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Skybird · 09-26-09, 04:16 PM

SLR is big, so I decided for a compact.

My advise is to go cheap, find a model from last year which is about to leave the market, but has scored well in tests and customer feedback, and has been massively reduced in initial market prices already. There is no point in spending some hundred bucks on a camera if you cannot know about how long it will last, and they are not made as solid as an expensive analogue SLR, for example. So if after 18 months the camera gives up and you spent less than 100 for a camera originally costing 250 or more, you shrug your shoulders and simply buy another. If the camera fails you after 18 months and it costed you 399,- - then that is something very different, at least imo.

I am totally happy with my current one, a Canon Powershot A590. Before, I had a Canon Powershot A75 - which became too cold one early autumn morning, and the sensor took it queer and never recovered. I had it for - 18 months. I bought both while they already were withdrawn from the market. Both costed me less than 100 bucks, and both made/make excellent pictures.

Buy a cheap compact - or an expensive professional SLR. that's my general advise. My old Canon EOS 600 from 1987 - still works, although having seen quite some rugged terrain and extreme climate.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/camera-reviews/

And remember: megapixels are not everything. They even can be counterproductive if the picture sensor does not increase in size with more pixels put on it.

09-26-09, 04:16 PM	#7
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,612 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	SLR is big, so I decided for a compact. My advise is to go cheap, find a model from last year which is about to leave the market, but has scored well in tests and customer feedback, and has been massively reduced in initial market prices already. There is no point in spending some hundred bucks on a camera if you cannot know about how long it will last, and they are not made as solid as an expensive analogue SLR, for example. So if after 18 months the camera gives up and you spent less than 100 for a camera originally costing 250 or more, you shrug your shoulders and simply buy another. If the camera fails you after 18 months and it costed you 399,- - then that is something very different, at least imo. I am totally happy with my current one, a Canon Powershot A590. Before, I had a Canon Powershot A75 - which became too cold one early autumn morning, and the sensor took it queer and never recovered. I had it for - 18 months. I bought both while they already were withdrawn from the market. Both costed me less than 100 bucks, and both made/make excellent pictures. Buy a cheap compact - or an expensive professional SLR. that's my general advise. My old Canon EOS 600 from 1987 - still works, although having seen quite some rugged terrain and extreme climate. http://www.steves-digicams.com/camera-reviews/ And remember: megapixels are not everything. They even can be counterproductive if the picture sensor does not increase in size with more pixels put on it. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.