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what is the best all around point and shoot today

by llbeanie1 Jun 2, 2008 8:45PM PDT

hi, i am looking for best all around p&s. can you recommend one? thanks

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by snapshot2 Forum moderator Jun 3, 2008 12:36AM PDT

What price range?
What physical size? (ultra compact, compact, larger)

Preferences:
How much optical zoom?
Do you want a viewfinder and a LCD?
Is Image Stabilization important to you?

...........

Things to avoid:

1. No-Name cameras - Brands you never heard of.
...(shop for Canon, Casio, Fujifilm, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Sony)

2. EBay
...(shipping rates are outrageous)

Google searches for lowest price
...(Google accepts advertisements from "bait-n-switch" dealers and sites that are shills for "bait-n-switch" dealers)

...
..
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by llbeanie1 Jun 3, 2008 1:19AM PDT

i guess i want to know the best out of g9, grdii, p5100, dp1, gx100, in terms of build quality, value and image quality. i dont necessarilly need largest sensor as in dp1. thanks

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by kalel33-20416052469708587370302374692233 Jun 3, 2008 3:31AM PDT

It seems that the DP1 is a specialty camera that has high hopes for the future,but fails in many areas now. It's probably the best landscape camera point and shoot.

The p5100 adn the gx100 have too many failures and does not excel past the others in any area.

The G9 has been around long enough to be scrutinized an abundance and has done quite well. It has very high image quality and build quality for a pro-sumer point and shoot.

The gr2 appears to be smaller(more pocketable) than the G9. From other threads, it appears to be pushed towards people that go for full control over the camera and does a very good job of it.

So if you want a pant pocket camera that needs a photographers control, then the GR2 is the camera for you. If you want a camera that will fit in your jacket pocket and produce high quality images with high build quality then the G9 is for you.

Build quality= G9
value=?
image quality= GR2 if you have the ability to control the camera as a photographer.

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deciding
by llbeanie1 Jun 3, 2008 4:48AM PDT

hi, thanks. i may go for the dp1 because i shoot mainly landscapes. again thanks for your opinions.

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