choosing a camera

[rphul]

Hi,

I am looking for a camera and would appreciate some advice. I am a newbie to this area but have come up with the following. I am looking for a fairly small digital camera with at least 5mp with more than the standard 3x optical zoom. Main subjects will be my kids and general family/holiday shots. One of the key areas will be a lack of delay from pressing button and taking the photo (kids move fast).

Some of the cameras that i have come up with so far are the casio ex-p600, pentax optio sv and fuji finepix f810.

As stated above any help would be appreciated as i am going into info overload frm reading websites

thanks in advance

[minimad]

Hi

first question: what's your budget?

There's so many cameras out there that this may narrow it down some.

The shutter lag (delay) is inevitable with compact digitals, unfortunately.

Collin

[witters]

Panasonic FZ-20 is a good choice for a "compact". It has a great 12 times Leica lens, 5MP and takes great photos. Minimal shutter lag as well. It's not pocket size though

Originally Posted by rphul

Hi,

One of the key areas will be a lack of delay from pressing button and taking the photo (kids move fast).

Check the flash sync speed too, a lot are only 1/30 at full wide angle, mine included, and it makes it hard to get a good picture. A lot of people are mistaking this for poor auto focusing ( the sony w1 springs to mind).

[rphul]

Budget is up to 350 range,