Digital Camera

v1ct0r · March 17th, 2006, 01:31 AM

Well I need help choosing a camera now since I will be travelling to Europe this summer. I was looking at the new Canon SD600, Panasonic Limux FX9 (I think), all Casios are out because they REQUIRE you to use a dock to charge which I am not willing to carry around. Any other suggestions would be helpful, thanks.

andyhui01 · March 17th, 2006, 01:44 AM

I have a Casio Exilim Z750 and the pictures are amazing for a camera like that, I have posted pictures of with the Casio on this forum before. You can go to my photogallery and look at the photos I've taken with the Casio http://www.xenonzone.net/photogallery . Just watch out, only the pictures will file name CIMG are taken with the casio, some were from my Fuji S5600

AxlxA · March 17th, 2006, 02:56 AM

V1ctor, when are you going ot europe?

I already bought plane tickets to fly there on May 25th London, and fly back on July 4th from Amsterdam.

I have a SD400. 5mpixel and 3x optical zoom.
I'll be carrying a very cheap tripod and 2x 1gb SD cards for it. Also my ipod can store the pcitures via the Camera Connector i bought for $30. I have that shit figured out. Next is to find out about the voltage difference and converters and adapters for the wall outlets.

v1ct0r · March 17th, 2006, 03:09 AM

umm arrive in Paris the 7th of June, then leaving June 28th out of London

All you have to do is buy that converter from radio shack, I used one last time when I went to Paris.

andyhui, I would get the Casio as it looks pretty good but the requirement for charging with a dock is pretty annoying and not very suitable for traveling.

Anyone have any experience with any of the pentax, sonys, canons and panasonics in this price range? The Lumix FX9 looks pretty good but dpreview said the quality wasn't so great and none of the Canon SD cameras have image stabilization. SD600 and the FX9 seem to be my top choices.

AxlxA · March 17th, 2006, 06:02 AM

I have the sd400, great little point and shoot. Great night time shots only if you have a tripod. My suggestion is get something small. canons have some great picture quality in the day time. It really captures the brilliant colors.

V1ctor, if i have let's say 4 devices i want to charge up during hte night, does one of those converter work ?

v1ct0r · March 17th, 2006, 06:18 AM

all you need is a little adapter that works to european voltage or whatever you wanna call it. You should be able to pick one up at radio shack but for charging 4 things...you might have to bring like a surge protector lol. But yeah you can probably find the converter at a radio shack and see what variations they have there. Guess you haven't been out of the country.

oh yeah where else you going while in europe? besides obviously london and amsterdam

mgkdk · March 17th, 2006, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v1ct0r

Anyone have any experience with any of the pentax, sonys, canons and panasonics in this price range?

My old camera is a pentax optio 330 (no longer in production) but I have to say it was a really good camera.

Now I have a canon ixus i zoom but that also comes with a dockingstation but I think I have seen a 'normal' charger on the internet somewhere. My main problem with it is that I can't find a bag for it because it is so small images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

v1ct0r · March 17th, 2006, 07:26 AM

any idea what the model would be in north america, because for some reason they call it the ixus elsewhere...hmm

mgkdk · March 17th, 2006, 07:46 AM

uhm...it's this one

http://www.canon.dk/Images/81_304157.gif

joemoefro · March 17th, 2006, 07:55 AM

I'd Totally recommend the Cannon SD series.
I have a SD 300 and it's awesame. Also, Cannon's are known to have the best lenses. So really the only thing that other companies market with is megapixels.
4 is enough, however the higher you go the better you can zoom in with stuff.
What's really fun is you can take close up pics which look really sweet, for ex
http://photo.gangus.com/v/Jesse/albu..._1213.jpg.html
enjoy whatever camera you buy and europe! i'll be there this summer for two months in Tübingen and then Euroraling wööt!

chaos386 · March 17th, 2006, 08:02 AM

I'm not sure if you can get them in the US, but Wonpro makes some great stuff for people who travel or have a lot of appliances from different places:

http://webbuilder2.asiannet.com/1327/comm/upimage/p_050920_00938.JPG

+

http://webbuilder2.asiannet.com/1327/comm/upimage/p_050920_01101.JPG

FTW.

I've got a couple of those universal power strips, and they work great! images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

cvrefugee · March 17th, 2006, 09:09 AM

I have the first SD Canon, the SD100 (3.2MP). The quality is awesome for a P&S, here are a few examples:

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/3691/belem076qy.th.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4744/sintra249du.th.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5501/zoo228dp.th.jpg

andyhui01 · March 17th, 2006, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Victor

andyhui, I would get the Casio as it looks pretty good but the requirement for charging with a dock is pretty annoying and not very suitable for traveling.

actually... not really, the battery will last you a very very very long time (Casio owners, back me up please)... you won't have to charge it much, how hard is it to put a suitcase? The performance you'll get out of it is very well worth it

Overheat · March 17th, 2006, 02:28 PM

why not the Canon Powershot SD700 IS?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/canon/canon_ixus800is_frontback-001.jpg

