kcbryan
12-02-2008, 07:33 PM
Hello,
Looking for a Christmas present for my wife. I have a Nikon D80 so this is mainly for her to take pics of our son when I am not around.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
KCBRYAN
Budget
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? Please be as specific as possible.
$150-200 (online). Would spend a little more if there was a big bang for the buck, but really not sure how much she is going to use it.
Size
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you? - She wants something fairly small.
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you? 8-10
* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify) Standard. Ultra would be great, but I am sure that you either give up IQ or $.
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10) -9. I realize you give up a lot on a lower end camera, but giving up zoom for IQ seems like a good trade off.
Do you care for manual controls? - No, but if they are there it would be a bonus.
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for? Pics of our son.
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not? No
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos? Some, but probably not a lot.
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos? - Yes Soccer & tball, but he will only be 5 - not exactly fast action.
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate? Nikon and Canon, but if there is something better I would definately consider. If all is the same, would prefer Nikon since I have a D80.
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
Just started looking, but here are the 4 that I have started to look at:
Nikon S610
Canon Powershot A2000
Canon SD770
Nikon S550
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD) IS
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Looking for a Christmas present for my wife. I have a Nikon D80 so this is mainly for her to take pics of our son when I am not around.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
KCBRYAN
Budget
* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? Please be as specific as possible.
$150-200 (online). Would spend a little more if there was a big bang for the buck, but really not sure how much she is going to use it.
Size
* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you? - She wants something fairly small.
Features
How many megapixels will suffice for you? 8-10
* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify) Standard. Ultra would be great, but I am sure that you either give up IQ or $.
* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10) -9. I realize you give up a lot on a lower end camera, but giving up zoom for IQ seems like a good trade off.
Do you care for manual controls? - No, but if they are there it would be a bonus.
General Usage
* What will you generally use the camera for? Pics of our son.
* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not? No
Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos? Some, but probably not a lot.
Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos? - Yes Soccer & tball, but he will only be 5 - not exactly fast action.
Miscellaneous
Are there particular brands you like or hate? Nikon and Canon, but if there is something better I would definately consider. If all is the same, would prefer Nikon since I have a D80.
Are there particular models you already have in mind?
Just started looking, but here are the 4 that I have started to look at:
Nikon S610
Canon Powershot A2000
Canon SD770
Nikon S550
(If applicable) Do you need any of the following special features? (Wide Angle, Image Stabilization, Weatherproof, Hotshoe, Rotating LCD) IS
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