Hi,
I've been looking to pick a digital camera, I'm mainly looking for something very small and light, robust (it'll be going rock climbing) and hopefully shoot good quality outdoor pictures.
The Canon cameras like the PowerShot SD400 or the PowerShot SD30 seem pretty good, but I've heard of some problems with the lense mechanism (E18 error), where the camera becomes unusable. I've heard of some screen cracking problems on some models. I've also some accounts of people having a hard time with the Canon support.
The Casio Exilim EX-S500 also looks promising, though I've heard that image quality isn't spectacular and has rare lens problems. Also it doesn't have a viewfinder so I'm a little worried that the screen will be hard to see if it's sunny.
The Sony T5 or T7 looks decent, nice and small and light. Although, CNET didn't seem too impressed (5.8 out of 10 citing poor image quality), Steve's digicams seemed to love it ("terrific image quality").
If anyone has some first hand expeience with these cameras I'd love to hear about what you think of them, and whether thay've had any of the problems mentioned above.
Many thanks, and I hope this is the right place to post.
Virgil |
