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Anonymous
Hey there /p/. I come from /tg/ seeking advice. I want a camera which I can carry around with me and get a few good snapshots, nothing special, but a good all around camera (for snapshots of friends/parties and preferably with a good macro for my minis).

I dont know much about cameras, so all I had considered is getting a good 9> megapixel Point and Shoot, but I dont really know what to look for. I like the looks of the Lumix FS5, but I dont know about the macro on it.

What would you recomend?

Picture mostly unrelated.
>> Anonymous
are point and shoot cameras some sort of trolling here in /p/?

just wondering why there were no replies.
>> Anonymous
>>297921
7/10

>>297929
2/10
>> Anonymous
go with the Leica M8 Digital camera - 10.3 MP
>> Anonymous
>>297932
Fag. Hasselblad is the only way to go.

OP: gear threads are usually trolling. Gear threads *about point and shoots* especially so.

The short version: any camera at all can get a good photo if you know its limitations. But get an SLR (even ancient and used) if you can afford it and don't mind the weight. Any SLR will give you less noise than almost any point and shoot ever made. If you're taking pictures at parties, you can use one indoors in poor light without a flash at 1600+ ISO and still see less noise than you would on most point and shoots at 400.

Don't fret about megapixels. 6 megapixels is enough for near-perfect (300dpi) 10-inch prints. *3* (think ancient DSLRs, like the Canon D30 and Nikon D1) will give you 7-inch prints. Lots of pixels on a compact camera (and 9, on such a small sensor, is more than "lots") will not, all else being equal, give you any better images.

HTH.
>> Anonymous
>>297934
normal people want shit they can drop in their pocket
>> Anonymous
>>297938

this is the reason i want it.
>> Anonymous
>>297956
rockwell says the canon SD880 IS is the best digital compact ever. you'll probably be happy with it as well.

i don't hold P&S cameras very often so I can't tell from experience which are better, but i've had great success with canon compacts.