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Trying to decide small digital…

JohnnyMcMillan
Participant

January 29, 2007 at 9:47 am

My sister asked me last night if I knew of a good small digital (with card) for about 350 euro’s or so…and I didn’t have a clue. Anyone know of a good small digital for that price in town? I’m looking at the Fuji FinePix F30…that any good?

Thanks,
J

earthairfire
Participant

January 29, 2007 at 12:13 pm

Fuji is meant to be good. The new Canon Ixus range is great too – especially the big LCD on the back of most of them, which is great for point and shoot

Tim

nolonger
Participant

January 29, 2007 at 1:00 pm

I’d also have to recommend the Canon Ixus… great little cameras. Although if you can afford to wait for the shipping (and it’s pretty fast), I would recommend buying from an online shop. DigitalWonderWorld has some great prices.

Madra Rua
Participant

January 29, 2007 at 1:05 pm

From what I have read the Fuji F30 comes highly recommended.
It especially ‘shines’ in low light conditions where it’s ISO 3200 alllows it to take flash free photographs.
You should be able to get it for a good bit less than ?350.
You’ll find some reviews HERE and HERE

Podge
Member

January 29, 2007 at 1:05 pm

For ?350 you could get an Olympus Mju Digital 740.

Most cameras in that price range are very similar but I prefer the Olympus because its weather proof (not a bad thing considering the country we live in).

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06082305oly740750.asp

jlang
Participant

January 29, 2007 at 5:48 pm

I assume this is for someone who isn’t as interested in photography as the usual posters on this site, so the low-light flash-off performance benefits of the Fuji sensor aren’t as important as user friendliness and quality on full auto mode.

When asked this question, I generally say you can’t go wrong with a Casio Exilim or Canon IXUS. Not having used all the models in the ranges and not knowing the exact requirements of the purchaser, the Exilim S770 and IXUS 850IS seem to be the current best in range, but there’s good value to be had in models a few months older.
darragh
Participant
February 8, 2007 at 4:47 pm

I’m also interested in getting a point and shoot as a backup to my DSLRs for when I can’t carry around 30lbs of gear.

Any point and shoot must have the following:
It would be good if it had image stablisation as well.
Budget is not an issue

Thanks
Thorsten
Member

February 8, 2007 at 5:23 pm

How about the recently released Canon G7? Unfortunately it doesn’t have RAW mode :cry: but other than that it would appear to be a very capable camera. It has received some pretty decent reviews. One of the more revealing (and shall I say “honest”) ones is over at The Luminous Landscape site at http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/Canon-G7.shtml. I’m tempted to get one myself!