New Camera, Dream - Page 3

busterb · 10-16-2006, 02:34 PM

Thanks Krage. My sis got all my film camera lenses years ago. Hope this is last money I spend on cameras.

10-16-2006, 02:43 PM

AAAAaaaaahhhhhhaaaahaaaaHHHAAAAAhhhaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

SteveDallas · 10-16-2006, 03:16 PM

So much for the toy Nikons like the one I have.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-16-2006, 04:27 PM

That's a toy, Steve....check out the first two posts here; http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=3511&page=163

richlevy · 10-29-2006, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

So much for the toy Nikons like the one I have.

$4800

I just broke down and bought a Canon 540 to replace my missing Canon A10, as well as upgrade from 3.1 to 6 MP in a compact camera.

Pluses: Low price (under $200). I bought a tabletop tripod and camera case to put myself over $199 and get %10 back as a gift card. Smaller in size than my A10, but with familiar shape and buttons. This will mean a smaller learning curve for Marci and me.

Minuses: For about the same price I could have gotten a Panasonic Lumix LZ5 with anti-shake and a 6x zoom.

What decided me against the Lumix were the CNet ratings, with the A540 tagged at 7.6 and the Lumix 6.6. I was concerned about low light performance and I was counting on the Lumix anti-shake, but the review specifically downgraded the Lumix low light performance. I'm still not sure if I wrote the Lumix off too soon, but so far I like the new Canon as much as I liked the old one. Short of finding and borrowing an LZ5 from someone, there really is no way to try one out to make the comparison on my own.

Bullitt · 10-29-2006, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richlevy

$4800

I just broke down and bought a Canon 540 to replace my missing Canon A10, as well as upgrade from 3.1 to 6 MP in a compact camera.

Pluses: Low price (under $200). I bought a tabletop tripod and camera case to put myself over $199 and get %10 back as a gift card. Smaller in size than my A10, but with familiar shape and buttons. This will mean a smaller learning curve for Marci and me.

Minuses: For about the same price I could have gotten a Panasonic Lumix LZ5 with anti-shake and a 6x zoom.

What decided me against the Lumix were the CNet ratings, with the A540 tagged at 7.6 and the Lumix 6.6. I was concerned about low light performance and I was counting on the Lumix anti-shake, but the review specifically downgraded the Lumix low light performance. I'm still not sure if I wrote the Lumix off too soon, but so far I like the new Canon as much as I liked the old one. Short of finding and borrowing an LZ5 from someone, there really is no way to try one out to make the comparison on my own.

CNET is not exactly the best reviewer of cameras towards the upper range.. You should stick to DPreview or Steve's DigiCams for the best information and most thorough testing and comparison.

richlevy · 10-29-2006, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bullitt

CNET is not exactly the best reviewer of cameras towards the upper range.. You should stick to DPreview or Steve's DigiCams for the best information and most thorough testing and comparison.

Well, DPReview user's gave the Lumix a slightly higher rating, but with only 4 samples compared to 16 samples for the Canon. There was no expert review.

Steve's Digicams gave the Canon a good review, but the Lumix a 'qualified good' review mentioning image quality. It also pointed out that the Lumix had no speaker for audio playback, something that I use when shooting short videos.

I really would have liked the 6x and image stabilization, but in the end I went with something I knew I would be happy with rather than taking a chance.

richlevy · 11-02-2006, 09:59 PM

OK, this is funny. Marci just found my Canon A10 today. It's been missing for over two months and she finds it 4 days after I bought a replacement.

I am not taking back the Canon A540, unless it's to replace it for the Panasonic.

breakingnews · 10-24-2006, 01:39 AM

Don't forget about cropped image sensors in most of the consumer-end dSLRs.

zippyt · 11-02-2006, 10:32 PM

OK, this is funny. Marci just found my Canon A10 today.

Funny as in HA HA funny ??!!??
Do I make you laugh ???!!??