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06...nonsd700is.asp

v1ct0r · March 17th, 2006, 11:42 PM

the 700is would be great, if i could afford it

and about the dock, it's a hassle because I will be backpacking, not carrying a suitcase around.

jeffy777 · March 17th, 2006, 11:49 PM

I have the canon S1 IS, but wish I had the S2 IS:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0009GZSSO.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_V57165102_.jpg

12X optical, 5MP, and the movie recording mode is quite impressive, to say the least

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...477762-8471937

I'd take that over the PowerShot SD700 any day images/smilies/wink.gif

and it's cheaper

andyhui01 · March 18th, 2006, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v1ct0r

the 700is would be great, if i could afford it

and about the dock, it's a hassle because I will be backpacking, not carrying a suitcase around.

alright... but IMHO, I really think because the dock is turning away from buying a Camera that is at IXUS 700 standard for much less money. But I've never been backpacking so I can't say much. Good luck in choosing your camera images/smilies/biggrin.gif

v1ct0r · March 21st, 2006, 10:50 PM

i still can't decide images/smilies/wacko.gif

HELP

AxlxA · March 21st, 2006, 11:19 PM

Victor, buy the Canon SD550.

It's a tiny camera that you can just bust out while you're in europe. I have the sd400 and that's what i'll be doing. The battery can last the entire day shooting about 300 pictures. You can also buy a backup battery from ebay for like 6 bucks, which i also did. Takes about an Hour to get full charge. I'm well prepared for europe.

These canons also connects w/ the ipod(camera connector $30) to store your pictures so you can take some more with your SD card. I seriously am going to take over few thousand pictures in my 5 weeks of europe backpacking so I needed a way to store my photos while away from a computer.

v1ct0r · March 22nd, 2006, 01:48 AM

the 550 does look good but the 600 is cheaper and has a higher ISO (800). I finally got it down to two, the Casio Exilim EX750 and the Canon SD600. Both will be around 300 USD, Casio for 275-299 and the sd600 for around 330. I've heard about the weak flash in the casio which might make me not want to buy it. But anyone else have opinions about these cameras. Right now, I have an old S110...yeah I definitely need a new camera, 2.1 MP just doesn't cut it.

EDIT: anyone that actually knows about specs of these here's a site to compare http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/comp...sd600&show=all

also is there a difference between the 850 and 750 besides the megapixels

March 17th, 2006, 01:31 AM	#1
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	Digital Camera Well I need help choosing a camera now since I will be travelling to Europe this summer. I was looking at the new Canon SD600, Panasonic Limux FX9 (I think), all Casios are out because they REQUIRE you to use a dock to charge which I am not willing to carry around. Any other suggestions would be helpful, thanks.

March 17th, 2006, 01:44 AM	#2
andyhui01 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: 12:33 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 8,514 Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 28	I have a Casio Exilim Z750 and the pictures are amazing for a camera like that, I have posted pictures of with the Casio on this forum before. You can go to my photogallery and look at the photos I've taken with the Casio http://www.xenonzone.net/photogallery . Just watch out, only the pictures will file name CIMG are taken with the casio, some were from my Fuji S5600 __________________

March 17th, 2006, 02:56 AM	#3
AxlxA Joined: Jan 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 19th, 2008 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,541 Rep Power: 18	V1ctor, when are you going ot europe? I already bought plane tickets to fly there on May 25th London, and fly back on July 4th from Amsterdam. I have a SD400. 5mpixel and 3x optical zoom. I'll be carrying a very cheap tripod and 2x 1gb SD cards for it. Also my ipod can store the pcitures via the Camera Connector i bought for $30. I have that shit figured out. Next is to find out about the voltage difference and converters and adapters for the wall outlets. __________________ My FlickR Gallery! Rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz with Artic Freezer 7 Pro. 4gb PC6400. MSI 8800GT OC 512mb. 2TB of space. Antec Nine Hundred Case. Logitech G25. Logitech G7 gaming mouse. Logitech VX Revolution. Saitek Eclipse Keyboard. Dell Ultrasharp 2407wfp-HC and Ultrasharp 2007wfp. Senheiser HD280 Headphones.

March 17th, 2006, 06:02 AM	#5
AxlxA Joined: Jan 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 19th, 2008 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,541 Rep Power: 18	I have the sd400, great little point and shoot. Great night time shots only if you have a tripod. My suggestion is get something small. canons have some great picture quality in the day time. It really captures the brilliant colors. V1ctor, if i have let's say 4 devices i want to charge up during hte night, does one of those converter work ? __________________ My FlickR Gallery! Rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz with Artic Freezer 7 Pro. 4gb PC6400. MSI 8800GT OC 512mb. 2TB of space. Antec Nine Hundred Case. Logitech G25. Logitech G7 gaming mouse. Logitech VX Revolution. Saitek Eclipse Keyboard. Dell Ultrasharp 2407wfp-HC and Ultrasharp 2007wfp. Senheiser HD280 Headphones.

