A poor mans photography SLR-less

[X-Morgan]

Hey there, I'm just looking for some general advice.

Basically, the rules of purchasing is - "Never impulse buy" the reason being is that last week I went into Glasgow and into the Sony Centre and walked out with a Sony DSC-W30 for £179.99 and when I get home.....oppsie play.com are selling them for £139.99.....oh joy.

Now I'm really kicking myself 'cos the Sony DSC-100 which was £299.99 in the Sony Centre is £219.99 and that offers full manual control which I really wanted in the first place!

I'm wanting the long exposures over the motorway and the silk waterfalls and I just can't get that with the W30.

So my main point, should I get rid of the W30 and get a W100?

Any other suggestions regarding manual control cameras around the same price would be great, I've got a 2 GB Memory Stick though but I would be willing to get a different type of flash memory if a different camera peaked my intrest.

Cheers!

 

[Obsidian6]

in my opinion, if the w100 offers you what you want, then yes you should sell the other camera and go for that.

something you may want to consider as well is a slightly older camera like the canon s70. it really is a fantastic point and shoot, with a lot of options. and control.

in my own preference, the more control i can have the better. just a thought