need advise for point & shoot purchase

On 2016-09-30 01:04:17 +0000, android said:

In article ,
newshound wrote:

On 9/29/2016 10:14 AM, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 29 September 2016 04:50:51 UTC+1, nospam wrote:
In article , android
wrote:

Have about $150.00 to purchase a point and shoot camera. I do not know
much
about cameras, so I apologize for dumb questions. Looking for good
picture
quality, easy to use well made.... new or used

get a smartphone

the small sensors of smartphones have some serious issues in certain
light conditions. for example: if photographing branches of trees
against a lightly clouded sky is your thang, then you might have issues.
soo, it might depend if the op want's jump in at the deep end or shallow.

for $150, the choices are limited. these days, smartphone cameras are
quite good,

Not the $150 ones surely.

very easy to use and have a *lot* of features not found on
'normal' cameras. plus, with a cellular, contract, the price is
effectively free.

but if you haven't got one and it also depends on what you plan to shoot.
I've been looking at this for a friend whos saving up for one in the UK
about £120 or so. The canon ixus seem quite good, I assume nikon are just
as good.

He particually wants it to film gigs as his iphone6 is pretty uselss for
that, he can get reasonble shots and videos but quickyl runs out of space
too.
But great for takign pictures of swans and the like in teh park so fine for
genral purpose shooting and selfies :-


I;d get one with at least a 8X optical zoom minium 1600 ISO, check specs
carefully some go to 3200 ISO . But don't worry about that if all your
pictures taking is done in daylight.



+1 for Ixus (or the equivalent Nikons). I have an X-E1 as someone else
suggested, the bigger sensor compared to compacts comes into its own in
low light at gigs. The downside is size, cost, and to some extent the
complexity.

These were shot with an X-E1 using the 35 mm prime

https://www.facebook.com/steve.radcl...482215369750.1
073741880.100000239545647&type=3

Let me fix that URL for you:

https://www.facebook.com/steve.radcl...a.134648221536
9750.1073741880.100000239545647&type=3

Can't see any pictures since I can't be bothered to log in though...

Yup! Facebook isn't exactly the optimal means for sharing images,
especially with those who choose not to play the Zuckerberg game. I for
one have never had a Facebook account, nor do I intend to.

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Savageduck

On 9/30/2016 2:17 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2016-09-30 01:04:17 +0000, android said:

In article ,
newshound wrote:

On 9/29/2016 10:14 AM, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 29 September 2016 04:50:51 UTC+1, nospam wrote:
In article , android
wrote:

Have about $150.00 to purchase a point and shoot camera. I do
not know
much
about cameras, so I apologize for dumb questions. Looking for
good
picture
quality, easy to use well made.... new or used

get a smartphone

the small sensors of smartphones have some serious issues in certain
light conditions. for example: if photographing branches of trees
against a lightly clouded sky is your thang, then you might have
issues.
soo, it might depend if the op want's jump in at the deep end or
shallow.

for $150, the choices are limited. these days, smartphone cameras are
quite good,

Not the $150 ones surely.

very easy to use and have a *lot* of features not found on
'normal' cameras. plus, with a cellular, contract, the price is
effectively free.

but if you haven't got one and it also depends on what you plan to
shoot.
I've been looking at this for a friend whos saving up for one in the UK
about £120 or so. The canon ixus seem quite good, I assume nikon are
just
as good.

He particually wants it to film gigs as his iphone6 is pretty uselss
for
that, he can get reasonble shots and videos but quickyl runs out of
space
too.
But great for takign pictures of swans and the like in teh park so
fine for
genral purpose shooting and selfies :-


I;d get one with at least a 8X optical zoom minium 1600 ISO, check
specs
carefully some go to 3200 ISO . But don't worry about that if all your
pictures taking is done in daylight.



+1 for Ixus (or the equivalent Nikons). I have an X-E1 as someone else
suggested, the bigger sensor compared to compacts comes into its own in
low light at gigs. The downside is size, cost, and to some extent the
complexity.

These were shot with an X-E1 using the 35 mm prime

https://www.facebook.com/steve.radcl...482215369750.1

073741880.100000239545647&type=3

Let me fix that URL for you:

https://www.facebook.com/steve.radcl...a.134648221536
9750.1073741880.100000239545647&type=3

Can't see any pictures since I can't be bothered to log in though...

Yup! Facebook isn't exactly the optimal means for sharing images,
especially with those who choose not to play the Zuckerberg game. I for
one have never had a Facebook account, nor do I intend to.


Not ideal, but it happened to be where I had the images. For anyone who
did look, excuse the brain fade, it's the 18 mm prime (but I think of it
as a 35 mm equivalent).

On 9/28/2016 6:24 PM, wrote:
Have about $150.00 to purchase a point and shoot camera. I do not know much
about cameras, so I apologize for dumb questions. Looking for good picture
quality, easy to use well made.... new or used

Last year I bought a Panasonic DMC-ZS45 for $100 on sale on Cyber
Monday, but the replacement model is a lot more.

The main thing I wanted was the wide-angle (24mm). It's been fine,
certainly it was the best $100 point and shoot at the time. It was at
least $100 off the regular price when I bought it.

This same camera is $140, used, at B&H now.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801468317-USE/panasonic_dmc_zs45k_lumix_dmc_zs45_digital_camera. html

Cyber Monday and Black Friday tend to have some very good prices on
point and shoot cameras, especially because the bottom has fallen out of
that whole market due to improved smart phone cameras.


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On 10/18/2016 9:49 AM, sms wrote:
On 9/28/2016 6:24 PM, wrote:
Have about $150.00 to purchase a point and shoot camera. I do not
know much
about cameras, so I apologize for dumb questions. Looking for good
picture
quality, easy to use well made.... new or used

Last year I bought a Panasonic DMC-ZS45 for $100 on sale on Cyber
Monday, but the replacement model is a lot more.

The main thing I wanted was the wide-angle (24mm). It's been fine,
certainly it was the best $100 point and shoot at the time. It was at
least $100 off the regular price when I bought it.

This same camera is $140, used, at B&H now.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/801468317-USE/panasonic_dmc_zs45k_lumix_dmc_zs45_digital_camera. html

One more think I liked about this camera is the in-camera battery
charging. Not many cameras still have this feature, and they require an
external charger.


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