[X4U] Who loves ya Digi Camera? [TAN]

[Brett Conlon]

Thanks for your thoughts Shawn & Zane.

Unfortunately it really does need to be compact - for this purchase.  
As I mentioned, I purchased a DV camera a few Chrissy's back  
(Panasonic GS-400) which takes 4mpix shots but the shots ain't so  
great and it's quite a bulky beast. After hefting that big lug of a  
thing around in the black camera bag all over the place for a few  
years, my wife simply wants something small and compact that will take  
better shots than the DV camera. I completely understand that and want  
to oblige her. I was also hoping to maximise the purchase and get  
something that might suit us both (of course not *completely* suit  
_me_ but gives me *something* kinda decent I can work with until I can  
get a decent SLR).

Ta muchly,

Cojcolds

On 18/12/2007, at 4:02 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> At 5:37 PM +1100 12/17/07, Brett Conlon wrote:
>> OK, so the Misses wants a digital camera for Chrissy... something  
>> kinda compact for the handbag and coz I got me a digital movie  
>> camera 2 Christmases back I won't be seeing a serious digital  
>> camera of my own for some time to come.
>>
>> Therefore I'd like to marry our two worlds together and get  
>> something that I could happily use when I need to and she'll be  
>> happy with in her pocket. She wants the camera for quick happy  
>> family shots and some professional macro close-ups of botanicals.
>>
>> As a designer I want the flexibility to take shots and blow them up  
>> or zoom in a few hundred % without it looking too crappy too quickly.
>
> Are you sold on the whole "pocket camera" bit?  Personally it sounds  
> to me like the two of you need a Digital SLR, either a Nikon or  
> Cannon.  I believe a couple pocket cameras do offer clip on Macro  
> lenses, but very few do 10x Optical Zoom.  Only look at the Optical  
> Zoom when looking at cameras, the digital zoom is nothing more than  
> a marketing gimic.
>
> Zane
>
>
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