What did you not like about the SONY's? Every picture I have taken has turned out crisp, clear and totally perfect. My GF has one as well which works the same as mine too. </font>[/QUOTE]I just don't find the images all that crisp... and with my camera having the bigger lense you get a full picture on your desktop instead of dinky 4*6 size looking picture...I guess it's not just Sony I don't like the lil point and shoot camera's period I guess... or at least yet to find one I like.. I like the big lenses with high optical zoom...not to mention they have a nice 2.5" Lcd which is pretty sharp.. unlike those lile 1.5" lcd screen you still have to squint your eyes see....


Here's a couple images of the one I have... there from some Forum called Steve's Digi Cams'

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_...x7590_back.jpg

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_...7590_front.jpg

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_...90_side_lt.jpg

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_...dx7590_top.jpg

Low light shots it sucks...but outside shots come out amazing, I have 1 shot where it's my sister and her bf and it looks photo shopped.. it blurred out the back just enough to make them really stand out.. Only paid 430$ for the camera at the time.. far better then the 750$ I paid 2 years prior for my Dx6490....

[ September 21, 2005, 06:31 AM: Message edited by: Aescu ]

 

When I shopped for my second digital camera last year, most salespeople told me the same things:

#1 - Get the biggest optical zoom you can afford

#2 - Get the highest resolution you can afford

#3 - Stick with a specialized camera manufacturer

#4 - Decide what type of media card suits you best

I've owned a Pentax Optio & now a Canon S1IS. I liked the Pentax's size but it had a limited 3x optical zoom. I LOVE the S1IS with it's 10x optical zoom but it's a little bulkier & probably not in your price range yet. I would wholeheartedly endorse both these brands.

 

I bought a Canon A520 recently. $349 at Best Buy and included a 256meg memory card. Couldn't pass it up. Similar to the A85 I hear with one or two less features. I really like it. Not hard on battries either unlike the Olympus one our work has, but it's sort of a tank at 4 years old. Good thing I dropped it and broke it

 

As everyone else has said.

Canon.

There is no comparison.

X

 

There's also the new Kodak P850 or P880... P850 is 5.1mp with 12x optical zoom raw format vga video 640*480 at 30fps, or the P-880 which is 8mp with 5.8X optical.. same video rate as the P -850.. and is holding right up there with the canons and highers that be!... Quite the camera...