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STANMAN
03-17-2008, 09:59 AM
Looking for some advice from the photo buffs on the site. Want to purchase a camera to slip into my pocket for when I go to car shows, ect. this summer. I have a full size Nikon 5600 that I like very much, but it's a bit cumbersome. Any recommendations appreciated!
DirtyMax
03-17-2008, 10:06 AM
Pick up a Canon SD750 for under $200 and call it a day.
Waver
03-17-2008, 10:07 AM
I have a real nice 10mpx olympus that I might be persuaded to let go....less than a year old
juicedimpss
03-17-2008, 10:18 AM
Looking for some advice from the photo buffs on the site. Want to purchase a camera to slip into my pocket for when I go to car shows, ect. this summer. I have a full size Nikon 5600 that I like very much, but it's a bit cumbersome. Any recommendations appreciated!

sounds like you are going to take spy pix
Cleveland Dave
03-17-2008, 10:23 AM
nikon or canon
STANMAN
03-17-2008, 10:23 AM
sounds like you are going to take spy pix

Spy for why? I drive the slowest show on earth and will already race anything, anywhere, anytime:rolf
juicedimpss
03-17-2008, 10:24 AM
Spy for why? I drive the slowest show on earth and will already race anything, anywhere, anytime:rolf

i thought beagle gave that title to meatseeker.
STANMAN
03-17-2008, 10:24 AM
nikon or canon

Have been looking at a 10MP Nikon coolpix, $229.
STANMAN
03-17-2008, 10:24 AM
i thought beagle gave that title to meatseeker.

Only in the twisty's, I will fight to retain my title in a straight line:rolf
Waver
03-17-2008, 10:55 AM
Have been looking at a 10MP Nikon coolpix, $229.
nikon coolpix cameras are good starter cameras...... good if you get confused easily.
Car Guy
03-17-2008, 11:04 AM
nikon coolpix cameras are good starter cameras...... good if you get confused easily.

For the average point and shoot user the Nikon Coolpix series are perfect...!!! I have an older version (2.0mp) and never had a problem other than needing to get new batteries. It takes good pictures and I'm sure the newer ones are even better, I'll most likely be looking for a new one real soon.....







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DocDave
03-17-2008, 12:34 PM
If your looking for a nice small camera that takes pretty damn good pics look into the Casio Exlim series. I have had one for a couple years now and love it. Small, lightweight, takes video, 3x optical zoom, so easy to use my mother ended up buying one.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/ex-s600/s600_front_blk.jpg
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/ex-s600.html
Syclone0044
03-17-2008, 06:49 PM
I am also looking for a cheap ($200 or less) but decent pocket digital camera. The Exilim and SD750 both sound good so far. What type of digital videos do they take? 640x480 MPG files? What FPS? Anything that produces .MOV I won't buy - I absolutely HATE QuickTime. Thanks for the help!
Slow Joe
03-17-2008, 06:53 PM
IMO Anything Sony as long as it's got rechargable batteries... But then again, I've had great luck with 'em, and they've been nothing but durable...
davidjp3
03-18-2008, 11:26 AM
I was looking for one a while ago and did some research. www.cnet.com had the Sony Cybershot (ultra compact) cameras rated pretty high but you probably have to buy a sony memory card.

Canon has some of the best compact cameras according to cnet.

I'd look at this one. free shipping
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A1118175&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643

http://reviews.cnet.com/4566-6501_7-0.html?filter=100021_10061970_&sort=edRating7+desc

http://forums.slickdeals.net/forumdisplay.php?sduid=0&f=9&sort=lastpost&order=desc&icon=38
michelle
03-18-2008, 12:18 PM
The only issue I have found with a couple of digital Sony cameras was that they were slow in taking the picture, so they didn't work well when trying to take a picture of a car on a track unless you timed it right. But if you are taking pictures of girls, I mean cars, at a car show, you should be fine.
Silver350
03-18-2008, 12:28 PM
I just got a Cannon 870IS. its small but has a lot of pre-program functions on it. I like it.
DocDave
03-18-2008, 01:27 PM
I am also looking for a cheap ($200 or less) but decent pocket digital camera. The Exilim and SD750 both sound good so far. What type of digital videos do they take? 640x480 MPG files? What FPS? Anything that produces .MOV I won't buy - I absolutely HATE QuickTime. Thanks for the help!

You might have a hard time finding the S600 I mentioned above but it takes MPEG-4, VGA(640×480 pixels), 30 frames/second high quality movies. I think most of the Exilim series takes that type of video.
Syclone0044
03-18-2008, 02:28 PM
Thanks DocDave, that is exactly the info I was looking for!! :thumbsup
Slow Joe
03-18-2008, 04:46 PM
The only issue I have found with a couple of digital Sony cameras was that they were slow in taking the picture, so they didn't work well when trying to take a picture of a car on a track unless you timed it right. But if you are taking pictures of girls, I mean cars, at a car show, you should be fine.

Depends on the camera, and how you have it setup... My DSC-N2 takes awesome moving pictures... :thumbsup