Travis
01-31-2007, 05:20 PM
I'm looking at picking up a new camera to replace my Kodak EasyShare DX6490. I just wanted to throw this out there to see if anybody has some suggestions that I may have overlooked.
I'm really leaning towards the Canon PowerShot S3 IS at this point as it seems to fulfill my want list and seems to have some very favorable reviews. Just to establish now, I'm staying away from dSLR's. I'd like to keep the cost to around $500, and the pictures are mostly for personal use, though the option to potentially print bigger prints is nice.
My main uses for it will be on trips and for sports (usually attending hockey/baseball/football games or for our own games, slow pitch, flag football, ball hockey). Rarely will I be using a tripod, so the stabilization feature is quite handy and necessary.
I found the 10x optical zoom on the Kodak to be great, I think the lowest I'd be willing to go is 8x. Based on the quality I was getting at 4 megapixels with the Kodak, I'm assuming anything over 5 will suit my needs, and while the Canon has 6, it seems it's main competitors have 7+.
A good or better quality movie mode is a must as I'd like to use that at practices to help show some of our players their techniques and what we're talking about when trying to help them at practices.
This model seems to be at or near the top in all of the categories I'm placing the most emphasis on, but this will be just my second digital camera, so I'm more than likely missing a few options/ideas.
I'm really leaning towards the Canon PowerShot S3 IS at this point as it seems to fulfill my want list and seems to have some very favorable reviews. Just to establish now, I'm staying away from dSLR's. I'd like to keep the cost to around $500, and the pictures are mostly for personal use, though the option to potentially print bigger prints is nice.
My main uses for it will be on trips and for sports (usually attending hockey/baseball/football games or for our own games, slow pitch, flag football, ball hockey). Rarely will I be using a tripod, so the stabilization feature is quite handy and necessary.
I found the 10x optical zoom on the Kodak to be great, I think the lowest I'd be willing to go is 8x. Based on the quality I was getting at 4 megapixels with the Kodak, I'm assuming anything over 5 will suit my needs, and while the Canon has 6, it seems it's main competitors have 7+.
A good or better quality movie mode is a must as I'd like to use that at practices to help show some of our players their techniques and what we're talking about when trying to help them at practices.
This model seems to be at or near the top in all of the categories I'm placing the most emphasis on, but this will be just my second digital camera, so I'm more than likely missing a few options/ideas.