I’m looking for a small digital camera. I don’t need huge amounts of pixels (2-3 megapixels will do just fine), but I do want something with a nice lens, easy to use, quick shutter release (digital cameras tend to suck in that area, shooting a picture upto a full second after you’ve clicked the button) and solid construction (most digital cameras are made of cheap plastic).
Any recommendations?
The Canon Powershot S200 also gets good reviews, and has a stainless steel body, which should mean it’s not too flimsy.
November 4th, 2003 at 6:18 pm
Have the Powershot, love it. Have dropped it twice from waist high on hard floor and it didn’t break. Feels good in your hand. Have taken over 2500 pictures with it in 10 months. Love being able to plug it into a TV for an instant slideshow. Use the movie recorder a bit too, just wish you could set it up to take longer ones.
Just buy a spare battery, the camera has no ever-present “gas gauge” for battery state, and it doesn’t give you much warning.
November 5th, 2003 at 9:14 pm
Peter,
I’m happy with my small Canon IXUS. It is robust — even survived many of my mountainbike rides –, easy to take anywhere (a real pocket camera) and the pictures are of good quality.
November 5th, 2003 at 9:23 pm
Thanks guys! Next: see what my lady thinks!
November 6th, 2003 at 1:08 am
S200 rocks, but I liked the S120 better: seemed touogher, took slightly better pictures and had a faster response time on the shutter. Too bad it got stolen.
My s200 died in a tropical storm, but canon replaced for no charge, even after sending me an invoice for $190 saying that they needed the money to do the repairs.