I think I have narrowed it down to the Canon SD750, Fuji F40 fd and the Casio Z1050. The F40 is kind of riding the curtails of the highly rated F30 and F31 that it replaces in the Fuji line. There have been a few feature changes, not all of which agree with me. The Casio line seems a little unpopular, with cnet rating them low and photoxels not even considering them. But when I play with the Z1050 I like it. Both owners and reviewers seem to really like the Canon SD750. I have had other Canon cameras and been largely pleased with them, although I am not impressed with the physical appearance of the camera.
Update: After further consideration I am going with the Canon SD750. It is rumored to be very fast, and has received the highest reviews of any recent pocket camera.
A further note. I have been looking at memory cards, which are in a sad state. Many cameras support SD, or secure digital, which has been obsolesced by SDHC high capacity cards. There are two speed rating systems. The new, official class 2 4 and 6 system which is officially (on the web site) meaningless, and the older 150x style rating. I have seen cards rated at 60x, 80x, 120x, 150x and 170x. I am guessing that class 2 corresponds to 80x or below and class 6 corresponds to 150x or above. There is no indication of what you need for what usages, but the higher speeds help when recording video and audio. I assume they also help with the time between shots for large images, although that may be more a function of the compression algorithm speed. None of the cameras I have been looking at support RAW images.
| Camera | Censor | Lens | Focal | Screen | Size | Speed | Features |
| SD750 | 7.1m 1/2.5" | 35-105mm 5cm | F2.8-4.9 | 3.0" 230k | 3.4 2.1 0.7 6.0oz | ? | OS |
| Z1050 | 10.0m 1/1.75" | 38-114mm 10cm | F2.8-5.4 | 2.6" 115k | 3.6 2.2 0.9 5.8oz | ? | MF,AP,SP |
| F40 | 8.1m 1/1.6" | 36-108mm 7cm | F2.8-5.1 | 2.5" 230k | 3.8 2.3 0.9 6.4oz | ? | FD |
1 comment:
Well said.
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