I've been shooting film for years using a 6006 and an N80. I am waiting for the D80x/D90 for my first DSLR purchase and want to buy a point/shoot to hold me over and for times when DSLR will be too big to carry in the future.
I have two things that are important to me for my point/shoot: image quality and camera responsiveness. I hate the lag most of my friend's digital point/shoots have from pressing the shutter button to it taking the picture.
Oh...one more thing that is important is size. I am not interested in something the size of a coolpix p80. I want it small. I know this will limit image quality...so I'm looking for a balance between the two.
I had never considered a digital point/shoot until just recently so I was totally unaware of the INCREDIBLE number of units out there. Nikon alone has 29 digital point/shoots on their web site (btw...is that thing hosted in Japan...one of the slowest web sites I've been to in a while). It is rather overwhelming to try and wade through the specs on them all.
One thing that I'm finding is that the two top end point/shoots are the P5100 and the G9 (I'm leaning towards a Nikon or Canon...but don't have to stay with those two). As of now I don't care about RAW (that may change in the future but doesn't seem too important for my point/shoot). I also keep reading that while these two models are the top of the Nikon and Canon lineup the images aren't all that great. It seems that all the bells and whistles that have been added are what make them cost more. If I understand correctly some of the cheaper models in both lineups may have similar picture quality just less features which I would be fine with.
I don't have to go top of the line...just want the best image possible from that tiny sensor and want the camera to at least resemble the snappiness of a typical DSLR.
Any advice?
I have two things that are important to me for my point/shoot: image quality and camera responsiveness. I hate the lag most of my friend's digital point/shoots have from pressing the shutter button to it taking the picture.
Oh...one more thing that is important is size. I am not interested in something the size of a coolpix p80. I want it small. I know this will limit image quality...so I'm looking for a balance between the two.
I had never considered a digital point/shoot until just recently so I was totally unaware of the INCREDIBLE number of units out there. Nikon alone has 29 digital point/shoots on their web site (btw...is that thing hosted in Japan...one of the slowest web sites I've been to in a while). It is rather overwhelming to try and wade through the specs on them all.
One thing that I'm finding is that the two top end point/shoots are the P5100 and the G9 (I'm leaning towards a Nikon or Canon...but don't have to stay with those two). As of now I don't care about RAW (that may change in the future but doesn't seem too important for my point/shoot). I also keep reading that while these two models are the top of the Nikon and Canon lineup the images aren't all that great. It seems that all the bells and whistles that have been added are what make them cost more. If I understand correctly some of the cheaper models in both lineups may have similar picture quality just less features which I would be fine with.
I don't have to go top of the line...just want the best image possible from that tiny sensor and want the camera to at least resemble the snappiness of a typical DSLR.
Any advice?
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