Hey guys,
I'm back in the market for a camera, however, this time, a P&S. I have the
Nikon Coolpix S200 in mind for its sleek and slim design. However, it lacks certain features such as manual mode and I've seen some reviews with poor macro mode. Of course, this all goes hand in hand with the size of the camera and the lens being used. On the other hand, at $189.95 MSRP, I'm not sure if I could go wrong.
On the flipside of things, I noticed that Future Shop, Best Buy and the other big box merchants have a sale on a select bunch of Canon P&S, more speciically, the ones Mananetwork posted above. I have my eye on the SD750 since it has the features I'm looking for, however, at $100 more and is not as sleek and slim as compared to the Nikon Coolpix S200. My biggest gripe with Canon is that there are too many different models as Mananetwork mentioned. I can't lay my finger on a particular model and their features/price ratio aren't exactly working in my favour. The Nikon Coolpix S50 suits my needs, fits into an Altoids box, however, $100 more and poor to okay battery life.
Here is where I need your help as I will list my priorities in order and what I'll be using it for:
- Size (smaller is better)
- Cost (cheaper is better)
- Features (would like to have manual mode and acceptable macro mode but I can sacrifice it for the above two)
- Travel - I travel a lot for work and I do a lot of mileage runs with different airline carriers and I'm in a lot of different cities any given time of the week. I've picked up a rather different hobby of documenting different airlines, airports, lounges and such facilities. I also will be going out to town either day or night to explore when given the opportunity.
- Silly photos here and there say for example, taking a photo and posting it on the Buy/Sell forums for something I'm selling or documenting progress of my Vespa restoral
- Other common uses i.e events, birthdays, get-togethers etc.
- What I don't want is a camera that will NOT fit into my pocket. The last thing I want is a dSLR walking around in Compton, Los Angeles or lugging it around in say Lodz, Poland. I did that once in Austria, which was fine, nothing happened, but I was so paranoid something stupid would happen i.e. getting mugged, dropping it etc. and carrying it around was such a pain in the arse! I want something I can easily pull out of my pocket and snap a pic of say, a cool and exotic car or some hot Czech girl walking down the street.
I hope that lays out for you as to what I'm looking for. I'm open to suggestions as to different kinds of cameras available on the market and I have no qualms with any particular brand/make. My budget is no more than $300 however, if it means making the extra $50 sacrifice, I will. I'm not looking to keep this camera forever and there is a likely chance that I'll probably lose it or use and abuse it to the point that it breaks on me so I don't want to dump a tonne of money into something I will likely break or lose, hence, cheaper is better.
Thanks!
