Digital camera - Which is the best

boatman

Nice Panasonic DMC-FX30EB at Amazon for £110, won the what camera best compact, some places have it for a lot more, play want £200 for it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMC-FX30EB-S-Digital-Camera-Antishake/dp/B000PKIQFG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1207387871&sr=1-1

tesco had some of these, may be worth keeping an eye on it to see if it comes back in to stock
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.202-8559.aspx

darich

Lakeuk wrote: »

Get a camera that takes AA's and buy a good set of rechargables (2000mAh rated+) they're lasted length of a long trip and if they don't like me you can raid the mp3 player, gps, or torch. Never use AA alkalines in cameras they're run out in 30minsI've recently bought a Canon A590IS and have currently taken 200 pictures and the battery is still going on the 2 rechargable AA's.My Dads camera takes Li-ion which he has two, and he's always running out and no where near a charge point - he's so impressed with my A590 and that it takes AA's that he's bought one for himself.

In general Li-ions are better than AA or AAA whether they're rechargeable or alkaline. I've had a Li-ion battery that died after a dozen shots - it was only good for the bin but that's a one off. Any others i've had (currently 2 for my DSLR) they'll significantly outlast any AA or AAA powered camera.

darich

buglawton wrote: »

The latest important innovations are: Face Recognition and Stabilizer.

The first ensures that faces are locked onto, focussed onto and are sharp.

The second ensures that low light images without flash/pics taken when you are moving are less affected by hand movement.

My camera has these 2 and I appreciate the results quite a lot (stabilizer is really helpful on full zoom shots).

The very latest trick is smile recognition, that ensures a snap when someone is smiling!

I any of these are important to you, try to ensure they are in the spec of the camera you buy.

Stabalizer is not "stabilizer" - it increases the ISO setting to reduce the shutter speed and therefore reduce movement during the exposure. It works but the trade off is that the increased ISO makes the grain much more noticeable in shots.
It's actually a con - because there is nothing that "stabalizes" the camera or image