Compact digital cameras
 

Hello needing some advice here which I think may help others also. Basically I need a good compact digital camera. I work as a photographer and have stopped snapping out of hours which I hate (mainly due to having digital slr's which you can't exactly take on nights out etc). I don't want a bulky camera it needs to be compact and at least 4mp. I use Nikon daily but don't like there compacts. I like Olympus and Sony and I am interested to hear pros and cons or any amazing ones value wise etc. Any help appreciated!

We have had a Canon S330 for about 3 years now - it's getting a bit aged but it has been providing us with fantastic performance.

We love it; they have even smaller higher res models out now and having looked at them I would love to buy one. This one just works so well.

I just bought my wife a Sony for her birthday yesterday. I hope I made the right choice??? I really liked the speed and the larger display. Also, it has a manual mode and one can attach different lenses.

I have a Sony DSC-T1
Pros -
small, about the size of a deck of cards
lens cover doubles as a power switch, very slick
docking cradle/charger very slick

Cons-
I like the pics from my old Nikon or the Canon S series better

My brother has a Canon S400
Pros -
small, about the size of a deck of cards, but bigger than the Sony
takes great pics


Cons-
no lens cover, the lens is vulnerable to dirt and scratching

I like a small camera that I can hold (and snap a picture) with one hand.

Many of the small, are too damn small . . . you end up holding them with both hands. . . .usually both hands so you can move fingers from zoom to the shutter, and back . .. w/o dropping the damn thing.

The Canon A85 A95 are good. Small enough, and use standard batteries, standard memory. . .. .and good one-hand ergonomics.

check out the canon sd200

very small and very fast. uses sd cards

I'm very happy with our Nikon Coolpix 3200.

Minolta Dimage XT - tiny - one hand use - internal zoom lens and a flash, sd cards looks cool in black. Carry it everywhere.

Steves Digicams review page for the XT
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/dimagext.html

here's a result (dropped in size to upload)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1113768663.jpg

ooooo . . .tricky internal folded optical zoom system! ( I hadn't seen that before)

how's the saying go? . . .only from the minds of minolta.

Wonder where Nikon got the idea for this one?

http://www.europe-nikon.com/details.aspx?countryid=20&languageid=22&prodId=104 9&catId=82