Point and Shoot

[Fayshun]

Originally Posted by Knipples

May well have a fiddle about with yours next weekend,

Originally Posted by Kitten

You can have a play with the camera too, if you like

*Goes and has a sit down...*

[petemc]

Cameras are pretty much one of those things you can't go wrong with. Anything by Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Fuji, Sony, Olympus will be fine for a compact. Decide how much you want to spend and what features you may want then buy the one you like.

Basic types.

Ultra compact (Very thin. Party/family cam. Point, shoot.)
Compact (Not as thin but usually cheaper. Point, shoot.)
Bigger compact with manual features (aperture/shutter/iso control)
Bridge (Looks like a DSLR, has manual features)
Micro Four-Thirds (Compact with changable lenses, manual features)

[LeperousDust]

Originally Posted by petemc

Basic types.

Ultra compact (Very thin. Party/family cam. Point, shoot.)
Compact (Not as thin but usually cheaper. Point, shoot.)
Bigger compact with manual features (aperture/shutter/iso control)
Bridge (Looks like a DSLR, has manual features)
Micro Four-Thirds (Compact with changable lenses, manual features)

The lines have been far far far more blurred than that for the past few years mark. For instance the recent "cheapo" Panasonic FS6/7 i bought debs would easily be classed as an ultra compact, yet they managed to fit a viewfinder, and gave you control over ISO shutter speed etc... I don't really think there is a "compact" definition anymore, everything is ultracompact or big really...

[petemc]

To be honest I don't follow camera gear at all. What I do know is that so many people ask what camera to buy when you really can't go wrong with any. Handbag point and shoot? Buy what you like

[Grandad]

Originally Posted by petemc

To be honest I don't follow camera gear at all. What I do know is that so many people ask what camera to buy when you really can't go wrong with any. Handbag point and shoot? Buy what you like

not sure that you can't go wrong, I have a Sony T7 and it's a heap of ****

[petemc]

Ok don't buy Sony. Buy Nikon, Canon or Panasonic.

Don't like people getting lost in marketing, stats, numbers etc.

[petemc]

Ok don't buy Sony. Buy Nikon, Canon or Panasonic.

Don't like people getting lost in marketing, stats, numbers etc.

[LeperousDust]

Originally Posted by petemc

Ok don't buy Sony. Buy Nikon, Canon or Panasonic.

Don't like people getting lost in marketing, stats, numbers etc.

I'd agree with this most certainly

[Garp]

I've had and used a number of cameras over the years, and the usual problem I've had with them revolves around startup times and some insane delays between the button being pressed and the camera bothering to take a photograph. The cheaper ones have also often been a bit rubbish in low light conditions. If that's not such a problem these days then \o/

[Mark]

Cameras of the Nikon/Canon/Sony/Panasonic ilk are getting much better with shutter lag. As for low light, it's physics, Jim, and ye cannae change it. The smaller the sensor, the fewer photons are going to reach it. The fewer photos, the more sensitive it has to be. The more sensitive to photos, the more sensitive to noise. QED. Better electronics helps, but then the marketing bods go and demand more megapixels, which undoes all the good work done by the electronics bods. Megapixels sell, right.

PS - Panasonic have something of a talent for shoe-horning lots of tech into a small space. A fair amount of that probably has to do with the Olympus four-thirds/micro four-thirds heritage they acquired.