Digicams

[ciphergoth]

Update: I bought a Kodak DX3900, 3.1 megapixel camera. It's half the weight of my old one.

I promise I bought a copy of "What Digital Camera" a couple of days *before* Alison got given one that's better than mine. But anyway, it's certainly the final push I needed to go and buy one. I can get one that's higher resolution and half the weight of my existing one for about £200.

It has to be CF, zoom lens, at least two megapixels. Weight is very important - it's the size and weight of my existing camera that's finally driving me mad. But it doesn't have to be better than Alison's :-)

I'm currently looking at the Nikon Coolpix 2000 and the Samsung Digimax 230.

Tips?

Comments

[lovingboth]

See what Morgans have in stock - they've been selling very good digital cameras very cheaply.

[babysimon]

I really like my ixus v, it meets all your requirements easily, but I think they're still around £300. Oh, and the ixus v2 is out now which fixes the one annoyance with it (menu faff changing from stills to movies).

Take a look at Canon

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

While the 4MP Powershot S40 may be out of your planned price range (but I'd still recommend it!), it could be worth a look - failing that take a look at S30 which has similar features and a lower resolution and price.

May I suggest a website?

[kingginger.livejournal.com]

www.steves-digicams.com

Its quite useful for digicam look ups and reviews.

There is also www.megapixel.net

Two sites I always keep in contact with when it comes to digicams...

I've not found any reviews of the Samsung... and as you want CF a Olympus cam is out of the question :-)

But Steve seems to think the Coolpix 2000 is definatly worth a look at :-)
(from http://www.steves-digicams.com/2002_reviews/nikon2000_pg5.html )

Laterz

[ex-meta.livejournal.com]

Nikon's UI is horrible, and I find their image quality to be a poor fifth after Kodak, Canon, Olympus and Sony. Noticable color fringes. Added to that, their customer service (in the USA at least) is horrendous. I'm still waiting for my refund check, and a colleague has gone through three rounds of getting a camera serviced.

I'd look at Canon. They have some tiny cameras, with metal bodies. You can probably pick up a recently discontinued model at a sizeable discount; or an A20, A40 or S200 should be about the right price range...

[gnomatron.livejournal.com]

I recently bought a very nice little Fuji camera from this place: http://www.internetcamerasdirect.co.uk/

It's my first camera, but it's a lovely little thing. It's the Finepix a201, and I got an excellent deal on a bundle with extra memory and rechargeable batteries.

Also, in I'm reliably informed that camera electronics are more advanced than the optics (in general), so you should preferably buy from a camera manufacturer, as they'll have better optics.

[pavlos.livejournal.com]

You are sooo digital!

Pavlos :-)

[selectnone.livejournal.com]

I like my CoolPix 775.