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Best P&S under $300?
First off - I hope that I'm in the correct newsgroup for this question: I'm in
the market for a 35mm point and shoot camera. I can't spend much more than $300. Most of my photos are of family, friends, etc - just your regular stuff. I've been using a cheap APS camera the past few years and have gotten really bored with the poor quality of the photos. I've done some research in the internet and an leaning toward the Yashica T3, the Leica C2 and the Rollei Prego. Anyone have any experience with these or other cameras that fit my budget? Thanks in advance for your help. |
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Best P&S under $300?
First off - I hope that I'm in the correct newsgroup for this question: I'm in the market for a 35mm point and shoot camera. I can't spend much more than $300. Most of my photos are of family, friends, etc - just your regular stuff. I've been using a cheap APS camera the past few years and have gotten really bored with the poor quality of the photos. I've done some research in the internet and an leaning toward the Yashica T3, the Leica C2 and the Rollei Prego. Anyone have any experience with these or other cameras that fit my budget? Thanks in advance for your help. I guess you are in the right newsgroup if you got bored with APS, and digital within that budget won't be any better. So yes, you want a good 35mm P&S is quality is a concern. I collect P&S, though i tend to like the ones that allow manual control. I'm not sure if that'd be useful for you, though depth of field is often useful for portraits. But if you're just doing "the regular stuff" of family and friends it sounds like you want one with almost complete automation and built in flash. Consider the following - olympus stylus epic; it well within budget, sharp fast lens (35mm:f2.8), compact clamshell design, weatherproof, very simple to use. I personally prefer it to the Yashica. - Fuji date zoom f2.8. Zoom from 24 to 50. Very fast lens of f2.8 at 24mm in a compact; that lens will include more people than any other compact. Extremely nice features for self-snaps, such as two shutter release buttons, a self-snap mirror, a self-snap led, a timer, and a remote control that comes with the camera; this is the camera especially if you wanna include yourself in the picutre. It won EISA and TIPA awards, only comments i heard were about the build quality in that its vulnerable to scratches, but i found its build quality better than the olympus sylus epic which got scratches on now after only one roll. - rollei prego 30. I own one (i own the above two too) but i haven't used it yet. Small, Popular Photography seem to like it. Hard to find. I bought it just 'cos it was hard to find and thought i'd later think whether i'd want to keep it or not. You may be able to find it on ebay if you're patient. Or you can go digital. I think $300 will get you a 5 megapixel compact. It may be enough for your needs. |
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Best P&S under $300?
Thanks for the suggestions. I will look into them immediately. I want to stay
with film since I'm looking for sharpness and contrast improvement over my lousy APC. Also, I prefer photos over computer downloads and printing to photo paper. Please keep the suggestions coming though. Thanks again! |
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Best P&S under $300?
Richard Cockburn wrote in
. 1.4: Look at the Olympus Stylus Epic under $100, and you can probably find the Rollei AFM 35 for about that price or slightly more. Clarification: I meant that you can find the Rollei AFM 35 for about the high end of your price range ($300) or slightly more, not priced at under $100 like the Olympus. The Olympus does a nice job, but has no manual settings except a spot meter. The Rollei gives you an aperture priority mode which is VERY helpful. -- "Live fast. Die young." (Nikki Sixx) -Richard Cockburn |
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rico - thanks for the reply. i was actually leaning toward the yashica t4
because of what i have been hearing about the lens. do you have any suggestions for a p&s for under $300us? |
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rico - thanks for the reply. i was actually leaning toward the yashica t4 because of what i have been hearing about the lens. do you have any suggestions for a p&s for under $300us? At the risk of intruding uninvited, I don't have a good impression of the lens on a yashica T4 or a T4 super. Eventhough it's a Carl Zeiss lens there are too many reports of it not being that good. This is just one of them http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/dis...s/00000ee8.htm There are many i've encountered. I generally have the impression that the olympus mju-ii is a better choice for a totally automatic P&S. It's smaller, weather proof, and i have seen many pictures taken with a mju-ii (stylus epic) that impressed me. I am yet to see a yashica t4/t5 image that i like. http://www.pbase.com/cameras/yashica/t4 There you go, you can't blame the "photographer" with an automatic P&S. Add to this that due to it's (IMHO) overhyped reputation and discontinued status, and it'll be harder to find at a reasonable price. By reasonable i mean not inflated for what you get out of it. I mean, sure, it's okay if you can find it like new for a $100 (max i would pay for it), but you won't. Same I would say for the Leica P&S Zooms. By that i mean C1, C2 and C3, and also that Zsomething. I am yet to see an image taken with those that i like, they look like totally ordinary P&S results. The leica minilux on the other hand is superb, but it's quite pricey and somewhat heavy. If you want outstanding images at an affordable price, consider a Minox 35 GT-E or GT-S, from eBay. I have both and totally love them. Earlier Minox 35s are reported to suffer from poor electronics, but the GT-E and GT-S seem fine. Check out the gallery in this site... http://www.minoxography.org/ There's one main reason you may worry about purchasing a minox, and that is the "guess-o-matic" focusing. In theory it is intimidating, in reality it's not that much of a problem because it doesn't have to be that accurate and the depth of field especially at 8 and up will cover you. It seems many associate a minox with landscape and candid photography, but portraits are quite possible, and i'd say are very rewarding. There are a few portraits on this site that are quite beautiful. http://www.minoxography.org/gallery/tim/index.html http://www.minoxography.org/gallery/pawel/index.html It's true though that this is more of a photographer's camera, but it's not really that hard to use, and you could quite possible take some portraits that you'll dearly treasure. The aperture control which enables you to decide the depth of field, as someone had already commented, can be VERY helpful for portraits. Come to think of it, if you want to spend your $300, why not get a mju-ii (can be found for $80 new or like new on ebay) and a Minox GT-E or GT-S ($200 could get you one in like new condition from ebay). This way you'd have best of both. Use the mju-ii for spontaneous carefree shots, and use the minox for more considered portraits. |
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