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Best P&S ? Anonymous
I'm looking for an all around good P&S camera. What do you think is the best choice - in your opinion ?

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>> Anonymous
Hey, Anonymous, I can't buy a camera you don't approve! Now answer me.
>> Anonymous
Nikon D50. Dont know so much about other cameras (except ZOMG CANON IZ ZEE WIN!!1) but my Nikon D50 was cheap, is allround and still high quality. Now buy it, tool!
>> Richard C. Mongrel !qqgcKCpkcw
>>31941

While the D50 is not that much of a DSLR, it still doesn't classify as point & shoot.

I suggest you have a look at the upper half of Canon's (yes) Powershot series. I am not sure about the S* IS cameras anymore, but at some point they were of good quality.
>> Anonymous
s3 is is okay.
i have the s2.
depends on what you want to use it for.
it doesnt get good close up.
and thats why i dont like mine.
>> Anonymous
What the hell do you mean the d50 is not that much of a slr? the definition of slr, or single lens reflex is that the way the light gets to the film (or in this case the ccd) is there's only one lens (unlike point and shoot which has the "working" one and the little one which is used to look through), and then mirror goes up and the shutter opens up for an amount of time to let the light get to the photosensitive material or ccd, so shut the fuck up if you don't know what you're talking about. It may be a low end DSLR, but it's still a fully functional one
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Nikon Coolpix 7900.
It's got a very good macro setting.
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>> Anonymous
>>31977
Oh, and it's cheap, and has lots of settings, and 7 megapixels.

I'm incredibly poor, and couldn't afford a DSLR at the time I needed to have a camera, so after a lot of research, I went for the coolpix 7900 (this was a year ago, though, I'm sure there's better now.. you can ajust the white balance, the exposure, there are various settings for things like parties and museums.. it's an all-around great point-and-shoot, in my opinion)...

Metal body and tiiiiny size are also huge plusses, for me.

Cannon point-and-shoots blow.
I've had three, and they were all shitty litte cameras.
Nikon all the way, for P&S cameras.
>> Anonymous
>>31972

You're an idiot for not understanding that "not much of an DSLR" was meant as "it's a sucky DSLR". Not as crappy as the D40 though, that thing is amazing in its own way.
>> Anonymous
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What Anonymous thinks of Canon PowerShot A640?
>> Anonymous
Yeah go a powershot... make sure you get one with creative modes.
>> Anonymous
If it's just a P&S you're after, get one of those Canon Elphs. Nice and small.
>> Anonymous
>>31979

does it offer nice bokeh quality images?
>> Anonymous
>>31996

The D50 is a sucky DSLR? define why it's sucky please, i've seen great shots come out of that camera. Usually taken by a great photographer.
>> Richard C. Mongrel !qqgcKCpkcw
>>32079

Great shots can be taken with pretty much every camera, that includes P&S cameras. I've seen great fashion shots taken with ~3MP digital compacts. By fashion shots I don't mean crap you upload on a hot-or-not derivative, but pictures that get published in fashion magazines.


Anyway, the D50 is slow and has too little focus points, plus the lack of ISO 100 & 50, though that is a common thing with Nikons AFAIK (correct me if I'm wrong, I don't mean to post flamebait).

It does hold an advantage over its competitors and that is spot metering. The 400D still doesn't have SM, even though it's in the 10MP entry-level DSLR generation.
>> Anonymous
Don't flame, or hate the D50. It's a fine camera, for entry level DSLR users, such as myself.

I just graduated high school and plan on photography being a hobby for the rest of my life. I'm not bonkers rich, I'm actually college-kid-poor, so I scraped some money (like 700$) and got a D50 with a 28-90mm Sigma lens. The camera's FINE, for a DSLR. It's NOT a P&S.

What you guys don't understand is the fundemental difference between a DSLR and a P&S, the ability to change lenses. Don't suggest to someone to get a D50 if they want a P&S. People like P&S's for pulling out of their backpack or purse really fast to snap some pictures they don't plan on putting all over art galleries. DSLRs, like the D50, are for putting images in art galleries (don't tell me you can't, I've put picutres from my D50 into galleries and sold quite a few prints).
>> Anonymous
>>32153
Now the question is, can you take these art shots with just an regular P&S? Or DSLRs are so much better, even when we compare "best" P&S with "worst" DSLR?
>> Anonymous
>>32154
DSLRs really are so much better at certain things. First is noise performance. There's a point at which noise will overwhelm the other qualities of a picture, and for me ISO 400 on most P&S cameras is intolerable.

Another hugely important point is that P&S cameras are physically limited when it comes to shallow DOF. You can try to do it in post processing, but results are never as good as the real thing.
>> Anonymous
I vouch for the Canon Powershot if you want a digital PS
>> Anonymous
Canon 20D/30D is fine too. Look for Sigma EX lenses. Canon L series lenses are overpriced. Forget about kit lens. It is so bad if you compare to Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 EX or Canon EF 50 f/1.8 II. Canon EF 50 f/1.8 II cost only $70-90 and is so good.