dr150
Diamond Member
For Granma and Granpa or people short on cash, the easy-to-use Kodak has appeal.
For us on these boards who are more research savvy and technicaly inclined and inclined to go the extra mile to learn about how to actually use a camera, as well as being more upwardly mobile, then Kodak is out of the picture.
As someone said earlier, the higher line products from Sony, Canon, Olympus, Nikon, Panny, Pentax, Minolta, Leica should serve anyone well.
There is X is better than Y in every category. THERE ARE TRADEOFFS when choosing a product.
There are no giant-killing colossus cameras. It is done purposely by the mfgrs to include or leave off features on cameras so it won't cannibalize their product line.
My suggestion for anyone looking into a digicam is to stick with your budget.......Most people buy exensive cams that are overkill.....since most will only leave it on "auto" and snap away without any technical regard to light levels, camera shake or composition.
As it stands, Canon makes good cams. But the market has caught up to them. Since now all share ccds (mainly from Sony), it really comes down to YOUR particular feature objectives, the glass used, and the mfgrs propensity to under/over saturate, sharpen, etc with their algorithm..............Inthe end, it doesn't matter, b/c w/ a good software program like Photoshop Elements 3 or Photoshop 9, you can tweak any pic from any cam to your hearts desire.
For us on these boards who are more research savvy and technicaly inclined and inclined to go the extra mile to learn about how to actually use a camera, as well as being more upwardly mobile, then Kodak is out of the picture.
As someone said earlier, the higher line products from Sony, Canon, Olympus, Nikon, Panny, Pentax, Minolta, Leica should serve anyone well.
There is X is better than Y in every category. THERE ARE TRADEOFFS when choosing a product.
There are no giant-killing colossus cameras. It is done purposely by the mfgrs to include or leave off features on cameras so it won't cannibalize their product line.
My suggestion for anyone looking into a digicam is to stick with your budget.......Most people buy exensive cams that are overkill.....since most will only leave it on "auto" and snap away without any technical regard to light levels, camera shake or composition.
As it stands, Canon makes good cams. But the market has caught up to them. Since now all share ccds (mainly from Sony), it really comes down to YOUR particular feature objectives, the glass used, and the mfgrs propensity to under/over saturate, sharpen, etc with their algorithm..............Inthe end, it doesn't matter, b/c w/ a good software program like Photoshop Elements 3 or Photoshop 9, you can tweak any pic from any cam to your hearts desire.
