I’m in the market for a new point-and-shoot camera. I’m looking for something small and relatively inexpensive, since I also plan to buy an SLR later in the year. The Pentax Optio M30 seems to fit my requirements. Does anyone have other suggestions?
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I love my Canon ELPH, but it’s more expensive than what you linked to. The advantage is that it takes really good pictures, it allows more manual control than your usual p&s, and it fits in my pocket.
I LOVE my little Canon SD 700 IS. I’ll never buy another point and shoot camera without optical Image Stabilization. Make such a difference in being able to capture shots in iffy lighting (which is most of the time, indoors). I just leave IS turned on, turn off the flash unless I specifically want it, and marvel that I can take mostly non-blurry photos without a tripod in lighting that would have been impossible on other cameras that I’ve owned.
The SD 800 IS, the successor to the SD 700, is just as awesome. Throw in a 4GB SD card for $60 from NewEgg.com (on which I can take 2300+ stills or 90 minutes of video), and I’m set. :-)
Sony DSC-W90.
Its a nice cam. I’m happy with ours thus far.
Another inexpensive one that gets good reviews:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830124127&CMP=AFC-Hotdealsclub&ATT=30-124-127
I’ve got a Canon, but Ankur has a little Casio and likes it.
Hey Matt. I recently got a Fuji Finepix F30 which has the cleanest sensor in its class. ISO up to 3200… ISO 1600 is actually usable. The camera has been replaced by the Finepix F31fd (fd = facial detection), but it’s the same sensor. Is the camera perfect? No, I’d like better menu structure and full manual control, but the images that come out of that thing will rival your D70 at ISO’s 100 and 200, and it’s small enough to keep on your belt. :-)