Digital Camera Opinions Wanted - Beyond Tiki

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 5:12 PM I subscribe to Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools newsletter, and earlier today I received the latest e-mail, where he highly recommends the Lumix TZ1 camera, claiming that it is currently the best general purpose digital camera to get. Thought I'd mention it , so you can check it out further. In summary, he really liked this camera for Optical 10x zoom, and it can still fit in your shirt/pants pocket very capable image stabilization fast Leica lens, with instant powerup does macro-closeups well reasonable price ($320 on amazon) likes it better than his previous Nikon 35mm because he can shoot in lower light, further, with less blur Here is the amazon website, with additional reviews --- one reviewer says it has excellent battery life. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EITTLE/ref=nosim/kkorg-20 I cannot personally vouch for the above camera - my personal camera is a Minolta Dimage Z1, which is two years old now, and is available at roughly the same price range as the above TZ1. I really like it - it also has a 10x optical zoom (a real plus) and I have taken great non-flash pictures in a low-light tiki bar interiors. I do like the styling of it, as it fits well in my hand for holding and carrying, but it is too large to fit into a shirtpocket. Mine runs on 4 AA batteries, and when I am travelling, I try to remember the recharge the batteries each night - and if I forgot, additional AA batteries are generally easy to purchase. There are newer Minolta Dimage models out there, so you may be able to get more more bang for the buck than was possible two years ago. I'll try the new 'add images to post' feature, and include two non-flash photos I took in low-light conditions at the former Honolulu Restaurant. Other than lowering the resolution for reduced network bandwidth travel, no other software enhancement tools were used for these photos (although there is likely some histogram stretching software embdedded in the camera itself) I do remember using the optical zoom for the top picture, which helps greatly with photo composition. Vern

I subscribe to Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools newsletter, and earlier today I received the latest e-mail, where he highly recommends the Lumix TZ1 camera, claiming that it is currently the best general purpose digital camera to get. Thought I'd mention it , so you can check it out further. In summary, he really liked this camera for

Optical 10x zoom, and it can still fit in your shirt/pants pocket
very capable image stabilization
fast Leica lens, with instant powerup
does macro-closeups well
reasonable price ($320 on amazon)
likes it better than his previous Nikon 35mm because he can shoot in lower light, further, with less blur

Here is the amazon website, with additional reviews --- one reviewer says it has excellent battery life.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000EITTLE/ref=nosim/kkorg-20

I cannot personally vouch for the above camera - my personal camera is a Minolta Dimage Z1, which is two years old now, and is available at roughly the same price range as the above TZ1. I really like it - it also has a 10x optical zoom (a real plus) and I have taken great non-flash pictures in a low-light tiki bar interiors. I do like the styling of it, as it fits well in my hand for holding and carrying, but it is too large to fit into a shirtpocket. Mine runs on 4 AA batteries, and when I am travelling, I try to remember the recharge the batteries each night - and if I forgot, additional AA batteries are generally easy to purchase. There are newer Minolta Dimage models out there, so you may be able to get more more bang for the buck than was possible two years ago.

I'll try the new 'add images to post' feature, and include two non-flash photos I took in low-light conditions at the former Honolulu Restaurant. Other than lowering the resolution for reduced network bandwidth travel, no other software enhancement tools were used for these photos (although there is likely some histogram stretching software embdedded in the camera itself) I do remember using the optical zoom for the top picture, which helps greatly with photo composition.

Vern

Post #247445 by ikitnrev on Mon, Aug 7, 2006 5:12 PM