OT/MISC Need New Camera....What To Buy?

I've had a couple of Cannon Sure Shot cameras and they were fine, but a little slow on the shutter....mine are shot now and I need a new one, but not too sure what to buy. I mostly use it for selling on E-bay and would like a camera that I don't have to wait long to be able to take another picture...another words a faster shutter. I don't want to spend much more than $250 or so....what can anyone recommend that would fit my needs? Thanks for any and all responses.

If you have a smartphone, you already have an adequate camera. If you want a stand-alone however, I like the Sonys.

Well, to start what's available in the local stores?

The people here on this board can be very helpful! I was in need of a new one just a few years back and asked the same thing you did and I also went into the local stores wrote the name brands that I seen was on the shelfs and within what we could pay for and the member picks was a Canon Power Shot Digital Elph, it's very compact and works great.

Publius said:

Well, to start what's available in the local stores?

The people here on this board can be very helpful! I was in need of a new one just a few years back and asked the same thing you did and I also went into the local stores wrote the name brands that I seen was on the shelfs and within what we could pay for and the member picks was a Canon Power Shot Digital Elph, it's very compact and works great.

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I agree on the Canon Power Shot Elph. Bought one for my daughter and sister-in-law a couple years and still going strong. I use Nikon but dont like the cheaper Nikon Cool Pix.

Whatever you decide on, make sure that you get one with a recharger.
Hope

The shutter speed has little to do with how fast the camera processes the image and is ready for the next shot.

If you are indoors and the camera is using it's flash sybc speed it will not be much different than if you were outdoors using say a sport setting with a shutter of 2500.

I doubt if your main interest is family photos and ebay pics that you want to spend $1500+ on a camera and lens setup.

Most any brand name point and shoot should fill the need for under $300

http://www.dpreview.com/ can give you overviews on nearly every camera on the market with comparisons of features/values/image quality, processing speed and so on.

oh and if those cameras are 'too slow' and all you are shooting is Ebay stuff then it may be as simple as the type of memory card you are using rather than the camera because [[generally]] no one has a real clue as to what a slow camera versus a fast camera is being tha camera read/write speeds tend to be easured in milliseconds to seconds at the slowest and unless you are photographing flying birds and moving race cars to sell on Ebay those speeds don't mean anything.

If you are photographing a vase and it is taking a minute to read/write then be ready for the next shot I'd bet it is a mamory card issue unless the cameras are really old.

The little "point and shoot" cameras are pretty slow. I have a 6MP Nikon SLR that works well for me. It is big, but the larger sensor works *great* in low-light conditions (point-and-clicks have tiny sensors, with tiny pixels), and if there is enough light, if I hold the shutter-release, it takes pictures fast, perhaps 3/second.

To take pictures in rapid succession, though, you need plenty of light. A regular flash probably isn't enough (has to recharge).

Little "point-and-click" cameras are getting faster, but they are still slow. For $250, you probably can't get SLR, but reading reviews will help. This is the one site I always went to for *very* detailed reviews: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews

Many pros get this as their P&S . . .
http://www.kenmorecamera.com/p-11480-canon-powershot-g12.aspx


I have an earlier version of this and love it as my P&S . . .
http://www.kenmorecamera.com/p-16255-canon-powershot-sx150-is-black.aspx

I'm still using a Canon PowerShot A720IS. Must be five years old. 8 megapixel, 6x optical zoom.
That's what I use to shoot all of my youtube videos of bands. It works great for stills too at shows too since it supports manual settings.

Anyway, stick with Canon. They use glass lenses whereas other manufacturers use plastic.

I recently bought a Sony W530. Tt is very compact and takes a fine picture. it will fit in my shirt pocket and I carry it often.

scandiwoman said:

I've had a couple of Cannon Sure Shot cameras and they were fine, but a little slow on the shutter....mine are shot now and I need a new one, but not too sure what to buy. I mostly use it for selling on E-bay and would like a camera that I don't have to wait long to be able to take another picture...another words a faster shutter. I don't want to spend much more than $250 or so....what can anyone recommend that would fit my needs? Thanks for any and all responses.

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Howdy, Folks!

I found this to be a really good article:

http://www.thestreet.com/_nasdaq/st...ess.html?&cm_ven=NASDAQ&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

For me, the one I found the most interesting - from the above:

"Pentax Optio WG-1 Black ($300)
If your shop eats cameras -- and you know who you are -- the Optio is for you. Essentially indestructible, the Optio WG-1 offers remarkable image quality in a camera that quite literally can be dropped, bashed and left out in the rain. I found the built-in image modes to be surprisingly handy -- particularly the microscope mode, which took excellent product studies."

