It is the SD300 a good buy ?

[Mikey]

Hy, what do you say, it is a good buy or should I look at something else ?. From all the ultracompacts (Pentax S4i/S5i, Casio Z50/55, Sony T1/T3/P100 etc.) the SD300 I like the most, but should I worry about the noises some users reported ?. (at the lens).



Thanks
Mikey

[pcguy]

I have the same question really. The Canon sd300 from all the reviews seems like the best pick and a truly excellent camera for its size. The sony dsc-t3 I like (the upgrade from the t-1) and is much better than it for resolution, red-eye , etc... from what people are saying, but from what I read it performs pretty abysmally indoors. Also worried about stabilization on it. A lot of people seem to be saying that it's pretty bad, but then more are saying it's a wonderful camera so I don't know what to think. :confused:

[Matt5L]

if ur not gonna make big prints save your self $100 and get the SD200.

[David Metsky]

I bought one last week and got a chance to put it through its paces this weekend, took about 200 shots indoors and outside while hiking and skiing. It performed extremely well, I'm extremely happy with the purchase. I'll upload the photos to the computer tonight and hopefully post them somewhere.

The movie mode was quite a bit of fun, much better than my Olympus. The flash was powerful enough for all of my indoors shots, it focused very well in low light, no complaints.

I used a Sandisk 512M regular memory card and it had no problems with burst mode or high speed video, no need for an Ultra-II.

-dave-

[D70FAN]

I bought one last week and got a chance to put it through its paces this weekend, took about 200 shots indoors and outside while hiking and skiing. It performed extremely well, I'm extremely happy with the purchase. I'll upload the photos to the computer tonight and hopefully post them somewhere.

The movie mode was quite a bit of fun, much better than my Olympus. The flash was powerful enough for all of my indoors shots, it focused very well in low light, no complaints.

I used a Sandisk 512M regular memory card and it had no problems with burst mode or high speed video, no need for an Ultra-II.

-dave-

Dave,

Thanks for that very useful bit of information on memory cards and Canon all-in-ones. This question gets asked frequently, especially important for folks who already have smaller, standard speed, CF cards and a new camera, thinking that they have to buy new high-speed memory cards. Most of the recent reviews don't cover this point and the reviewers typically use the "utility" 512 or 1GB UltraII for testing, when most cameras work fine with standard CF cards.

The primary advantage to using the High speed cards is downloading large (512MB to 2GB) CF cards, that are full, via a high speed reader (USB2.0HS or Firewire). This is where high speed cards pay off.

Bon Foto

[David Metsky]

Actually, these are SD, not CF cards.

-dave-

[D70FAN]

Actually, these are SD, not CF cards.

-dave-

Either way, the point is the same. Sorry, forgot that "little" Canons use SD. I've been playing with an A75 for a couple of weeks. Pretty impressive for low-cost full featured camera. Bought it as a Christmas gift for my mother-in-law and put a bunch of pictures on it by the time it was wrapped and given. ;)

Anyway thanks.