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What does /p/ think of the DMC-FZ18? I'm thinking of getting one when I travel to the US.
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>> Anonymous
Ah, point and shoot. Alright then, can you recommend a good one with similar image quality to the FZ18?
>> Anonymous
P&S =

1. Power and Supply
2. Probe and Soap
3. Point and Shoot
4. Poo and...Shit
>> Anonymous
Also Pan & Scan.
>> Anonymous
>>173696
Just get the smallest one you can find. It will have roughly the same image quality.
>> Anonymous
In before AC's copypasta.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
In during AC's copypasta

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The standard /p/ advice for which Point & Shoot camera to get is a PowerShot A-Series. My recommendation would be the PowerShot A630 ($170, last I checked), which has a relatively large (1/1.8") sensor, more resolution than you'll actually need, a nice flip-out screen, and a decent (35-140mm equiv) zoom. There's also the A650 IS, which gives you a longer telephoto (35-210mm equiv) and image stabilization, but costs $300 (i.e., not much less than a used SLR).

There's also the A570 IS for around $140 (which gives you image stabilization, but smaller sensor, which means likely a bit more noise in low light, and doesn't have the nice swivel screen of the A630). I wouldn't really recommend it, though. You lose a lot for that extra thirty bucks.

If you don't need manual controls, the rest of the PowerShot line opens up to you. But I don't care about digital cameras without manual controls, so I haven't bothered to research 'em.

Yes, I know this post sounds like absurdly high levels of canonfaggotry, but it gets asked a lot so I decided to do the research.
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>> Anonymous
>>173720

Nice try. Moot never reads or cares about /p/ though.
>> Anonymous
Point-and-shoots aren't as bad as people here make them out to be as long as you stay out of their weak points, read: low light, sports and narrow DOF shots.

Those are pretty big "as long as" reasons that matter to /p/ but these guys are all about instantart wannabe next great thing shots.

For casual use, every decent company make affordable cameras if you don't expect the world from them.

For superzooms, the FZ18, S5, P80, and whatever the Sony is, H3 or H10 something like that.

Compacts, A650, A720, A590, SX100, whatever Lumix or Sony equivalent.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>173728
>Point-and-shoots aren't as bad as people here make them out to be
Pro tip: We don't have any sort of problem with P&S cameras. What we have a problem with is horribly expensive P&S cameras that are as big and bulky as an SLR.
>> Anonymous
ac != /p/