Had A80, looking for something else.

[Tiny]

Hey all,

I had the Canon Powershot A80, but was not satisfied with it (pics were great but I didn't like the feel of a point-and-shoot camera body). Anyway, I gave it to my girlfriend and now I am in the market for something new.

So, if you had a max of 350 US dollars...what digital camera would you get. Personally I like high optical zoom, fair to good macro with included lens, and fast frame capture at full resolutions, and no less then 3.2MP.

I am currently looking at the following, but will gladly take suggestions:


HP Photosmart 850

Kodak DX6490 Love the huge lcd on this one.

Kyocera Finecam M410R

or I have looked at these too, any opinions?

Panasonic DMC-FZ10

Olympus C-765UZ

Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z2

Toshiba PDR-M700 again, nice huge lcd.

Fujifilm Finepix S5000

Opinions, suggestions, help? Please.

 

[agentzero9]

fz10 is easily the best in terms of both image quality and specs

 

[Tiny]

fz10 is easily the best in terms of both image quality and specs

That is what I was thing too. The price tag is a little steep for me, the least I could find it for online is $466. Although I know I would be happy with this camera, I can't justify the price in my head.

Thanks for the suggestion thouh.

 

[wtf]

if you do look into the fz10, note that the fz15 and fz20 are coming out soon. the fz15 has the same price point as the fz10. i think im going to buy it when it comes out

 

[Tiny]

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll have to look into that.

 

[jimnms]

The Canon S1 IS has a 10x optical, Image Stabilization, does 640x480 movies @ 30fps until your card runs out. I'm considering replacing my G3 with one as a backup to my 10D.