Camera help please!

WDW2010

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So what did you decide on? I'm currently looking at the Canon Powershot SX210 as well and was wondering if you got to try it and what your thoughts were if you did.

I went to the local best buy and tried out the SX210 and it seemed to take pretty great pictures. Great zoom range, clear crisp photos from any optical zoom and obviously noisier in the digital aspect. The flaws with this camera is that the flash is located in the worst spot in my opinion its so annoying especially if you want to just take out the camera and shoot. Overall I wouldn't purchase this camera myself, and I did not. The SD4000IS seems like a great camera I actually held it in my hands but of course the stores I went to did not have a working model.

As of right now Canon is coming out with some camera I would like to check out (Canon A3300 and a few more) so I asked my sister to take her Sony with me that I know is pretty good. But, to recommend a camera I would go with the SD4000IS for its great reviews, and the Canon PowerShot S95 I tested out this camera and its a great little fast point and shoot.
 

SewIn2Disney

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Is the flash the only issue you had with it? I looked at the others that you mentioned, but the small zoom is a real big turn off for me--- I need something with at least an 8x zoom. The reason the SX210 is really appealing to me is because you can go into manual mode, so its great when I can't carry my SLR with me- plus the 14x zoom is really appealing.
Not to mention, I love the fun features such as the tilt shift photography, and fisheye creator.

Thanks for your take on it! Its great to hear a review from someone, rather than from a corporation (which is what you so often find on websites such as cnet.)
 

KeithVH

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Based on the original post itself, picture quality was a top criteria. If so, I think the S95 would be the better choice. This is due to the fact it has a larger sensor than all the other cameras list with the exception of the G series.

All other things being equal, at least among Canon cameras, the bigger sensor will always provide better possible quality. Obviously it won't make you a better photographer but I'd pick bigger a sensor to upsize a shot versus a bigger zoom that focuses on a smaller sensor.
 

WDW2010

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Original Poster
It's been awhile since I've posted on here but I actually came back during the beginning of this week from Disney. Using two cameras ( My old stinky NIKON and my girlfriends Canon PowerShot ) we took over 2,000 pictures and obviously not all 2,000 are great. Both of our cameras did pretty well in a normal scenario in Auto Mode. But, in low light situations the Canon blew my NIkon out of the water. The Canon is much newer and much more advanced so she did take greater photos than I but they both did the job. In the future I will be sorting out my pictures and putting them on my Flickr account to show everyone.

Taking pictures a lot of the times like all great photographers say "It's not only the camera, it's the person behind operating it." It's a shame when I came back the local Ultimate Electronics is closing down (all of them are actually) and they had a nice Canon G12 series for 40% off, my dad noticed they went to 50% off even though it was the display model it was well over 200 dollars cheaper than any store or online store I could find. With my luck of course, someone already beat me to the punch and bought it.

Though my trip is over I am still looking to upgrade to a better camera. Something with a large sensor for low light photos, and a nice optical zoom range. For now, I am staying away from DSLR cameras because I like the fact of doing everything I want in the park and still able to take pictures with a light simple P&S.
 

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