Comments | kryscat: cameras

kryscat

cameras

Nov 18, 2006 01:21

So, our digital camera has been eating batteries at an absurd rate, which means that when I pull it out to try to take a picture of the little one, I'm likely to be thwarted. My plan is to put "digital camera" on the xmas list for the folks to purchase, but I need to tell them *exactly* what to get, or we'll end up with something huge & unwieldy ( Read more... )

question, phaedra

Comments 8

surpheon November 18 2006, 16:44:10 UTC

No personal experience with it, but I've been smitten with the Canon 700is. The review sounds pretty good, but I'm a sucker for optical image stabilization (blurry no-flash indoor pics are the bane of my existence). I'd rather a sharp 6 MP picture than a dim blurry 10 MP... Prices are down to around $300 for it.

As a sidenote, the Steve's-Digicams site in the previous link has a lot of review info, and while every camera pretty much gets a good review (otherwise he probably wouldn't get cameras to review!), he's good about including the facts like shutter lag and features.

agntprovocateur November 18 2006, 16:48:24 UTC

i also have a canon SD 400. i love it except for the short range zoom and a few other things, which incidentally, mostly in more expensive models. so it was either pay more and get more or be happy with that i have. so far, happy wins.

btw go here:

http://www.dpreview.com/

you can review cameras side by side. it was an invaluable source of information!

my sister upgraded to a $800+ model (i can find out which), i.e. a faster camera because her kids would move too fast for her to take a decent photo. :)