quick question - my ma gave me some $ for a digital camera, and i need some intel. my pa thinks canon is the way to go (it's just for point and shoot/light travel purposes), and the only feature he said to insist on was optical image stabilization. do you have anything to add/subtract? lemmeknow, k?
I'll side step the whole sensor size / depth of field trade off as I've covered it the past. Lets just say that don't get alot of contol of DOF in a digtal P&S so if that photographic tool is important to you, don't buy a digital point and shoot.
Moving right along.
Camera Shiznit:
I really recommend the reviews on this site:
www.dpreview.com
Query their database by feature/cost/brand/formfactor etc... Their reviews are very comprehensive... so comprehensive in fact that I'd recommend skipping to the conclusion.
I generally agree with your Pops on Image Stabilization (IS)... be careful there are a lot of cameras that advertise IS but are really just choosing higher shutter speeds and calling it IS, read the fine print.
I don't think Stabilization is that important unless you get a camera with a big zoom range. Out @ 150mm + you need some help holding that lens still. I personally would much rather have the wide end of the zoom than the long. The difference in how an image looks @ 28mm wide vs 38mm wide is HUGE where as the difference between 120mm and 180mm is minor. Also lens quality goes down as zoom range goes up.. what good is a 38-420mm zoom if the images look like shit? 28mm on the wide end is very rare in the compact camera segment because the average consumer doesn't know what the numbers really mean. They think high numbers must be better so they choose the 38-420mm piece of shit lens over the 28-70mm sharp lens. Personally I'd love to have sharp 24-48mm F1.4 (great for low light) in a compact camera. But its never going to happen.
Canon makes the S80 with a 28-110 lens that reviewed pretty well. I'm not sure its still in production. Panasonic also builds wide angle compacts but they apparently have some image quality issues.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons80/page14.asp
Most compact cameras are worthless after about ISO 200. Fuji builds their own sensors and has developed great technology for for better iso performance... so if shooting indoors/low light is important to you you might consider this camera which got a stellar review and has OPTICAL Stabilization:
http://www.dpreview.com/re
Canon is pretty much the 800 lb gorilla in the market, they build great stuff. Check out this camera of theirs:
http://www.dpreview.com/re
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