k what camera would say is best??

[trailrider894]

so i'm looking at camera's for a freind she said that these were the one's that she said she wanted. can i get some high's and low's on them??

1.Kodak EasyShare Z1085 IS

2.Canon powershot SD750

3.Kodak easyshare M1033 black

4.Casio Exilim EX-S10

5.Sony cyber-shot DSC-W120

she is obiviously looking for a sleek. compact digital point and shoot. that has a rechargealbe battery that take's good picture's nothing to fancy but still a nice camera. i would have been able to help her more but i don't know anything about these compact camera's. thankx

[KCook]

The Kodak Z1085 and that Casio are Ok, but get reviews that are lukewarm at best.

The Canon SD750 is obsolete, replaced by the SD1100 IS. Which is a serious improvement.

The Kodak M1033 and Sony W120 get good reviews. Easily better choices than the Z1085, S10, or SD750.

The Canon SD1100 IS would work best for me, but that's just me. Let her pick it.

Kelly Cook

[AndyfromVA]

I agree with Kelly but I also want to add that the Kodak Z1085 is not a sleek and slim camera.

[jedinite]

I just purchased a SD1100is and I love it. It's an 8MPix ultra-compact point and shoot. I bought it specifically for the fact that I can toss it into my pocket and carry it around anywhere. The price was also good on it. Purchased it for $169 on Amazon. It comes in a variety of colors, so it's nice to have a camera that matches your personal color preference when you're carrying it around, plus if you avoid the standard silver, you can usually know which is your camera at events were many people have the same or similar cameras.

Quality-wise, it takes great outdoor shots. The indoor shots are decent but only with adequate lighting. I was taking a picture of my brother and his bride for their first dance at their wedding and they came out but not as clearly as I would have liked, it's a limitation of the weak flash on most small cameras. I don't know of many if any ultra-compacts that really do an excellent job of low-light shots that the subjects are further than 10ft away, Canon however, does offer an external flash for their ultra-compacts if you are taking a lot of indoor shots and don't want to lug around a DSLR with flash.

SD1100is is at an excellent price point, if you require more Megapixels on a small camera then I'd recommend also looking at the SD790. If you don't need the viewfinder on the SD1100, you may want to consider the SD770, which is almost a direct twin of the SD1100. But for $40-50 more on the SD770, without viewfinder and lack of body color choices it doesn't make much economical sense to buy the 770 over the 1100.

I haven't tried the other cameras but my wife has an old Sony T7, and though it is really thin and comes in a great form factor for her, it doesn't necessarily take the best pictures all the time. I notice a lot of motion blur on her camera in low light conditions, something I don't notice or get much on the Canons. Canons have the DigicIII technology that does face recognition and image stabilization so you'll end up with more of the shots you want.

SD1100 is about the size of a deck of cards and the controls feel nice in the hand, easy to operate with one hand and easy to teach anyone to use it quickly. It's actually almost too small as I noticed people that are used to bigger cameras always came close to putting their finger on the lens when I asked other people to take shots for me.

Hope that helps.