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Best P&S under $300?
Thanks for all of the replies. The Olympus Stylus Epic is beginning to sound
like the way to go. Inexpensive, and from what I'm hearing, awesome sharpness - which is what I'm looking for since I've been using a 7 year old APS camera that takes the lousiest photos. I would like a zoom but I probably don't need one. Does anyone know if any of the popular photo mags have done any comparisons in recent months? Thanks again! |
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Best P&S under $300?
Thanks for all of the replies. The Olympus Stylus Epic is beginning to sound
like the way to go. Inexpensive, and from what I'm hearing, awesome sharpness - which is what I'm looking for since I've been using a 7 year old APS camera that takes the lousiest photos. I would like a zoom but I probably don't need one. Does anyone know if any of the popular photo mags have done any comparisons in recent months? Thanks again! wide zoom or telephoto? There's a recent thread about high end compacts, see that, it'll have a few links... http://tinyurl.com/ypvzs http://fulminis-ictus.chez.tiscali.f...t-Cameras.html http://www.geocities.com/jpmccormac/pscam.html |
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Best P&S under $300?
Olympus Stylus Infinity or Olympus Stylus Epic. Both $80 at most
photostores like bhphotovideo.com, does a very good to excellent job in terms of sharpness and great prints, and sell very, very well. (both marketed for well over five years and running) Waterproof makes them even nicer vs. other cameras, and the slide-open cover makes them simple to use. --- Pentax 24EW. ~$220. Nice if you want a zoom P&S that can actually capture wide-landscapes and travel with the 24mm wide end (no other long-zoom has such). --- Other reviews of many more P&S cameras at http://www.photographyreview.com/ You can spend all day reading. --- Otherwise, something digital like a Canon S400/S410/S500. |
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Best P&S under $300?
Pentax 24EW. ~$220. Nice if you want a zoom P&S that can actually
capture wide-landscapes and travel with the 24mm wide end (no other long-zoom has such). Slow lens... very poor optics... if you want a 24mm wide end zoom point and shoot consider the TIPA and EISA award winning fujifilm date zoom (silvi) f2.8. Much better camera. |
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But the long end of the zoom is a mere 50mm. Pretty useless for portraiture and other applications that need a longer focal length. Plus EISA and TIPA awards are not given for optical excellence. OK TP, you're confusing me now, i thought you were against long telephoto zoom compacts. Also, how is 50mm useless for portraits? As for this camera, it's optically excellent according to *all* user reports i've seen, and the TIPA and EISA i think were given for great product design that's quite evident when you have one in your hands. |
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