Digital Camera recommendations ...HELP
Originally Posted by Ed 718
Ok I narrowed it down to the SONY DSC-H1 and the CANON POWESHOT S2 IS. I now can not make up my damn mind which to go for....ARGH
Originally Posted by Ed 718
Update seems my girlfriend got me the Canon so after Christmas I'll post pics and a review....Ed
Originally Posted by SponG
David, those are incredible pics. I would have bought another Olympus, but they don't use SD and I don't want to keep a bunch of cards that I'll never use.
Originally Posted by Ed 718
Update seems my girlfriend got me the Canon so after Christmas I'll post pics and a review....Ed
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^^ Girlfriend picked it out and she read up on the reviews on dpreview.com. I think she picked up a good camera based on the reviews and picture samples we seen. We also took a trip down to the local cam shop to see it first hand.
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Originally Posted by Anyone2u
I'm just curious why you went with this camera after all of the recomendations from everyone else. I own a Nikon D70, but after reading Sandermans post about the Fuji F10, I almost wanted to go out and buy one as a backup "point and shoot" camera. And since it was almost tailor made for what you were looking for, I'm just wondering why you didn't go in that direction.
It's the way it usually goes. I'm in to high-end audio too, and as I've found there it's basically pointless to try and overcome the high noise level of the internet by offering informed advice. Most people are still going to buy junk no matter how good the advice you offer is (or how uniformed the alternative feedback is) no matter what. I usually don't even bother anymore.
How do you like your D70? I've got a D70s and am trying to decide whether or not to make the leap to the new D200....
joe
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Originally Posted by Sanderman
Most people are still going to buy junk no matter how good the advice you offer is (or how uniformed the alternative feedback is) no matter what. I usually don't even bother anymore
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You can do that with some of the older sony camcorders....
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Originally Posted by Ed 718
Show me where the CANON POWESHOT S2 IS is reviewed as junk as you put it and if you don't bother then why did you????
Compare this: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons2is/page5.asp
To this: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fuji...zoom/page5.asp
The Canon is seriously noisey at ISO 100 and above that it's useless. That's what tells you how well a camera works in low light conditions. If you can't tell the differcence or don't know what it means that's your problem. The Fuji has less noise at ISO 800 than the Canon does at ISO 200 for god's sake.
Look at the Fuji at ISO 400 here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fuji...zoom/page7.asp
Compared to the Canon here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons2is/page9.asp
There is NO comparison. The Fuji is unique among point and shoots in this regard.
Why'd I bother? I'm beginning to wonder. You said you wanted a camera that had good low light performance. You bought the inferior of the two for that purpose. It's not just about the reviewers overall conclusions, it's about what you intend to use the camera for....
Joe