Very cool for throwing into a backpack(or hanging on the side of one to get to quickly) and taking outdoor photos.

My pet peeve about cell phone cameras - I'm not a cell phone person, and I like cameras that take AA batteries.

Missus Shimoda got to be incredibly smug with some of her buddies recently when she was out camping. Someone's fancy-schmancy camera died because its incredibly small, powerful, lithium-ion battery croaked, and the closest place to get a replacement was about 120 miles away. The batteries cost about $50, so she wasn't carrying a spare.

Missus Shimoda had her trusty Canon PowerShot S3 (which takes 4 AAs), and my "throw down" camera, a Kodak EasyShare C330 that a buddy of mine was going to throw away - he gave it to me when I lamented to him I was having trouble finding AA Battery cameras.

[My "good" camera is a Sony Cybershot DSC-P41 that I found in box at GoodWill Computing in Austin, Texas with everything including all documentation for $20. It also takes AAs.]

Missus Shimoda had taken both a solar battery charger, and a plugin car charger for the AA batteries. Long story short - she got to take pictures with her cameras, and the professional photographer with the amazing rig missed out on a week's worth of photos.

Oh, and there was a gas station about 35 miles away that sold AAs, if anyone really needed them.

Moral of the story - the camera that works is the one that will get used.

The other thing I wanted in a camera was an actual, physical optical viewfinder for using outdoors - these are getting harder and harder to find, unless you go old school.

There *is* a camera that meets this criteria that's still being produced: The Canon PowerShot A1200 camera. Last time I checked, it is the only "modern" camera that's still being made that takes AA batteries and has an optical viewfinder.

Looks like these are selling for less than $100 online.


Good luck!

Sat said:

I'd bet it is a mamory card issue

Boobs...?

Dennis Olson said:

Sat said:

I'd bet it is a mamory card issue

Boobs...?

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Grow up dood..........





They are called breasts.

Nikon!!

If you get a Sony, you might want to make sure it can take SD (memory) cards from other makers. Some Sony cameras will only accept Sony SD cards.

krikin said:

Nikon!!

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CANON

I have an old Cannon PowerShot Elph 700IS from way back when, its been through hell and back and still works! good little camera, decent feature set, and at the time it was priced right... i definitely recommend the cannons

Kodak EasyShare Z5120 Camera - Blue for $150 not a bad price and a decent camera. Kinda small if you have big hands but still not a bad little camera.
http://www.seizethedeal.com/products/kodak-easyshare-z5120-camera-blue

had the following:
1997 - 2002 used to have olympus -- [300dpi] had limits on special features unless you used their memory card [smart-card & xd]
-- yes you read that correctly - panoramic and some other features would only work on their memory card!

2002 --> Nikon
5.1M Pixel Point & Shoot -- [300dpi] lasted for a really long time, survived many drops & dings -- the battery door latch failed but duct tape worked just fine
8M Pixel Point & Shoot s630 -- [300dpi] nice camera, for p&s, took great protos until I scratched the lens but good. Still takes okay photos, but not like it used to.

Just bought & will be returning it!
Fuji XP50 14M Pixel -- [72dpi] Takes great photos, but you CAN'T ZOOM IN AFTERWARDS for post photo work. it stores the images at 4x LESS the dot per inch! -- I'd keep it for <$100 but not @ $150+
eta: Manual is useless and can't find anything online about improving the dpi -- tried the menu option and had no effect.
You can't take a group photo then zoom in closer later the pix info is not stored - period end of discussion.

eta2:
Fuji XP50 - Blue

Bought it on the road hoping to replace a scratched Nikon S630. Had really high hopes.

PROs:
- The panoramic mode is okay, but you get 12224 x 880 @ 72dpi
- Like the built-in 110 plug on the charger.
- Decent LCD viewing in SUN

CONs: 72DPI
-PUNY battery, so short life.

-The images are stored in 72dpi, so you CAN'T ZOOM in MUCH after the fact.
Just about every other camera is 300 dpi, meaning 4x deeper zoom resolution.
Even most el-cheapo no-name cameras do 300 dpi.

This an easy choice if all you're looking to do is get a quality e-bay shot. Many of the suggestions are excellent, but more than what you described for your needs, for the money.

Bang for the buck, this will do the job, and as added plus, batteries are available everywhere.

Kodak 14 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom Price: $69.99 on Amazon.



Lightweight, inexpensive for the MP you get and provides quality shots. Here are the specs.

Kodak C1530 Digital Camera

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