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Submitted By: buckypucks
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Need help choosing a new P&S camera
Posted: July 23, 2008 - 8:09am

Hi. I'm new to this forum and looking for some advice on a new P&S. My old A75 has finally bitten the dust. I don't need anything very fancy, as most of my picture-taking just consists of me and my friends out having fun. I will probably be taking a decent amount of low-light pictures. I don't really use manual settings, change apertures, speeds, or anything along those lines. One thing I do want is a camera with good image stabilization, as I do take pictures without a flash quite often. A high number of MPs is not all that important. If there are any other questions you have about my needs, feel free to ask as well.

I've been looking at the following (I want to spend around $200):

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS
Fujifilm FinePix F50fd
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W130
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3K
Olympus Stylus 840

If you have any thoughts, recommendations, etc. I'd love to hear them. Especially about what NOT to buy, if there have been problems with any of these cameras. If you have any other suggestions in the $200 price range, I'd be open to hearing about them as well. Thanks!

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Submitted By: BiGPaPa
Location: Florida
Joined: Aug 21 2008
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Re: Need help choosing a new P&S camera
Posted: August 21, 2008 - 7:38pm

Might I suggest checking out the Samsung Digimax I6. I won one in a contest on another site and it is great and small it will also do video and play MP3's the image quality is great as well. for a point and shoot I like it I normally shoot with my Nikon D40 but when that is not with me I use the Digimax and it does a great job. I believe it's around the price you are looking to pay and it'll fit into your pocket nicely.

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Submitted By: Larry Berman
Location: Pittsburgh
Joined: Mar 7 2005
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Re: Need help choosing a new P&S camera
Posted: August 21, 2008 - 8:45pm

Probably too late. If it were me, I would have made a decision and purchased a camera in the three weeks since this thread was started. But here's my answer anyway.

I like the Canon SD870. I had one converted to infrared and like it's exposure latitude. All previous Canon's I've tried had a tendency to overexposure highlights in sunlight. I've found the Nikon point and shoot cameras to give more accurate exposure. I also like the 870 because of it's wide angle lens. The zoom starts at 28mm which is kind of rare in the current crop of point and shoot cameras.


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Hi. I'm new to this forum and looking for some advice on a new P&S. My old A75 has finally bitten the dust. I don't need anything very fancy, as most of my picture-taking just consists of me and my friends out having fun. I will probably be taking a decent amount of low-light pictures. I don't really use manual settings, change apertures, speeds, or anything along those lines. One thing I do want is a camera with good image stabilization, as I do take pictures without a flash quite often. A high number of MPs is not all that important. If there are any other questions you have about my needs, feel free to ask as well.

I've been looking at the following (I want to spend around $200):

Canon PowerShot SD870 IS
Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS
Fujifilm FinePix F50fd
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W130
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3K
Olympus Stylus 840

If you have any thoughts, recommendations, etc. I'd love to hear them. Especially about what NOT to buy, if there have been problems with any of these cameras. If you have any other suggestions in the $200 price range, I'd be open to hearing about them as well. Thanks!

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