My Nikon Coolpix 990 died

[wwswimming]

i'd like to get a replacement, it doesn't have to be a Nikon.

i found this Nikon
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/sku....asp?scriteria=BA32335

purple with 3X optical zoom for $144.

also this old thread caught my eye because that's about my price range

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...y&keyword1=coolpix+990
Topic Title: Yet another "best camera to buy" thread
Topic Summary: Budget of $150

bottom line in that thread - this was popular
"Canon PowerShot A590 IS Black 8.0 MP 2.5" 115K LCD 4X Optical Zoom Digital Camera
Customer Choice Award5x Winner of Customer Choice Award - Point & Shoot"

anyway, would like to hear from the pro's & and the enthusiasts.

the camera doesn't have to be purple.

Happy 9-9-9 California (Admission to the State) Day !! :sun:

 

[Eug]

Hmmm... The gods are speaking.

You need to buy the new Leica M9, which was announced today, 9-9-9, at 9.

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: Eug
Hmmm... The gods are speaking.

You need to buy the new Leica M9, which was announced today, 9-9-9, at 9.

The good news is that it's roughly* in the same price range as the camera you were looking at!

(*roughly meaning both are significantly cheaper then a house in California.)

 

[ElFenix]

nikon's p&s cameras have had basically nothing going for them since the early 00s. once they decided to try to beat canon, sony, and panasonic on making "me-too" p&ses the basically put no effort into their compacts.

 

[finbarqs]

hope you like manual focusing with the Leica M9! Any sports photography and possibly portraits will be quite difficult to hit... In addition, the viewfinder isn't TTL (hence it's a range finder).

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: Eug
Hmmm... The gods are speaking.

You need to buy the new Leica M9, which was announced today, 9-9-9, at 9.

Number 9... Number 9... Number 9...

 

[IronWing]

As an owner and lover of the 990 here's my two cents...

When the 990 came out it was a top of the line p&s camera designed for enthusiasts. Recall that the MSRP for the 990 was $999 and the street price wasn't much lower. As folks have stated above, the later Nikon p&s cameras haven't been so good. Nikon abandoned the p&s enthusiast market. What is missing from the later Nikons and other cheaper p&s cameras is all the controls that you get play with on the 990. I think you will find disappointment in many of the newer p&s cameras even though they offer superior sensors and processors. Also, you'll find that the 990's macro performance is very hard (likely impossible) to beat at any price on any current p&s. I bought an Nikon S4 when it can out thinking it would replace the 990 but I have been very dissappointed with it's lack of controls and horrible over-compression of jpgs. I currently use the Canon G9 as my field camera at work and I think it is a very good replacement for the 990. My recommendation is to look at the Canon G10/11 or the Panasonic LX3 as a suitable replacement for the 990. They cost more than $150 but so did the 990.