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texasanthony
11-29-2004, 03:28 PM
This will be our first dedicated digital camera. We have a camcorder that takes 1mp photo, but let just say it leaves a lot to be desire. We take a lot of film pictures using our Rebel 2000 and truly love the quality. When going digital, we examined what's out there. Ideally (read, if we had the money), we would like to get the Digital Rebel. However, we decided on these two.

I was sold on the G6 right away since I wanted a feel as close to slr as possible. Not to mention the quality of the photos in all the reviews that I have read. I really belive in the brand.

But, along came the Exilim P600 from Casio. I hated the styling (definitely not slr), but the picture quality is also great. At 6 mp, it's just one mp below the G6. I really don't think I will need that much mp. Another complaint is that the flash is rather week. We take alot of indoor pictures of our children. The only reason the Exilim merits a debate here is that my wife feel we will take it along more whenever we go out (due to its size) and hence get more use from it. As great as our Rebel 2000 is, it hardly see the light of day anymore since I'm just too tire to lug around the camera bag on the way to play yards or swimming pools. This Exilim will definitely fits in my wife purse, and therefore, make her the one responsible for carrying the camera around :) .

So, what should I do? Am I loosing a lot in quality if I go the Casio way? Thanks for advice.

TX

Alnath
11-30-2004, 04:54 AM
As much as i love my G6 i will be honest and say it isnt without problems, to me the images sometimes leave you wondering whats went wrong, they look washed out and under saturated, this could be me being used to overly saturated A80 images though. However one of its strong points is the F2 lens, the flash and hotshoe help to give some excellent indoor results.

haikai
12-01-2004, 11:24 AM
The only reason the Exilim merits a debate here is that my wife feel we will take it along more whenever we go out (due to its size) and hence get more use from it.

the casio looks like a good choice, and i think if you foresee yourself using it more often then that should be the way to go. it's also a fair deal less expensive than the g6. from the sample gallery, i am impressed with the exilim's image quality. it might not be quite as nice as the g6 in some respects, but i don't think you're losing out on too much for that price. the g6 does have a few more features that i like personally, but you may be able to live without them (RAW mode, flip out lcd, hotshoe, and some other nitpicks).

hai

Alnath
12-05-2004, 02:56 PM
I took this today on my G6 if that helps you any

http://members.aol.com/itsabelter/gull.jpg

texasanthony
12-07-2004, 03:12 PM
Thank you all. I've decided to go with the EX-P600 for it portability.

CHRIS2222
12-07-2004, 06:59 PM
Is it possible to sneak the G6 into concerts or its just to big, i think i remember seeing it and looks big