Simple camera question, please.
Posted by: George Fredrik on 19 December 2010
Panasonic Lumix TZ8 Digital Camera
Given that a few years ago I bought a secondhand Canon Ixus [?], which simply disappeared and so was eventually replaced with Fujifilm AV100, would this make a significant advance on the ones before? It would be fifty pre cent dearer than the Ixus, and nearly three times the price of the Fugi ... Not keen to go over £150 in any case, but the Panasonic may be had for that [more or less] at the moment.
By now I shall never take great photos, and primarily want a camera for any holidays, and a few set piece shots, sometimes in Macro, would this make a reasonable camera. I have given the Fuji away as a Christmas present, as it found a keen admirer, even though I found it slightly frustrating in that it was slow to take the next shot under some conditions. It was capable of startling quality when everything went right, but somehow the older Canon was less scratchy in getting a reasonable shot out of an incompetent/half blind operator!
I guess that I could get it less expensive after Christmas, and so am in no rush. Other suggestions will also be gratefully considered.
ATB from George
PS: I still have the old [early 1960s] Canonette 35mm Rangefinder, but film is a terrible price to develope considering what a high proportion of poor shots I take.
Given that a few years ago I bought a secondhand Canon Ixus [?], which simply disappeared and so was eventually replaced with Fujifilm AV100, would this make a significant advance on the ones before? It would be fifty pre cent dearer than the Ixus, and nearly three times the price of the Fugi ... Not keen to go over £150 in any case, but the Panasonic may be had for that [more or less] at the moment.
By now I shall never take great photos, and primarily want a camera for any holidays, and a few set piece shots, sometimes in Macro, would this make a reasonable camera. I have given the Fuji away as a Christmas present, as it found a keen admirer, even though I found it slightly frustrating in that it was slow to take the next shot under some conditions. It was capable of startling quality when everything went right, but somehow the older Canon was less scratchy in getting a reasonable shot out of an incompetent/half blind operator!
I guess that I could get it less expensive after Christmas, and so am in no rush. Other suggestions will also be gratefully considered.
ATB from George
PS: I still have the old [early 1960s] Canonette 35mm Rangefinder, but film is a terrible price to develope considering what a high proportion of poor shots I take.