My last three or four cameras have been Canons. Before my last purchase though, I did look at the Panasonic Lumix. I've read some really good reviews for the Lumix but my practical side took over. Right now, I have the Canon Powershot SX200. It's two years old I think. I'm getting ready to shop for a new one as I think I've worn this one out (in a manner of speaking) as I carry it around with me All. The. Time!
I kinda defaulted into Canon with each purchase as I always like to have multiple batteries and at least two chargers -- one to leave at home and one that stays in my suitcase. So with the Canons that I selected, I was able to carry these accessories forward. Saved me some money. I like that the Canon version/s that I have used, use an SD memory card... of which again, I have multiple.
One of the things I look for is not so much the mega-pixel size but the amount of optical zoom versus digital zoom. When you have to pop-over into the digital zoom, your picture quality goes way down. Another thing to look for is how fast the image writes to the disk. I think this has to do with how large the CMOS? sensor is. The larger the better. Plus the quality/speed of the memory disk is a factor -- in the case of camera usage, I truly think price = quality (for disks.)
My current Canon...the flash isn't as strong as other cameras that I've seen around but I usually have the camera set flash-off.
I guess in the bottom line, you need to know what kind of pictures that Peter likes to take -- this will help determine what kind of camera to purchase.
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Date: 2011-12-30 05:23 pm (UTC)My last three or four cameras have been Canons. Before my last purchase though, I did look at the Panasonic Lumix. I've read some really good reviews for the Lumix but my practical side took over. Right now, I have the Canon Powershot SX200. It's two years old I think. I'm getting ready to shop for a new one as I think I've worn this one out (in a manner of speaking) as I carry it around with me All. The. Time!
I kinda defaulted into Canon with each purchase as I always like to have multiple batteries and at least two chargers -- one to leave at home and one that stays in my suitcase. So with the Canons that I selected, I was able to carry these accessories forward. Saved me some money. I like that the Canon version/s that I have used, use an SD memory card... of which again, I have multiple.
One of the things I look for is not so much the mega-pixel size but the amount of optical zoom versus digital zoom. When you have to pop-over into the digital zoom, your picture quality goes way down. Another thing to look for is how fast the image writes to the disk. I think this has to do with how large the CMOS? sensor is. The larger the better. Plus the quality/speed of the memory disk is a factor -- in the case of camera usage, I truly think price = quality (for disks.)
My current Canon...the flash isn't as strong as other cameras that I've seen around but I usually have the camera set flash-off.
I guess in the bottom line, you need to know what kind of pictures that Peter likes to take -- this will help determine what kind of camera to purchase.
ps. You won't go wrong with Nikon either.