Help!
I've been trying to decide on an upgrade to my Canon Powershot A40, and had lots of help from people on this post:
//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=125851
I'd love some more advice though. Here are my thoughts about the cameras I'm considering - please help me choose:
Fuji S7000 - Can't find many sites criticising this, other than some problems with auto-focus, and seems to give high quality images. I'd maybe prefer something with a longer zoom, but I guess you have 6MP to play with, so cropping could make up for this (?)
Minolta Dimage Z3 - Love the idea of a 12X zoom, but have read a few criticisms of the image quality. Hard to know though - e.g. //www.steves-digicams.com doesn't seem to rate this camera much, but //www.megapixel.net gives it a very high recommendation and has no problems with image quality. Can anyone clear this up for me?
Canon Powershot S1 IS - I like the fact that it's basically the same controls as my A40, but with lots more features to play with. Also like the fact its lens retracts, so it's still more like a pocket size digicam despite the 10x zoom. Not so sure about 3Mp though - how big can you print with this? 10' x 8'?
Kodak DX7590 - Seems to offer you less control than the rest, but still looks impressive, and gets good reviews.
Besides these, I've looked at the Nikon Coolpix 8700, Minolta Dimage A2, and other 8MP cameras, but these would be stretching my budget.
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