I've been shopping for a digital camera online and have to say that the online shopping experience still sucks. I'm not an expert photographer nor do I aspire to be ...but I can't figure out which camera to buy and the amount of time it takes to sort through the cameras, the reviews, the stores to buy, and the discounts....it's enough to write a term paper about.
Can someone out there help me? I want a small camera to fit in my pocket that takes quality pictures and doesn't have a long delay (you know the delay from click to picture)...what should I buy and where?
The Canon SD line is a pretty solid bet.
Posted by: dw | July 21, 2006 at 01:06 PM
Top choice in nytimes digital camera review.
Selling for much less now than in the recent past.
JB Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AYJDD6/ref=nosim/102-1765234-3024164?n=502394
Posted by: Matt | July 21, 2006 at 02:47 PM
Funny, I'm in the exact same boat. However, I've got an uncle who is a professional photographer. He said: "I would recommend Sony Cybershot DSC-T7. My friend Sam liked it, he hates futzing with technology and he figured it out and got great shots. Good Megapixels, nice big viewing screen, it's TEENY like 3 credit cards stacked. Buy an extra battery and a second memory card and you're good for hours of shooting."
Mine arrived today.
Posted by: Dan Dunn | July 21, 2006 at 03:01 PM
I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-T7. It is awesome. Bought on Amazon.
Posted by: Brad Feld | July 21, 2006 at 06:46 PM
I bought a Fuji F30 from Buy.com a couple of weeks ago. It's the only compact camera that actually has decent performance when shooting in low light without flash (no flash means more natural lighting and your subjects won't look like rabbits caught in a headlight).
That's because it has a larger and more sensitive CCD capable of perfectly usable ISO 800 and acceptable ISO 1600. Otherwise, only a DSLR (i.e. not compact) will give you the same low-light capabilities.
It's also solidly constructed and snappy. The only downsides are the annoying xD memory card format and a smidgen of chromatic aberration ("purple fringing") when shooting very contrasty edges.
A good sign of how good this camera is: it is almost constantly out of stock at B&H.
Posted by: Fazal Majid | July 21, 2006 at 10:36 PM
So, Andy, did you buy your camera?
If so, have you tried Tabblo yet for photo sharing? I started work there last month. I'm working with a couple other people that you know. . . .
http://app.tabblo.com/studio/stories/shared/4674/rl4aqnfy2joh15p
Posted by: Dan Dunn | September 02, 2006 at 08:08 AM