March 17th, 2006, 07:46 AM	#9
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March 17th, 2006, 03:09 AM	#4
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	umm arrive in Paris the 7th of June, then leaving June 28th out of London All you have to do is buy that converter from radio shack, I used one last time when I went to Paris. andyhui, I would get the Casio as it looks pretty good but the requirement for charging with a dock is pretty annoying and not very suitable for traveling. Anyone have any experience with any of the pentax, sonys, canons and panasonics in this price range? The Lumix FX9 looks pretty good but dpreview said the quality wasn't so great and none of the Canon SD cameras have image stabilization. SD600 and the FX9 seem to be my top choices.

March 17th, 2006, 06:18 AM	#6
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	all you need is a little adapter that works to european voltage or whatever you wanna call it. You should be able to pick one up at radio shack but for charging 4 things...you might have to bring like a surge protector lol. But yeah you can probably find the converter at a radio shack and see what variations they have there. Guess you haven't been out of the country. oh yeah where else you going while in europe? besides obviously london and amsterdam

March 17th, 2006, 07:26 AM	#8
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	any idea what the model would be in north america, because for some reason they call it the ixus elsewhere...hmm

March 17th, 2006, 07:55 AM	#10
joemoefro Joined: Dec 12th, 2004 Last Online: September 6th, 2007 Location: Palo Alto, CA USA Posts: 189 Rep Power: 17	I'd Totally recommend the Cannon SD series. I have a SD 300 and it's awesame. Also, Cannon's are known to have the best lenses. So really the only thing that other companies market with is megapixels. 4 is enough, however the higher you go the better you can zoom in with stuff. What's really fun is you can take close up pics which look really sweet, for ex http://photo.gangus.com/v/Jesse/albu..._1213.jpg.html enjoy whatever camera you buy and europe! i'll be there this summer for two months in Tübingen and then Euroraling wööt!

March 17th, 2006, 08:02 AM	#11
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,564 LFS Status: Rep Power: 62	I'm not sure if you can get them in the US, but Wonpro makes some great stuff for people who travel or have a lot of appliances from different places: + FTW. I've got a couple of those universal power strips, and they work great! __________________ "Shit, that's a busy table cloth." -matt2000

March 17th, 2006, 09:09 AM	#12
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: 02:15 AM Location: Corona, CA Age: 28 Posts: 3,450 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 60	I have the first SD Canon, the SD100 (3.2MP). The quality is awesome for a P&S, here are a few examples:

March 17th, 2006, 02:28 PM	#14
Overheat Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: September 30th, 2008 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 5,735 Rep Power: 25	why not the Canon Powershot SD700 IS? http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06...nonsd700is.asp __________________

March 17th, 2006, 11:42 PM	#15
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	the 700is would be great, if i could afford it and about the dock, it's a hassle because I will be backpacking, not carrying a suitcase around.

March 17th, 2006, 11:49 PM	#16
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	I have the canon S1 IS, but wish I had the S2 IS: 12X optical, 5MP, and the movie recording mode is quite impressive, to say the least http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...477762-8471937 I'd take that over the PowerShot SD700 any day and it's cheaper

March 21st, 2006, 10:50 PM	#18
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	i still can't decide HELP

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March 21st, 2006, 11:19 PM	#19
AxlxA Joined: Jan 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 19th, 2008 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,541 Rep Power: 18	Victor, buy the Canon SD550. It's a tiny camera that you can just bust out while you're in europe. I have the sd400 and that's what i'll be doing. The battery can last the entire day shooting about 300 pictures. You can also buy a backup battery from ebay for like 6 bucks, which i also did. Takes about an Hour to get full charge. I'm well prepared for europe. These canons also connects w/ the ipod(camera connector $30) to store your pictures so you can take some more with your SD card. I seriously am going to take over few thousand pictures in my 5 weeks of europe backpacking so I needed a way to store my photos while away from a computer. __________________ My FlickR Gallery! Rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz with Artic Freezer 7 Pro. 4gb PC6400. MSI 8800GT OC 512mb. 2TB of space. Antec Nine Hundred Case. Logitech G25. Logitech G7 gaming mouse. Logitech VX Revolution. Saitek Eclipse Keyboard. Dell Ultrasharp 2407wfp-HC and Ultrasharp 2007wfp. Senheiser HD280 Headphones.

March 22nd, 2006, 01:48 AM	#20
v1ct0r Joined: Nov 30th, 2004 Last Online: May 17th, 2007 Location: Portland, OR USA Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	the 550 does look good but the 600 is cheaper and has a higher ISO (800). I finally got it down to two, the Casio Exilim EX750 and the Canon SD600. Both will be around 300 USD, Casio for 275-299 and the sd600 for around 330. I've heard about the weak flash in the casio which might make me not want to buy it. But anyone else have opinions about these cameras. Right now, I have an old S110...yeah I definitely need a new camera, 2.1 MP just doesn't cut it. EDIT: anyone that actually knows about specs of these here's a site to compare http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/comp...sd600&show=all also is there a difference between the 850 and 750 besides the megapixels

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