What compact to buy sony, canon, or panasonic?
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If you haven't already purchased, I recommend the Canon SD770IS, I bought one a couple months back and the best price was $189, Amazon has it for $159 and I can only agree with the rave reviews on Amazon. I did a lot of research as well. Found nothing negative about this one.
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I was in the same boat with you guys, but after reading everything I could find on camcorders for several hours I finally purchased the Canon M30. The deciding factor aside from great features and a good price ($399.00) was the size and weight of the camera. Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 2.7 x 4.9 inches ;13.4 ounces (11.3 w/o battery pack and SD card). I travel often and don't like to lug around heavy gear. This tiny camera will fit in my shirt or pants pockets so there will be less of a chance of losing or misplacing it when I need two hands and a shoulder strap is not an option. I can get 32 gig memory cards pretty cheaply which for me translates to unlimited storage and filming. For me it's a win win situation.
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I believe UDMA7 is a fairly recent development and you'd probably do just as well with something in the 4 range but like the other person said check with Canon. There's no point in spending more than you have to. Contacting them or checking their support page online is best.
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Yes, it's a great camera but don't overpay (no more than $400). You could also look into the canon rebels.
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Check the panasonic website they make a telephoto lens and loads of filters. Amazon sells most of the items. I feel like this camera can adapt to many more situations than many other brands in this catagory or price range.
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Hi Ginett.The camera is pretty light, but does have a little bit of a "solid" feel to it. If weight is a concern, you could also consider a Panasonic model, which I bought for my wife to keep in her purse. It is a little smaller and lighter but includes a wide angle lens, long lasting battery and a (slightly less powerful, but still very adequate) 10X Zoom. This one is a Panasonic Lumix Model DMC-ZS02. It has most of the features of the larger one and costs around $50 less. Either camera will easily fit in a shirt pocket. Hope this helps.
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I got Canon SX30is(well,last Nov). I was fairly satisfied except inability of continual shooting(1.3 frame/sec.)picture quality(PQ) not so good but acceptable for 1/2.33 sensor,720 HD video is good, but Sony came out with HX100 30X zoom with rapid shooting,1080 HD and Finepix HS20,now Nikon P500 with 1080 HD, 22.5mm-810mm lens which is due for sale on March 3rd in Japan. I'm tempted,but what do I do with Canon....
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Oh yes. This has APS-C sensor, larger than any typical compacts. As for price, Sony frequently do discounts on the bundles. If you don't want to buy lenses, look at cameras like Sony's own RX100.
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Sam, We had a Sony for a few months then the kid lost it. We've had a Canon for two years, and during that time it went back to Canon twice for warranty service, for the same problem. When I wanted to upgrade, I bought a Sony DSC-N2. From the looks of things, it will even be almost as versatile as my 35mm Exakta SLR film camera. If you really want a slim camera, there are even slimmer Sony's than the DSC-N2, such as the DSC T10, that are comparable with the Canon for pixels.
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The more I read around and talk with HD camera enthusiasts, I think I am leaning towards the M30. And right now Canon is doing the $200 off Fall sale.
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Pretty much any camera that advertises "macro focus" (the ability to focus on objects within about an inch of the lens -- necessary if you're selling anything *small*) will be fine these days: All of them have plenty of resolution and perfectly good image quality for eBay/Amazon usages. You'll have no problem finding many cameras &lt;$100 to choose from these days that will work just fine.
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My recommendation would be the 50mm 1.8. Good standard focal length (although closer to 75mm with the smaller sensor). It is under $100.00 new. Short depth of field, great for portraits. Every Canon owner should have this lens. No zoom mind you, so it requires a little more work to get the shot you want. This lens is good, fast, and cheap.
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The Sony RX100 is the best compact around for the time being (and you can now go for the RX100 II for which they added some nice and useful goodies) if not considering kind of compact cameras with fixed lenses with a fixed focal distance (no zoom) as the Nikon Coolpix A. But if the image quality of the RX100 is not enough for you, forget about compact cameras and try with a semi-compact with a bigger sensor, for example, something as the Sony NEX 7. If that does not still fulfill your expectations, you can always go for a full-frame or you could spend about 7.000 U$S and update to the Pentax 645D (which is a medium format camera). You can always check and compare camera sensor ratings done (benchmarked) by DxOMarks for different cameras, at this site http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Camera-Sensor-Ratings
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If they're the same price then get the T5i. It has a couple of new features. The T4i has been discontinued so is no longer subject to Canon's pricing policies.
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I went with the Panasonic. According to consumer reports the panasonic blows the sony away in color. Sony only has a 3.3 camera meg as well compared to the 5 of the panasonic. The only place where the sony won out was battery life but extra batteries for the panasonic is only 44 dollars on amazon.
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NA31 is more compact and light. http://www.amazon.co.jp/Panasonic-%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC-%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC-%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF-EW-NA31-P/dp/B003AQ3D0K
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I would bundle. It's a great camera like all Panasonics - but it needs a long lens. I got used to my compact Panasonic with a 10x lens and so I am hoping to save up for the better zoom. I like close ups!