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Best compact digital camera
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Canon Powershot A570 IS http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canona570is/
Panasonic TZ3 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz3/
Samsung NV10 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/samsungnv10/
All the above will serve anybody well, TZ3 is a fantastic piece of kit for a point and shoot and some of the pictures I've seen on the web from it are amazing. Samsung is very good quality, looks amazing and has the cleverest interface I've ever seen (girls love that camera!), the Canon is a safe solid all-rounder that you can't go wrong with.
Panasonic TZ3 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz3/
Samsung NV10 http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/samsungnv10/
All the above will serve anybody well, TZ3 is a fantastic piece of kit for a point and shoot and some of the pictures I've seen on the web from it are amazing. Samsung is very good quality, looks amazing and has the cleverest interface I've ever seen (girls love that camera!), the Canon is a safe solid all-rounder that you can't go wrong with.
Ixus 860is
http://www.sundigital.co.uk/products/show/canon-digital-ixus-860-is-silver-
'Canon Ixus 860IS / PowerShot SD870 IS final verdict
The Canon Ixus 860IS / PowerShot SD870 IS has a lot going for it. The great build quality, large screen, quick response, wide angle coverage and respectable quality will be sufficient to sell it to many people.
Photographic enthusiasts will miss full manual control, but then the 860IS / SD870 IS does a great job in automatic. The slow continuous shooting, lack of a live histogram and relatively coarse zoom steps will also annoy some, but won’t bother the majority. And as for that touch wheel? We may not have got on with it, but it could work just fine for you.
So the biggest issue facing the Ixus 860IS / SD870 IS is really its higher price. It comes in more costly than most rivals including Panasonic’s Lumix DMC FX33, although in its favour it does have a large 3in screen.
Click here to view the Canon Ixus 860 IS / PowerShot SD870 video tour
Ultimately you’ll need to weigh up the differences in feature-sets for yourself and crucially see which model looks and feels best in your hands – all the cameras mentioned on this page are contenders. It’s also important to carefully check prices as the Canon models, while often having higher than average RRPs, can enjoy some of the biggest discounts.
The bottom line is Canon’s produced a superb compact here, with the Ixus 860IS / PowerShot SD870 IS justifying its higher cost to most buyers. If the design appeals to you and the price is right, we can Highly Recommend it.'
http://www.sundigital.co.uk/products/show/canon-digital-ixus-860-is-silver-
'Canon Ixus 860IS / PowerShot SD870 IS final verdict
The Canon Ixus 860IS / PowerShot SD870 IS has a lot going for it. The great build quality, large screen, quick response, wide angle coverage and respectable quality will be sufficient to sell it to many people.
Photographic enthusiasts will miss full manual control, but then the 860IS / SD870 IS does a great job in automatic. The slow continuous shooting, lack of a live histogram and relatively coarse zoom steps will also annoy some, but won’t bother the majority. And as for that touch wheel? We may not have got on with it, but it could work just fine for you.
So the biggest issue facing the Ixus 860IS / SD870 IS is really its higher price. It comes in more costly than most rivals including Panasonic’s Lumix DMC FX33, although in its favour it does have a large 3in screen.
Click here to view the Canon Ixus 860 IS / PowerShot SD870 video tour
Ultimately you’ll need to weigh up the differences in feature-sets for yourself and crucially see which model looks and feels best in your hands – all the cameras mentioned on this page are contenders. It’s also important to carefully check prices as the Canon models, while often having higher than average RRPs, can enjoy some of the biggest discounts.
The bottom line is Canon’s produced a superb compact here, with the Ixus 860IS / PowerShot SD870 IS justifying its higher cost to most buyers. If the design appeals to you and the price is right, we can Highly Recommend it.'
Fair enough if she prefers the Lumix/Samsung but if you're ever looking at a compact yourself I can second the recommendation of the Canon Ixus, I've used a few and I think they're absolutely superb for a compact camera, and they are exactly that, nice and compact.
A lot of compact cameras really aren't in keeping with the spirit of a compact, whereas you can carry the Canon around very easily without having to have the Mrs with you with her handbag, you can mess about, point and shoot with it and get some amazingly good pictures with excellent colour, I was surprised at the quality of some my mate took on his
Loving the avatar btw jon
A lot of compact cameras really aren't in keeping with the spirit of a compact, whereas you can carry the Canon around very easily without having to have the Mrs with you with her handbag, you can mess about, point and shoot with it and get some amazingly good pictures with excellent colour, I was surprised at the quality of some my mate took on his
Loving the avatar btw jon
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canon ixus. whatever number there upto now. 900ti is brill.
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