Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just got an Olympus Stylus 500. Major reason was the water resistance and it fits in a shirt pocket. Seems ok, not as good as I thought it might be but acceptable. It has a very large view screen but no viewfinder. The screen is annoying as you pan, can't keep up with the movement. Seems Olympus is removing the viewfinder on a lot of it's models. Had a Pentax S50. Nice that it takes AA batteries but they don't last long. Also have a Kyocera SL400R. Very thin, great pocket camera. Some friends just got some demos for 200 - Guess leaving the market hit the price pretty hard. The Canon SD500 is somewhat interesting at 7 mp. Was tempted to get one today but resisted :-> Bill -----Original Message----- Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 8:01 PM Frank, There are a lot of pretty good small cameras out there. I would look at the Pentax Optio S5i, the Minolta X50, Canon SD400/500, and last the Pentax S50. Image quality will be similar with all, battery life only good for about 150 images per charge, control layout very different so important that you actually run the menu's. A couple of these are getting a little old by digital standards so prices will vary widely. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of Frank F. Farmer Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 2:19 PM Howdy, I took a cursory look on the archive page but couldn't find a topic on this. Please forgive me if I repeat. My wife wants a digital point and shoot camera. I know very little about them other than my brother seems like his Canon digital elph. Any suggestions? I'm thinking of about a 5.O mp minimum and I think she would like if to be reasonably small (fits is a purse size). Somewhere under $400 would be nice. I've looked around at a couple of Sonys and Canons so far. What others should I consider? Thanks in advance. Frank -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.4 - Release Date: 3/18/2005