Asking for advise for Digital camera :)

[martones]

Hello!
I'm about to buy a digital camera but cant make my choice from the huge market proposal.
I have some clear ideas of criterias I'd want :

- standard zoom
- good macro mode (5cm minimum)
- short time between shots (with or withouth flash)
- burst mode
- max price ~200euros ( ~ 270$)

Ludo from France

[Turn]

most black and white in camera sucks
quality ISO? 1000? I doubt there is a decent point and shoot that has low noise above 800 ISO..

[martones]

Ah thanks, why do the B&W suck?
Alright so you mean 800 iso is enough?

[martones]

I think i understand now for the ISO, I was that mainly I wont even use 1000 and more. I think that 800 is enough for me then :)

[Turn]

Ah thanks, why do the B&W suck?
Alright so you mean 800 iso is enough?

just in cam black and white seems to be so bland and pale
well I'd say clean 200 ISO would be excellent!

[martones]

Haha alright, I gona change my specifications in the first post then.

[David Metsky]

Pretty much all cameras have some kind of burst mode; how many shots per second are you looking for?

Shot to shot with flash is going to be slow on any compact camera; they just don't have the battery power to keep that going. What type of performance are you looking for?

[fionndruinne]

Easy and excellent black and white conversions can be made via Picasa, a free photo editing program from Google. Just use 'filtered b&w', and you can choose from any color under the sun to apply in creating your b&w photo. Colored filters add a level of dynamism to a black and white photo by allowing you to choose which elements are lighter, or less vivid, and which are darker, or more vivid.

[martones]

Alright thanks again for all answers!
Concerning the burst, I dont have some precise number in mind. I think above 2pics/sec is quite enough.
I feel like doing some "funny" stuf also with the cam, like shooting someone while jumping to the water and that alike. And I just fear to find out after few months that the camera I bought isnt good enough for what I'd like to try / do with it.

Maybe I could just say I need a short "shot to shot" time withouth flash?
I saw on some feedback through the net that some nice cams are spoiled with their painfuly long shot-to-shot time.

Concerning the b&w I think i'm fixed, some PC program will be enough :)