Blow Dog

Yay or Nay?

Cem

HHxx

Its nice but you know which camera I want

suba

yay for size, nay for quality (when comparing with something like a canon G2, etc).

ChrisB

Couple of the reviews I read when considering it criticised the LCD viewfinder (IIRC!) and slow autofocus.

Blow Dog

Well what would you suggest for under £800?
It has to have SLR features, such as aperture and shutter control.

Cem

mega_stream

My Nikon Coolpix995 takes some beating, don't know if you saw the "Spider in my garden" thread last week, but that was a good example of its macro capability.
Full aperture and shutter control aswell, its come down in price since I got mine last July.

chiark

Cem,

I love my Fuji 6900z, which is being replaced with the S602z in June.

To be honest, try both and see what you think. On dpreview.com, there doesn't seem to be anything in it in image quality despite the Minolta using a 5MP sensor and the Fuji using a 3.3MP "superCCD" sensor that claims to capture 6MP. Despite owning one, I am sceptical of this claim, but 6MP is what I work with

The lens on the Minolta starts at 28mm equiv, which is damn useful compared to the Fuji's 35mm. I think they both end around 200mm or so - the minolta is 7x optical, fuji 6x.

Usability-wise, I think it's hard to beat the Fuji but admittedly I've not tried the Minolta as it was out of my price bracked when I bought.

Do have a look at http://wwww.dpreview.com, especially in the Fuji forums. You'll see the good, bad and ugly in there

Nick.

Daryl

The Canon Powershot G2 is a superb camera, although it doesn't have such a large zoom range as the Fuji or Minolta. It's the one I would buy - see why at \http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong2/

MarkO

Have you considered a 35mm SLR and a negative scanner?

IanW

Oi Otway dont start that debate again!

Blow Dog

Mark,
Been there done that.

Guys, check out this thread at DPReview, these guys seem to think it has awesome potention.

MarkO

Those images are fairly impressive.

How much is one of those suckers?

kryten

Is the 7i a new model? I tried the Dimage 5/7 and didn't like the viewfinder (too jerky) and the autofocus (quicker to do it myself!!). Bought an Olympus E10 in the end which is a real SLR.

Go find one and try it - if they've sorted out the couple of issues then it will be an excellent camera!

chiark

Kryten, yup it's a new model...

Avi

I got one, and If you want the SLR Features it's the Daddy

The Old man is a bit of an SLR Enthusiast.. so it was his choice really

Andy

Toonman

IMHO

Best Digi Cam for £500 = Nikon CP 995
Best £800 = Olympus E10 (whilst they're still around)
Best £1200 ish Olympus E20

I get most Cams on dem to play with from the manufacturers.

Canon G2's okay, but look out for the body cracking. :-(

Cheers