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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 12:49pm | IP Logged Quote Chari
My camera busted last sept (while at Disneyland....grrr)...and I was using the kids camera...and IT busted on Christmas eve......grrrr.


I LOVED my camera.....those who know me well...know I suffer now

Anyway......I am not wealthy enough to go to an SLR yet......or, at least to purchase the extra parts.

So, I must buy a high quality digital point and shoot.

I am looking at the under $500 cameras.

I must have a viewfinder (for my bad eyes) and I must have at least 12x optical zoom


I have found a few possibilites...and I want to know if any of you have these, or others you want to recommend....and why or why not.

Especially if you have Sony's Cyber-shot H50, I would like to hear about your experience. How are the prints coming out?

any by Canon or Panosonic?

Thanks...and if you have time, hurry and write! Please?

God bless!!

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 12:59pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
Ours is an Olympus Stylus 400, all-weather.. and it meets your qualifications.. we've really liked it. But I don't think they make that particular one anymore. We bought it 5 years ago for about $400 (hunting up the best deal online.. I believe that was below sticker price) The main thing I want in a new camera from what we've had is a faster shutter speed. But I don't know what they have out now. This one is still chugging along. But I'd really love to replace it before it dies

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 1:36pm | IP Logged Quote Chari
Jody, the camera I loved was an Olympus...but they do not seem to have anything out there now that I want ....mine was 5 years old when it quit.

I am reading reviews right now...it is so hard without "talking" to REAL people .or handling a camera

anyone else? Please???

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 1:42pm | IP Logged Quote Jen L.
I have an old digital camera and I lust after a digital point and shoot (no "lag" time between pressing the button and camera taking the shot). It is basically impossible to get one with the 12x optical zoom for under $500 though.

Anyway, I'm sure that you can do this, but I like to search on Amazon and then narrow the selection down on the left hand side. So I narrowed it down by optical zoom, price, and star rating as well as screen size.

Here are a few interesting choices:

Amazon search results

Canon Powershot

Panasonic 5 star rated Lumix

Another 5 star Panasonic Lumix

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 1:57pm | IP Logged Quote Mackfam
We just replaced our old Canon with a Panasonic Lumix. It's ok. I wanted instant point, push button, snap picture. It's better than our Canon by a lot, but it's still not instant. That is extremely frustrating to me. Also, low light conditions frustrate me - no flash equals blurry pic with realistic lighting, total flash equals washed out pic. I would love a camera that had a more intuitive management of the flash (or any management of the amount of flash) and more instant response in taking the picture....but....it was a very affordable camera and for the most part takes very good pictures. I haven't printed any pictures from it yet, so I'm sorry I can't give you a review of printed pics.

I'll be eager to hear if someone has found the perfect point and shoot!

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 2:24pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
Really they don't?

I was just looking at the Olympus SP-XXX-UZ series there's 3.. the 560, 565 or 570.

20x optical zoom, 10 mp, viewfinder, shutter speed as fast as 1/2000 second..

takes AA batteries so you can get them anywhere.

priced $400-450 on the manufacturer website which generally means you can get a better deal elsewhere probably down to $350 or so.. I haven't looked yet.

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 2:27pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
Jennifer these Olympus I'm looking at have what they call a "fill in" flash.. not sure what that means exactly but it's different than just on/off.

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 2:32pm | IP Logged Quote Chari
It has been a few weeks since I looked at the website, jodie.....not sure why I was disappointed. But, in the stores NO ONE has the Olympus cameras. Not sure why.

Oh, maybe I went to epionions.com and that caused me to be deterred...cannot remember.

I would rather buy in a store, than online....I like to hold the cameras.

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 7:44pm | IP Logged Quote stefoodie
We have a Panasonic Lumix FZ20 -- it's great for some things but not others. We're happy with it, but I'm still hoping to get a better one... one day...

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Posted: Jan 03 2009 at 7:59pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
In case everyone doesn't get a chance to weigh in on this question before the SUnday closure:

Favourite Digital Camera??

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