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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / June 2006Compact digital camera for DSLR user
Hello! I know this group is for DSLR users, and so I am. Im am very happy with my Nikon D70s and in near future I will buy the Nikon D200. But sometimes it would be nice to have a very small compact digital camera in the pocket for snapshots. Perhaps some of you feel the same way? For me it is important that such a camera is very small but still takes some fairly good pictures. I have been looking at these models: Nikon Coolpix S6 Canon IXUS 55 Canon IXUS 65 Kodak Easyshare V570 Kodak Easyshare V610 I would be glad to get some recommandations for these or other compact cameras from you! Mikael (Denmark) Personally I would not go for the Kodaks, any IXUS will be good, I use a Sony V1 for when I want light, it has a number of amazing features that very few cameras have. Cheers. Pete D > Hello! > I know this group is for DSLR users, and so I am. Im am very happy with my [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Mikael (Denmark) I bought the Kodak V570, I love it, small, chic and capable of producing very good results considering it is only 5MP. Pretty low noisee too. (I was surprised.) One grouse though the V570 will only store in JPEG format, I wish there was a TIF or raw option. The ultra wide angle and panorama facilities on the V570 really comes in handy with landscape and holiday type shots. It also has a good quality video facility in which you can zoom during videoing, some other compacts cannot do that. If you can live with a 5:1 optical zoom in a tiny little body the V570 is hard to beat, unless of course you look at the V610, that gives you 10X optical zoom, but you do lose out at the wide angle end, compared to the V570. > Personally I would not go for the Kodaks, any IXUS will be good, I use a > Sony V1 for when I want light, it has a number of amazing features that [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> Mikael (Denmark) There are so many P&S digicams with many form factors you might investigate. My personal experience would lead me to strongly not recommend Kodak digicams. Sad to say that while they are technically capable they tend to be more failure prone and Kodak support is stuck at the Instamatic stage. In my opinion Canon is really good choice, for the whole quality (color and sharpness). Anyway Kodak spend a lot of money for innovation and R&D. Kodak Easyshare V610 could be great camera. I'm looking forward to read some reviews. 10x with two different lens and IS: NOT BAD!!!! :-) > There are so many P&S digicams with many form factors you might > investigate. My personal experience would lead me to strongly not > recommend Kodak digicams. Sad to say that while they are technically > capable they tend to be more failure prone and Kodak support is stuck at > the Instamatic stage. Hello, > Nikon Coolpix S6 > Canon IXUS 55 > Canon IXUS 65 > Kodak Easyshare V570 > Kodak Easyshare V610 My opinion: if you are already accostumed with Nikon optics which are the best in my humble opinion go for the Nikon product. Second choice should be Canon then later Kodak mainly for its optics. Sincerely, André Luiz >Hello! >I know this group is for DSLR users, and so I am. Im am very happy with my >Nikon D70s... Figure out what feature you can't live with out. P&Ss are all about trade-offs. For example, just a few have quick turn on times and low shutter lag. For me, missing a shot while waiting for my "always-handy/never ready" P&S to turn on and actually take the picture would be the worst thing. > > Hello! > I know this group is for DSLR users, and so I am. Im am very happy with my [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Mikael (Denmark) I would stay with Nikon if I were you. Nikon makes an excellent line of compact and ultracompact cameras. I have a D70s also, and I have other digital cameras from Nikon, Minolta, Canon, Olympus, Pentax and Panasonic. They are all good, and some have certain advantages over some others, but the Nikon Coolpix compacts have one exclusive feature that I like very much: Best Shot Selector. If you have occasion to shoot in relatively poor light and can't (or don't want to) use flash, BSS allows you to hold down the shutter release, take a series of up to 10 shots and then the camera saves only the sharpest one. This works surprisingly well, because shots taken at slow shutter speeds vary a good deal in how much they're affected by camera shake. BSS is sort of like a "poor man's image stabilization." But apart from that, I just prefer Nikon's general design philosophy to the others. I'm not personally familiar with the Coolpix S6, but it certainly looks nice and pocketable. > I would stay with Nikon if I were you. Nikon makes an excellent line of > compact and ultracompact cameras. > > I have a D70s also, and I have other digital cameras from Nikon, Minolta, > Canon, Olympus, Pentax and Panasonic. So you have at least seven digital cameras. May I ask why?  SignatureJohn McWilliams >> I would stay with Nikon if I were you. Nikon makes an excellent line of >> compact and ultracompact cameras. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > So you have at least seven digital cameras. Actually I have more than seven just counting Nikons. Apart from the D70s, I have the Coolpix 4600, 5200, 5900, 7900, 5400, 8400, 8700 and 8800. I have more than seven Minoltas too. Fewer examples of the other brands. > May I ask why? I like 'em. I really like 'em. > Hello! > I know this group is for DSLR users, and so I am. Im am very happy with my > Nikon D70s and in near future I will buy the Nikon D200. But sometimes it > would be nice to have a very small compact digital camera in the pocket for > snapshots. Perhaps some of you feel the same way? I personally am happy with the Coolpix 7900, although the chrome is flaking off the lens. But there are pocket cameras that give you more manual control than the 7900. |
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