stefanr
Established Member
Hi guys
My camera has just broken, Pentax Optio 550, thought it was good at the time and cost £399 so looking for a replacement around the £250-300 mark.
The camera was okay when I purchased it, liked the macro facility but the pictures always seemed darker around the edges and the response of the shutter was agonisingly slow. Lost count of the amount of hours in Photoshop retouching and adjusting colour levels/balance.
Could some of you post a few short lists (3-5) for me to have a look at. It's seems a minefield out there since my purchase in 2003.
Some requirements are;
Quick shutter speed, don't want to wait an age for the picture to be taken.
Large LCD viewer.
Video mode, Quicktime / MPEG4 or other Mac supported files.
Macro / super macro, like the close up insect as big as a fist shots.
Universal card, SD or similar with a large capacity (2-4GB), can't stand not having enough memory.
Good optical zoom, like taking long distance pics
Good variation of resolutions, web through to high res, although I generally shoot high and reduce afterwards but the option would be good, save some more man hours.
Reasonable battery life, something that will last a day taking pictures.
Something I can carry without it feeling like a brick.
My pictures vary from studio shot packaging, products to the great outdoors, scenic and closeups as well as the drunk get them in quick party shots and people. An all rounder in other words.
Not interested in changing lenses or anything complicated, I'm getting too old.
Had a quick look and quite like the following;
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ45 Black, although not a pocket camera.
The TZ10 Black, because of it's pocketability.
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5V Black, although I dislike Sony's memory sticks for some reason.
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Black, obviously a lot cheaper but like the Canon's size and it's 14 megapixel.
So the you go, there's a lot of althoughs in there I know but any help would be great.
TIA.
My camera has just broken, Pentax Optio 550, thought it was good at the time and cost £399 so looking for a replacement around the £250-300 mark.
The camera was okay when I purchased it, liked the macro facility but the pictures always seemed darker around the edges and the response of the shutter was agonisingly slow. Lost count of the amount of hours in Photoshop retouching and adjusting colour levels/balance.
Could some of you post a few short lists (3-5) for me to have a look at. It's seems a minefield out there since my purchase in 2003.
Some requirements are;
Quick shutter speed, don't want to wait an age for the picture to be taken.
Large LCD viewer.
Video mode, Quicktime / MPEG4 or other Mac supported files.
Macro / super macro, like the close up insect as big as a fist shots.
Universal card, SD or similar with a large capacity (2-4GB), can't stand not having enough memory.
Good optical zoom, like taking long distance pics
Good variation of resolutions, web through to high res, although I generally shoot high and reduce afterwards but the option would be good, save some more man hours.
Reasonable battery life, something that will last a day taking pictures.
Something I can carry without it feeling like a brick.
My pictures vary from studio shot packaging, products to the great outdoors, scenic and closeups as well as the drunk get them in quick party shots and people. An all rounder in other words.
Not interested in changing lenses or anything complicated, I'm getting too old.
Had a quick look and quite like the following;
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ45 Black, although not a pocket camera.
The TZ10 Black, because of it's pocketability.
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5V Black, although I dislike Sony's memory sticks for some reason.
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Black, obviously a lot cheaper but like the Canon's size and it's 14 megapixel.
So the you go, there's a lot of althoughs in there I know but any help would be great.
TIA.