Ideal travel camera...

Please advise on a pocketable cameras with good color, good IQ, and
these features:

1. 28 or wider lens
2. decent telephoto (200+ ?)
3. Aperture priority
4. Image stabilization
5. Fast operation
5. Did I mention pocketable?

I can do without high MP's, high ASA's, video, RAW, etc.

If no such camera exists, which of these features would you consider
most expendable in a travel camera that always has to be to there and
cope with whatever may come?

AKT wrote:
Please advise on a pocketable cameras with good color, good IQ, and
these features:

1. 28 or wider lens
2. decent telephoto (200+ ?)
3. Aperture priority
4. Image stabilization
5. Fast operation
5. Did I mention pocketable?

I can do without high MP's, high ASA's, video, RAW, etc.

If no such camera exists, which of these features would you consider
most expendable in a travel camera that always has to be to there and
cope with whatever may come?

Panasonic TZ3, Ricoh R5 are two examples, but you may give up some manual
control. The Panasonic has better IQ and a 28 - 280mm zoom, but at the
expense of being somewhat bigger and heavier.

http://www.digicamreview.co.uk/ricoh..._r5_review.htm

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz3/

Cheers,
David

David J Taylor wrote:
AKT wrote:
Please advise on a pocketable cameras with good color, good IQ, and
these features:

1. 28 or wider lens
2. decent telephoto (200+ ?)
3. Aperture priority
4. Image stabilization
5. Fast operation
5. Did I mention pocketable?

I can do without high MP's, high ASA's, video, RAW, etc.

If no such camera exists, which of these features would you consider
most expendable in a travel camera that always has to be to there and
cope with whatever may come?

Panasonic TZ3, Ricoh R5 are two examples, but you may give up some
manual control. The Panasonic has better IQ and a 28 - 280mm zoom,
but at the expense of being somewhat bigger and heavier.

http://www.digicamreview.co.uk/ricoh..._r5_review.htm

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz3/

Cheers,
David

The Panasonic has just gone on sale at 7-day shop for a remarkably low price
too.

DP

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:25:39 GMT, AKT wrote:
Please advise on a pocketable cameras with good color, good IQ, and
these features:

1. 28 or wider lens
2. decent telephoto (200+ ?)
3. Aperture priority
4. Image stabilization
5. Fast operation
5. Did I mention pocketable?

I can do without high MP's, high ASA's, video, RAW, etc.

If no such camera exists, which of these features would you consider
most expendable in a travel camera that always has to be to there and
cope with whatever may come?

If you can do without the aperture priority, the Panasonic TZ3 would be
a perfect fit. http://dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz3/

-dms

AKT wrote:
Please advise on a pocketable cameras with good color, good IQ, and
these features:

1. 28 or wider lens
2. decent telephoto (200+ ?)
3. Aperture priority
4. Image stabilization
5. Fast operation
5. Did I mention pocketable?

I can do without high MP's, high ASA's, video, RAW, etc.

If no such camera exists, which of these features would you consider
most expendable in a travel camera that always has to be to there and
cope with whatever may come?

I think the closest you can get to this is the Ricoh R7.

"http://www.adorama.com/IRCR7B.html?searchinfo=ricoh%20r7&item_no=2"