Ideas on Point-n-shoot?

[EvilNerdLord]

Greetings,
I currently have a Veho Muvi HD10 NPNG and my old ZTE smartphone (5 mp) cameras, I was thinking of getting an optical zoom point-n-shoot to replace the phone for those shots that the wide angle distortion wouldn't look good with...

I'm neither a professional photographer or a photojournalist, just a wandering hobbiest shooting what catches my eye...

Any input would be helpful.

[Tony LEE]

I've had two canons with powered lenses and both have ended up giving the infamous "Lens error" problem that is invariably fatal. Nice units while they were working but never again would I have motor driven zoom lenses. I don't look after toys well enough to be bothered with finicky models.

Currently have Fujifilm finepix with manual lens. Unfortunately a lot bulkier but at least there is little chance of getting a lens error. If I was riding a bike I would have to go for something way smaller.

Plenty of smaller cameras with incredible capabilities so you are spoiled for choice.

[Tourider]

I picked up a Pentax X5 bridge camera off e-bay for £90 last year and I'm really pleased with it.

[EvilNerdLord]

Too many choices is the reason I posted the question...a casual Amazon search was absolutely bewildering and I know just enough to get myself in trouble...

I miss film, I used to develop my own 'back in the day' when I was in middle school and part of the photo club.

[Blommetje]

Canon ixus 130 I use for P&S. Quick light an great battery life. Very well recommend it.

Use a pentax k100d dslr for main work but currently with me, too heavy.

I have a veho muvi npng as well, only for the wetwork and action sports. But.. I shipped it home since I wasn't using it



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[EvilNerdLord]

I have one of the muvi mounts on the side of the glove box (Eve is an vespa px150) from there get pretty good forward shots that get road/fender, pointed out for passing landscape and I can turn it back up at me while riding and get some interesting angles, even point it backwards and get down the side/rear...

but for various monument/people portraits/ etc...I need a still that's at least 8meg, nice if I can use the same micro card (I've collected some 32gb class 10 just for vid/pics) tripod screw, optical zoom...

[Mermaid]

I'd go for a Panasonic Lumix TZ...something; I don't know the latest model numbers but I have a TZ35. The zoom range is (I believe) one of the largest ranges you can get but the camera will still fit in a jacket pocket. Panasonic use Leica lenses and their software 'conversion' to JPG is superb - as well as good colour their dynamic range (dark and light areas in the same image) is very good. Mine gives great results but the newer ones are even better!

[davebetty]

Its a Panasonic TZ60. it has a mad 30 x optical zoom but it will still fit in your breast pocket.

Its got a viewfinder too so you can be very discreet with it which is essential for travel photography. Picture quality is great, battery life is OK, (I have seen better) and its only about £250.

I took one to Morocco with me last month and it was great!

[Temporaryescapee]

+1

Ive just bought one of these too. Its excellent and some deals about i imagine since the tz70 is out now.

[guy c]

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I have used Panasonic Lumix cameras over the last few years and found them to be really good, although I have a habit of losing them. TZ model numbers vary between the US and the UK

[reallybigtruck]

look around on dpreview.com

The choices are limitless, so there is no clearcut correct answer.
Canon Ixus seems to have very good color balance, but the differences between panasonic/pentax/nikon/canon seem to be geographically divided; in some countries everybody's crazy about panasonic, others canon/nikon.

For the best results a bigger optical sensor gives more result than lots of megapixels. People tend to fixate on megapixels but that's only relevant if you want to crop a lot. A standard printed photo (10x15cm) is never, ever bigger than 2Mp so do the math.

In the end, figure out how much you want to spend and which gimmicks are important to you; wifi, wideangle, ease of operation, etc. And get one that uses standard SD memory cards. Make your final choice using comparison websites.

Personally I'd choose any Canon Ixus which'd fit your budget.

[TBR-China]

Olympus TG3 Tough works for me = http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/tg-3.html and the wireless function is pretty neat as well.

[Samy]

I am really surprised nobody mentioned Sony RX100-II.

Don't know what is your budget but this one is one of the best in point and shoot category.

If you follow ebay, you can buy a used one to a good price though...

I have used many point and shoot and this one is my last decision...

[c-m]

Another vote for the RX100 (either mk1 or 2)

Great little camera's that will allow you room to grow if you want to get more serious with your photos and use fully manual controls and post processing.

[pebble35]

Another vote for the Panasonic Lumix TZ range (I have the TZ 20) - it's done about 3 years worth of trips with no problems and is small enough to be close at hand just when you need it !