly compared to a proper SLR.
I vaguely remember a newspaper review of the Sony W30 that costs about £140 and pushes all the compact camera buttons, so to speak. For £140, can't really go wrong I suppose.
Actually just seen amazon have it for £127!
I have an old sony DSC-P8 and the main reason(s) it is slow is because it takes time to auto-focus and to decide whether or not to turn on the flash etc. If I set it's focal distance (e.g. 1m at parties) and tell it to use the flash every time then it takes the shots (I use a low-level of the flash to avoid whiting out the subjects mostly, depending on the light level) almost instantly. It's all a case of working out a way around the limitations.
Have a look at some of the Canon ones . I use a xsus 500 and it is very good quality . It all depends how much your budget is , anything around 5 or 6 mega-pixals , if it is a good brand will give good results.
Budgetry constraints around 200. But if there is a very good one for 300 then I go for it. Main thing is something close in speed to a DSLR - not expecting DSLR quick but not slow such that the subject/view/image composition deciedes to move before the picture is taken.
How about this £136 from PCworld. It has prety good reviews.
http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/digital/ca...x.php?&flash=9
Yo I'm asking about that vs the 6500fd (next one up) in another thread. I think that if the extra £90 isn't a problem the 6500 is the one to go for, cos of the twisty manual zoom making iit feel like a proper grown-up camera.Quote:
Originally Posted by redlight
I agree the 6500. I was thinking of his budget.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPreston
I have the Ricoh Caplio R5 and it's a great camera when you consider it's 1/2 the price of an SLR without the need for extra lenses etc
Still £200ish tho
I love my sony T-7!
I really really am just smitten with it.
Its great. Ultra small, good battery life, very swift on to take the picture (i think warm up time is 1.6seconds, who cares, it takes longer to focus than anything else!)
Really couldn't recomend it enough, can send u some clubbing photos, pubbing photos, macro photos, or anything.
Its been superseeded by the t-10, which is bigger but has better performance in low light (apparently).
I would recomend the t-7, even thou its old, it really is worth all the hype it got.
I can comment on the Canon Ixus800IS. Now available for £200.
Small, big monitor, near instant start up, good lens and Image Stabalisation - which is great for handheld shots either low light or at full tele.
I've had it for about 9 months and it gets good use alongside my Nikon D80.
Thanks for all the feedback - will be googling and reading as many reviews of these as I can.
The Fuji F20 or F30 (F31, F40) Range is very good for the price (From around £120 for the F20) and is very fast, with a "high-speed" mode that you can switch on as well - on the F10/11/30/31 definitely, (not checked the others in person) - I have recommended these to people in the past who have wanted a fast digital camera. The only downside is that whilst focusing and taking the photo is fast, write times can be a bit slow on the highest resolution, slowing down shot to shot time slightly.