Pocket camera

On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:06:09 PM UTC, MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want
something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me
well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Another SD 780, second hand. Guaranteed to meet all your requirements.

DanP

On 3/28/2013 9:21 AM, DanP wrote:
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:06:09 PM UTC, MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want
something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me
well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Another SD 780, second hand. Guaranteed to meet all your requirements.

DanP

As a pocket camera I like my Canon A-1300, which has the optical finder
that I have mentioned as well as a 5x zoom. Is it still made? My first
of such cameras was a Nikon but it just wore out out and emitted
groaning noises every time it extended the lens on being turned on.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

On 3/28/2013 7:21 AM, DanP wrote:
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:06:09 PM UTC, MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want
something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me
well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Another SD 780, second hand. Guaranteed to meet all your requirements.

DanP


That might be the route I'll have to take but it'll be a last resort.
Still shopping.

dimensions on the 780:
3.43 x 2.15 x .72 (inches, of course)

On 3/28/2013 8:36 AM, Whisky-dave wrote:
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:06:09 PM UTC, MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.

I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want

something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.

Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me

well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(

*small* is the key word here.

Any recommendations?

I advised a friend that a Canon PowerShot SX220 would suit him and he seems very pleased with it, under £100 in the UK now was £150 before xmas.
It was the 14X optical zoom that was the intial attraction and the 3" LCD.
I'm not too sure how well it bounces though ;-)


He's a gardener and just needed to take snaps of things before and after for customers and publicity.


I have an SX260 but it's just a bit larger than what I want to carry
around.

James Silverton wrote:
On 3/28/2013 9:21 AM, DanP wrote:
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 5:06:09 PM UTC, MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just
want something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that
served me well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Another SD 780, second hand. Guaranteed to meet all your
requirements.

DanP

As a pocket camera I like my Canon A-1300, which has the optical
finder that I have mentioned as well as a 5x zoom. Is it still made?
My first of such cameras was a Nikon but it just wore out out and
emitted groaning noises every time it extended the lens on being
turned on.

I know how it feels.

D

On 3/28/2013 3:04 PM, wrote:
Consumer Reports magazine is good
for comparing small [and large] cameras.

If you're going to have it a while, do a little research.

marc


LOL. "Research" includes more than looking at Consumer Reports.

Asking folks in-the-know helps too. :-)

In article om,
MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want
something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me
well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Olympus makes a line called the "Tough" that is supposed to be able to
take a bit of abuse.


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On 3/29/2013 4:06 AM, Paul Ciszek wrote:
In article om,
MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want
something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me
well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Olympus makes a line called the "Tough" that is supposed to be able to
take a bit of abuse.


A minor problem with "rugged" cameras is that they are not the smallest
available and their zoom ranges are often on the small side. I could
also use some sort of warning that a camera has fallen onto to a
carpeted airport floor. I've only lost one camera so far that way but
that's enough!

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

On 3/29/2013 2:06 AM, Paul Ciszek wrote:
In article om,
MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want
something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me
well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Olympus makes a line called the "Tough" that is supposed to be able to
take a bit of abuse.



"Tough" is not necessarily high on my list.
At the moment this one is:

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX70

Thanks for the input.

Max

On 3/29/2013 6:25 AM, James Silverton wrote:
On 3/29/2013 4:06 AM, Paul Ciszek wrote:
In article om,
MaxD wrote:
I'm looking for a subcompact camera, a pocket camera.
I don't intend to "create memorable images" or take portraits, just want
something I can "whip" out of the pocket and take a snapshot.
Preferably not over $250. I had a Canon Powershot SD 780 that served me
well but I dropped it...disastrously. :-(
*small* is the key word here.
Any recommendations?

Olympus makes a line called the "Tough" that is supposed to be able to
take a bit of abuse.


A minor problem with "rugged" cameras is that they are not the smallest
available and their zoom ranges are often on the small side.


Precisely!