Undertoad · 11-17-2006, 10:48 PM

The Lumix comes with its own custom Li-ion battery pack which is slightly more compact than 2 AAs. That is a shame, but the camera itself is less power-hungry than the 950, which I also had. This seems to take twice as much usage to run out of juice on one battery session. The 950 just ate batteries and ate and ate... especially on constant auto-focus.

glatt · 01-30-2007, 02:07 PM

My wife just had a birthday on Sunday. She didn't say she wanted a camera, but I thought it would be good for her to have a little one she could keep in her purse to pull out and take snapshots of the kids etc. I looked around for a while and finally settled on the Fujifilm Finepix F20. I'm really impressed with it.

It's a pretty standard point and shoot with a 3x zoom and 6MP. It's almost exactly the same size as a deck of cards, so it's pretty small. The two things that make it really stand out is that it's about half the price of a similar Nikon or Canon, and it has a better sensor. It was only $148 from ButterflyPhoto through Amazon. The sensor is nice. Fujifilm has figured out how to crank up the sensitivity of its sensors (ISO 2000) without having a ton of noise ruin the shot. This allows you to take pictures inside in relatively low light situations without a flash, and there is very little noise at all. This camera is not reviewed at DPReview.com, but its bigger brother, the F30 is. They share the same sensor, so a review for the F30 applies to the F20 in almost all ways. (Only major difference is the higher available shutter speed of the F30 and the software cranks the sensitivity of the F30 up even more.)

Anyway, if you are looking for a simple to use point and shoot camera that fits in your pocket or purse and delivers a great image for a low price, you should look seriously at this one.

Only complaint is that it uses a different kind of memory card, the XD card, so if you have a bunch of SD cards and card readers floating around, you can't use them.

10-16-2006, 02:34 PM	#1
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10-16-2006, 04:27 PM	#4
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11-02-2006, 09:59 PM	#8
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	OK, this is funny. Marci just found my Canon A10 today. It's been missing for over two months and she finds it 4 days after I bought a replacement. I am not taking back the Canon A540, unless it's to replace it for the Panasonic. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

10-24-2006, 01:39 AM	#9
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	Don't forget about cropped image sensors in most of the consumer-end dSLRs. __________________ Gone crazy, be back never.

11-02-2006, 10:32 PM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	OK, this is funny. Marci just found my Canon A10 today. Funny as in HA HA funny ??!!?? Do I make you laugh ???!!?? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-16-2006, 02:43 PM	#2
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	AAAAaaaaahhhhhhaaaahaaaaHHHAAAAAhhhaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

10-16-2006, 03:16 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	So much for the toy Nikons like the one I have.

11-17-2006, 10:48 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The Lumix comes with its own custom Li-ion battery pack which is slightly more compact than 2 AAs. That is a shame, but the camera itself is less power-hungry than the 950, which I also had. This seems to take twice as much usage to run out of juice on one battery session. The 950 just ate batteries and ate and ate... especially on constant auto-focus.

01-30-2007, 02:07 PM	#12
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My wife just had a birthday on Sunday. She didn't say she wanted a camera, but I thought it would be good for her to have a little one she could keep in her purse to pull out and take snapshots of the kids etc. I looked around for a while and finally settled on the Fujifilm Finepix F20. I'm really impressed with it. It's a pretty standard point and shoot with a 3x zoom and 6MP. It's almost exactly the same size as a deck of cards, so it's pretty small. The two things that make it really stand out is that it's about half the price of a similar Nikon or Canon, and it has a better sensor. It was only $148 from ButterflyPhoto through Amazon. The sensor is nice. Fujifilm has figured out how to crank up the sensitivity of its sensors (ISO 2000) without having a ton of noise ruin the shot. This allows you to take pictures inside in relatively low light situations without a flash, and there is very little noise at all. This camera is not reviewed at DPReview.com, but its bigger brother, the F30 is. They share the same sensor, so a review for the F30 applies to the F20 in almost all ways. (Only major difference is the higher available shutter speed of the F30 and the software cranks the sensitivity of the F30 up even more.) Anyway, if you are looking for a simple to use point and shoot camera that fits in your pocket or purse and delivers a great image for a low price, you should look seriously at this one. Only complaint is that it uses a different kind of memory card, the XD card, so if you have a bunch of SD cards and card readers floating around, you can't use them.

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