First time buyer - 3 items on hand

[BinX]

Hi...

Im a first time buyer of a digital camera.
My main interest when buying is getting a camera which will give me a great result, good qualaty etc.

At the moment i have 3 cameras which i am interested in....

This is the

- CanonPowerShot S1 IS
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s1-review/index.shtml

- Fuji FinePix S5000
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/fuji/finepix_s5000-review/

- Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z2
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/minolta/dimage_z2-review/


I am at the present time not worried that this is cameraes which i wont use the full capacity of, because taking pictures really interest me...
I am interested in the still pictures and the video mode on the cameraes, so which camera do u think I should pick?`??

[Thon]

Hi BinX,

The Canon and the Fuji both have problems highlighted in previous posts in this forum. Have a read through before deciding.

Have a look also at the Panasonic FZ3 (nice Leica 12X zoom lens & many fans in this forum) and the Olympus C-770UZ (I own one) or C-765UZ (10X zoom). The 770UZ has the added bonus of MPEG4 movie mode and flash hotshoe over the 765UZ. The review links are below:

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_fz3-review/index.shtml
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/c765uz_770uz-review/

Hope that helps.

Thon

[BinX]

those cameraes really dont look that interesting....
I've been looking around and found the Kodak EasyShare DX7590

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/kodak/dx7590-review/

This camera has 5mpixl, contra 3/4 mpixl.
It has a dockingstation
Recharable batery etc... looks pretty solid...what do u think ?

[Rhys]

those cameraes really dont look that interesting....
I've been looking around and found the Kodak EasyShare DX7590

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/kodak/dx7590-review/

This camera has 5mpixl, contra 3/4 mpixl.
It has a dockingstation
Recharable batery etc... looks pretty solid...what do u think ?

I say avoid manufacturer's own bizarre batteries. When they run out of power you can't put alkalines in to keep going. I will only ever buy a camera that takes AA or 2CR5 batteries. Nikon makes a rechargable 2CR5 called the ENEL1 and just about any company makes rechargable AA batteries.

Docking stations aren't that great. Peronally I prefer taking the memory card out and using a memory card reader instead.

There are problems with just about every digital camera in existance. It's a case of picking a camera that you like and learning how to work around the faults.