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So I am trying to decide on buying a digital camera, a normal snap and shoot one, nothing professional. I was looking at 3 companies, Sony, Panasonic, and Canon. Although it seems to me (correct me if I am wrong) that Canon lacks in the easy to use snap and shoot digital cameras. So I narrowed it down to Sony and Panasonic.
First, within Sony I took a liking into two models:
The Sony T900 which is for about $320 it has good reviews around, and pretty fancy features and design.
Review: http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-t900/4505-6501_7-33528928.html?tag=mncol;lst
The Sony W290 which is for about $260, some reviews say its better money wise than the T900 but the T900 has superior picture quality.
Review: http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/sony-cyber-shot-t900/4505-6501_7-33528928.html?tag=mncol;lst
As for Panasonic, I researched this:
DMC-ZS3 , It received quite a few awards and its for $400 bucks I believe. I dunno much about it though.
Review: http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/panasonic-lumix-dmc-zs3/4505-6501_7-33543456.html
So I am no expert on Cameras, if anyone is please help. Which do you think I should buy? Or suggest others please :3
 
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if you're just looking for a camera to casually take pics you can probably get a decent one at around 100$. you can get some as low as 50-70 but those are probly shit (idk) I think it just looks like you're looking at some higher end cameras you probly dont need(judging from your post) but again i dont know much about cameras
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The thing is I want a pretty good one, HQ and all but not SLR or professional types, just something pocket size.
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Canon PowerShot SD1100IS is all you need and is way cheaper
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I'm not big into photography but dpreview.com seems like the most reliable place to find reviews on cameras.
http://www.dpreview.com
I'd definitely check the group reviews for the price range you are looking at see what they pick as the best
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I have the powershot SD770IS
good stuff
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United States17042 Posts
On June 27 2009 01:24 floor exercise wrote:I'm not big into photography but dpreview.com seems like the most reliable place to find reviews on cameras. http://www.dpreview.comI'd definitely check the group reviews for the price range you are looking at see what they pick as the best
dpreview is great if you're looking for super technical data. Truth be told, they're all about the same, and many many other factors are going to affect your picture quality and overall camera quality than the sensor and the pure technical quality.
Personally, I own a point and shoot cannon. works well - the SD600.
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A few years back I got the Canon Powershot A540. I'm sure the current ones are a little bit different, but with mine there is no problem with it being difficult to use. You can set it right to 'auto' and not mess with anything.
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i would agree that if you're getting a point and shoot, the canon powershots are really fantastic
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yep if you're getting a point shoot. just buy a canon powershot. those are cheap and really good.. no need to spend 350+ dollars on a point and shoot. might as well save up and invest in a DSLR at that point
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well, I am about to buy a camera, so this is a good thread for me too.
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I heard good things about the Powershot A570 IS.. I might pick one up soon.
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When I saw this in the sidebar, my first thought was that it had something to do with Wheel of Fortune.
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you shouldnt be spending over 300$ for a point and shoot. those things usually only have a narrow shooting range because the lenses are terrible.
i would go for the super zooms or whatever they call them but that's just me.
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MP shouldn't be your priority... if it's around 8 or above it should be good, it's hard to tell the differences the more you go up
i bought mine for around 100, was a pansonic
also cannon has great camera but there r a lot of recorded cases of it breaking due you someone dropping it while it was on and having problems that cannon will not cover under their warranty so buy @ ur own risk.
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You can spend 100$ more and get a DSLR.
Point and shoot should really be kept under 200$ to make them worthwhile.
Personally, I think Canon makes good and cheap (catch deals!) point-n-shoots.
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note: megapixels are a measure of the resolution of the image taken, not of the image quality of the photos taken, that depends on the camera's sensor, and more expensive cameras have better sensors
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where did you hear canon lack in the P&S department? canon and nikon are the big two, so they obviously know what theyre doing
for compact P&S, its pretty much canon and panasonic. dont bother with sony, since they use a different media storage than everyone else. canon has the better image quality, panasonic has more features (often just as good if not better).
things to consider:
- price
- size
- sensor size
(although with P&S, its usually not a factor. just dont buy into the more megapixel = better images hype)
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