Ultra Compact Digtial Camera Recommendations?

[Champale]

Canon

Yeah but it has no optical zoom.

Hehe.

Actually, you made a great choice. I have sold three friends on the Canon s400 and my dad just bought the s500. Not only have my pics been great but I find Canon to be extremely compatible with Macs. They just updated some of their ImageBrowser software to a newer version for OS X.

Enjoy the camera, sans optical zoom and all!

 

[edesignuk]

w00t! It arrived today! haven't actually been able to use it yet (battery needs a charge) but i can't believe that a camera this small can produce 4MP It looks so cool!

Here it is next to my mouse, not bad eh?

 

[Inkmonkey]

Holy cow that is small!!! I'd be afraid I'd inhale it.

So how does this compare to the s400/410? Just the available zoom on the 400/410? Been thinking of getting a 410. I have a Kodak DX6490 right now. It's a great camera but it's a little too large to carry everywhere. My buddy had the Canon 400 on a recent trip to Vegas and I thought his pics turned out much better than mine. Especially at night.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

having it as a fashion accessory is one thing, but the camera's got NO OPTICAL ZOOM.

I guess if you want to move up everytime near the subject just to take a snap, be my guest.

i think the SD10 is one of the least economical cams out there --- at the very least, consider Canon's SD110 or S410.

As a photographer that has been around for awhile, I am amazed at how much we have fallen for zooms. Many years ago zooms were the toys for the rich.

Having a single focal length is not as convenient as zoom, for sure. But not having a zoom also allows the photographer to look at things in different ways.

 

[evil_santa]

As a photographer that has been around for awhile, I am amazed at how much we have fallen for zooms. Many years ago zooms were the toys for the rich.

Having a single focal length is not as convenient as zoom, for sure. But not having a zoom also allows the photographer to look at things in different ways.

I used a Nikon AF 600 for years before I got my Ixus 2. No problem not having a zoom. All my 35mm kit is fixed focal length as well.

I was always impressed with the quality of the shots from the Nikon.

 

[evil_santa]

The only thing I could constantly smack Canon for is the lack of a battery meter. Someone should go over there and smack the **** out their dev team or whoever made that decision to still not implement this.

The lack of battery meter is a pain, I ended up getting a second battery & rotate them.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

I used a Nikon AF 600 for years before I got my Ixus 2. No problem not having a zoom. All my 35mm kit is fixed focal length as well.

I was always impressed with the quality of the shots from the Nikon.

I'll admit am a bit biased here. I shoot with Leica M series rangefinder cameras. For the most part the lenses are single focal lengths (there is a quasi-zoom with the Tri Elmar that has 28-35-50 single focal lengths in one lens).

For me I would love a super compact digital that had a 28mm equiv. lens, and very fast shutter response.

 

[EJBasile]

I have the sony dsc-p73 4mp digital camera and love it

 

[noel4r]

I just ordered the Konica-Minolta Dimage X50. It's not as small but it has more features, I got it for $350.00. The Dimage series always gets good reviews, hopefully this one doesn't disappoint.

 

[edesignuk]

Finally got a couple of test shots in the light of day this morning...and I'm very happy with them. These were taken at the highest quality this camera is capable of (click thumbs for full size), with everything fully auto. Point and shoot, I love this thing!