good cheap pocketable p&s?

I never have heard anything bad about the little Canons. I think in general, they are all good for what they are. My one gripe is that most try to be more than they should be. The simpler the better.
 
If you just want a jpeg maker try the lumix TC1. It's waterproof and pretty tough. I have one that has gone surfing in Panama, el Salvador and Mexico as well as beating around in the Kayak in Washington and B.C. Good IQ and video with gray battery life. Lens is internal as well. A big bonus for pocket cameras IMO.
 
For a few more bux than 300.00--look into a Canon S95--its virtues have been posted on here already. I bought one and it is a great little shirt pocket camera--EXCEPT FOR the placement of its flash.
Not well thought through by Canon.
O/W, totally excellent!
368.00 at Fry's recently (last week). Canadian $$$ a little more.
The little Elphs are super, too--probably perfect for what you want to do.
Good luck!
PaulB
 
back alley said:
anyone use a canon digital elph?
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Yes, and I've found them to be great little cameras. My long-suffering and solid-as-a-rock IXUS 40 has just been retired, after many years of tough usage, in favour of an IXUS 80IS (don't know the translations of those model numbers into North American). The 80 is built a little less solidly and so is being a little more gently treated. It gets it's jobs done well.

...Mike
 
back alley said:
i need something for quick shots at work and to take pics of my gear...
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Both Ricoh GR digital 1 and GX100 have begun to drop in price, used ones on Ebay. Especially the GRD is a very capable tool for B&W with nice grainy noise at iso 800 jpeg.
GX100 is good for colour. The snapfocus which all Ricohs have, since the RR30, is very useful for quick shots and streetphoto.
I've also found that ADJ-button to be much useful, which allow quick change of EV comp, iso and WB.
It was introduced with the Ricoh Caplio G4 and on newer models like the GX8, GX100 and GRD1 etc, it can be customizabled, to some extent, to change things like focus-mode and metering etc.

One possible problem with both of these could be dust on the sensor.
Ask the seller to take and send you a DNG-image file of either a blue sky, white wall, refrigerator or whatever that will show possible dust spots. The aperture should probably be stopped down to 4.5 although wider also might work, but just to be safe.

Someone mentioned the Fujifilm F10 and I agree on that one as well with the exception that the Fujifilm F11 are the better choice if you want more manual control. Both uses the same zoom and sensor, which was pretty good for high iso at the time.
 
I've used one. A little 2Mp C330 was all I took for camera gear on a trip to India in 2005.
With decent light it's amazing what so little can do. It's fine for web use and small prints. The S330 was a metal camera not like all the plastic that seems the norm today. It had a bit of heft. Gave it to a friend several years ago when I bought another Canon P&S, this time a Powershot 710s.

What I got from the upgrade?,,,more pixels, image stabilization, mostly plastic, hideous viewfinder, decent results.

Lately I've been keeping my eyes open for a second identical Powershot. Have seen home brew setups for shooting hyper-3D using a pair of linked cameras. There's software available for meshing left + right images into a file that can be shown on a 3D TV. I've done some tests using a single camera but found it very difficult working with moving objects like water. With stationary objects (landscapes in particular) hyper 3D can be quite spectacular. A fun thing to play with in my retirement... ;-)
Link to 3D file tool ---> http://stereo.jpn.org/eng/stphmkr/

Another plus for the Canons is the availability of the CHDK software. It allows all sorts of interesting things to be done. Link--> http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK

The small sensors tend to get noisy above base ISO , so best limit your self if shooting low light colour. B&W on the other hand looks quite good at higher sensitivity.

Here's a link to a few India shots with the C330 ,... except for the last which was a decisive moment while visiting a friends farm.. ;-!
There's a lot to be said for a camera small enough to be worn 24/7, especially when traveling light. Link--> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=611672

Glenn


back alley said:
anyone use a canon digital elph?
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I have a Canon S90 that I like a lot. The S95 is the replacement and has more bells and whistles. It's also gotten great reviews.
 
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