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[Drift Spunk]

Been looking at camera phones lately. IMH these are great by having a 2in1 device when "mongering" around

the sony C905 cybershot phone sounds good

*8.1-megapixel
*xenon flash,
*auto-focus,
*face detection
*image stabilisation
*2.4-inch TFT screen

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[Recoil111]

the sony C905 cybershot phone sounds good

I have a Sony cybershot phone and the quality of the pictures is by far not the same as with a regular digital camera!

[rxpharm]

steviep35, that was a very good deal on the camera! Some advice that might help you prevent dropping this one - attach the wrist strap and wrap it around the wrist whenever you shoot. If you happen to drop it, the strap should stop it from hitting the ground.

Regarding camera phones - at this point in time the best camera phones cannot match the best digital cameras. They are handy for quick grabs, but don't expect much. The xenon flash is not nearly as powerful as a regular flash, so the range is quite limited.

[donnykey]

Rxpharm any info on Sony cybershot DSCW150 digital.....My pentax takes great shots but its a pain waiting that 2 seconds for auto focus(holding down button)

...sometimes miss the moment...Cheers Donnykey

[Drift Spunk]

Donnykey

I allmost bought the DSCW150. I know it has Is3200, 8mp, 5 optical and 10 digital zooms, easy to use and auto focus is pretty fast. the only thing i didn't like about it was the width of the camera, it is thin but abit to wide for my liking.

he's a good link i use to check out cameras and they have great prices http://www.digitalca...au/prod2804.htm

[rxpharm]

donnykey, while the Sony DSCW150 has received some good reviews, you should know that it uses a different type of memory card - Sony's memory stick. That makes your old memory cards useless for this camera.

There have been several cameras discussed in this thread. One thing you need to decide is what you want to use it for - and that will guide you to the camera that will best suit your needs.

There are several good camera review sites around - dprview.com (Digital Photography Review), stevesdigicams.com are good sites.

[donnykey]

Thanks guys....Although I'm more than happy with the quality of pics my Pentax Optio7 takes it's just annoying having to hold the button down to wait for auto focus ...have missed some great spur of the moment shots.....Cheers Donnykey

[rxpharm]

donnykey, you're welcome as a bit of help, here is a review site that includes the statistics of how long the shutter lag is for a number of cameras. While the Pentax Optio S7 is not listed, it was mentioned in the review, 1.61 seconds for 1 photo and 16.98 seconds for 5 photos.

Shutter lag comparisons

[Barely Legal]

Hi Guys,

Camera's, camera's, camera's! Basically not alot between them concerning similar price brackets .... Their all good

I use the Canon G9 as you know and wotever i can get my hands on and I like it a lot. The G9 does not take great pictures in low light when compared to a DSLR, but then it is not a DSLR (Ladyboys vs Femboys).

All point and shoot cameras will lose the battle in low light, dynamic range, quick shot to shot, etc. against a DSLR.

I can take good pictures up to ISO 200 with the G9 over that there is noise in the image. I'm happy with the results with images at ISO 400 and even ISO 800, but not ISO 1600. If you pixel-peep you'll see what i mean.

For printing normal size photos you won't see it. The ISO 3200 is a great feature especially if you fit a wide angle lens in low light due to the anti-shake feature.

The G10 is supposed to have an improved image sensor, even though it is the same size (1/1.7") as the G9. It also has the Digic4 processor, which is supposed to improve image noise results. The G10 zoom range is (5x optical) 28-140mm, which is a good change to some, but too short on the tele end for me compared to the G9 (6x optical) but i use a 2x tele also :wink:

The G10 is still "slow" with a f/2.8 aperture ... Think what i'm getting at is the G9 is probably better than the G10 anyway it's smaller, hee hee

My advise try Ricoh if you want more compact than G9 & G10 for great photo's at a similar price range.

Full sensor compact then there's the Sigma DP1 but to big in my opinion for a compact!

Bar & room shots follow the advise already given Sony & Fuji "rock"

Nice to stray from my thread once in a while

Hope the info's of use

Best wishes,

Karl.

[rxpharm]

Good post Karl, sums up things fairly nicely! The Canon G9 performs quite well as shown by your great photos of the girls both in the bar and on the field trips.

DSLRs will generally give the best photos, but are a pain to carry around.

For those looking for a camera, spend some time thinking about what kind of photos you will take, ie: low light shots in the bar, with or without flash, daytime photos while on vacation, landscapes, portraits of family/friends/lovers. This will give you some guidance about what camera to select.

Also as mentioned earlier, don't fall for the megapixel trap - more megapixels is not necessarily better.

In fact even 5 megapixels is enough to produce a good 8x10 print. The higher the megapixels, the more "noise" there will be in a photo, especially in low light situations.

Happy shooting!