hunting for a good DC

[dr evil]

hi bro,

looking for a good Digital Camera. Budget @ SGD500. can anyone recomend me a model.....

not good at this stuff....need help...

[reeflobang]

Things to look out for:

1. Macro shot - try gettiing those that can take shots at very close range - 2-5cm better. Mine is 20cm.... assuming you will want to have close up shots of your "darlings"..

2. 3.2 to 4 Mega pixel should be good enough.

Think Sony and Canon are good enough for most users.

Good luck!

[dradttg]

I am using Cannon Ixus V2.

Macro is 10 cm. Optical zoom is 2x. Dont bother about digital zoom.

Only 2 MB but I think it is good enough. I have tried developing 4R photos and it is film quality. You can see sample at Sample.

Best of all is it pocket size.

[zephyros]

Depends on usage.

If you like to have many Xs of optical zoom, there is a Pansonic

model (DMC-FZ2) that comes with 12x optical zoom. But it is oni 2.1M pixels.

If you don't mind a 2nd hand DC, you can try getting a Canon G3.

Go to the below link on review and comparsion of DC.

DpReview

Cheers

Zephyros

[marcvelous]

IMO, you can easily get a 3 MegaPixel camera with zoom from either Canon and/or Olympus that will sit comfortably within your budget.

Also, these two brands are by far the easiest to start with for beginners.

Try to refrain from Nikon or Fuji until and unless you are looking for some special features.

The slim types you see usually advertised on TV no doubt look nice and are very handy to carry around but you need a very steady hand to operate the functions and while taking pictures as they are no ergonomically designed. Most of your zoom shots will not turn out nice.

For your consideration

[jc85]

I'm using Sony P72 and so far no complaint. A good point and shoot camera.

Oh ya. I also uses their imagestation to upload all my digital pics.

[Jewel Tang]

me oso lookin for new DC, either canon or sony.

CanonA70/A80(bulky) VS Sony P72,

not much diff on price, but some says sony color is better... not sure.

try out at each dealer place, boths are good...but dunno which one better

sony P8, price slightly higher bcos of its compact and slimmer, kinda interest in this

[dr evil]

me oso lookin for new DC, either canon or sony.

CanonA70/A80(bulky) VS Sony P72,

not much diff on price, but some says sony color is better... not sure.

try out at each dealer place, boths are good...but dunno which one better

sony P8, price slightly higher bcos of its compact and slimmer, kinda interest in this

how much is the sony u refering to?? whats the spcs??

sigh....so much choices and hard to decide on one....

[jc85]

Maybe you guys may want to check out the review from http:\\asia.cnet.com. Many models had been review before and its maybe helpful when you need to zoom down on your unlimited choices.

Cheers

[Jewel Tang]

dr evil

canon A80 - 4 mpixel , 3x optical

price $749, if can bargain hard enouf can get below $700. (dunno what they include in the package)

canon A70 - 3.2 mpixel, 3x opticalZ

price $599.

sony p72 - 3.2 mpixel, 3x opticalZ

price $499

sony p8 - 3.2 mpixel, 3x opticalZ, slightly more features as compared with p72, slimmer type......don forget orginal packing come with only 16mb card

price $629,

saw someone invoice price quoted at $650 for canonA80, if don mind bulky, this is good bargain. bcos 4mpixel and 64mb card somemore, and angled lcd (for action).

rgds

[tfrancis]

The DC can get even cheaper at sim lim square. I got my Cannon A70 for 500 at sim lim square.

[Jewel Tang]

The DC can get even cheaper at sim lim square. I got my Cannon A70 for 500 at sim lim square.

may i ask what are the items included in the package price.

like accessories and warranty

thanks

[tfrancis]

Well what I got is a cannon A70 Camera. a 16MB Compact Flash (Which you can get a replace at the stores above SLS for around $90 at 256M).

A Hand Strap, 4 AA Batteries and that's it.

Best to get those GP rechargable batteries as has tested and it is better that normal AA Batteries.

Warranty is 1 Year I think, have not really look into the warrenty part.

Belive that buying Equipment is lucky or unlucky.

[dr evil]

i just have fear in buying stuff in Sim Lim....esp electronic products.

Where else is a good place to buy? what about mustafa?

[hoppinghippos]

sony uses hteir own memory stick, ex to get and not much capacity. get DC with CF instead, cheap and can even use microdrive if you got cash.