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mud390
Sep-09-2009, 05:37 AM
I currently have a Nikon D80 that I absolutely love, but I'm looking for something a little smaller and more portable for quick trip for work. I don't want to take the D80 because of some of the places I have to go and I'm afraid it would either get broken or stolen at some point during the trip. With that, I've always had Canon point and shoots. I know, Canon and Nikon in the same house. I've found their point and shoots more intuitive than Nikon and they take great pictures. I am looking at this style camera:
http://www.adorama.com/ICASX10IS.html
I have looked at that specific camera and like the 10x optical zoom. I don't know that I would be happy with much less optical zoom to be honest. I'm open to all brands at this point, as I'm still window shopping. The video feature is not a deal breaker, but it would be nice. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Kris
JohnBiggs
Sep-09-2009, 06:02 AM
I currently have a Nikon D80 that I absolutely love, but I'm looking for something a little smaller and more portable for quick trip for work. I don't want to take the D80 because of some of the places I have to go and I'm afraid it would either get broken or stolen at some point during the trip. With that, I've always had Canon point and shoots. I know, Canon and Nikon in the same house. I've found their point and shoots more intuitive than Nikon and they take great pictures. I am looking at this style camera:
http://www.adorama.com/ICASX10IS.html
I have looked at that specific camera and like the 10x optical zoom. I don't know that I would be happy with much less optical zoom to be honest. I'm open to all brands at this point, as I'm still window shopping. The video feature is not a deal breaker, but it would be nice. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Kris

Looks like a great camera. One of the things I wanted was to reduce size even further so I ended up with the G10.
chrisjohnson
Sep-09-2009, 06:12 AM
I use a G9 for business trips. It also shoots RAW. The current version is G11, I believe.
JohnBiggs
Sep-09-2009, 06:40 AM
I use a G9 for business trips. It also shoots RAW. The current version is G11, I believe.
g11 isnt out yet.
mud390
Sep-10-2009, 08:51 PM
Anybody else have any other opinions on the Canon and non-Canon models?

Kris
Grainbelt
Sep-11-2009, 04:23 AM
I had the S5 IS, which is the precursor to that model, and it was fantastic. I never had issues with white balance, the color rendition was generally spot-on. Start up time was fairly slow, but the manual modes were very useful. Macro mode was surprisingly useful. Overall it was very competent.
ziggy53
Sep-11-2009, 04:34 AM
The combination of the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS and CHDK is just about the best "deal" in current digicams. While the camera natively has a hot shoe, extending the competency of the camera in difficult lighting, CHDK adds RAW processing as well as unlimited time exposure.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/SX10
mud390
Sep-11-2009, 06:10 AM
Ziggy - Do you have any experience with this modded firmware? It seems intriguing. I really liked the Canon, but this RAW addition is really making me like it that much more.

Kris
ziggy53
Sep-11-2009, 08:22 AM
Ziggy - Do you have any experience with this modded firmware? It seems intriguing. I really liked the Canon, but this RAW addition is really making me like it that much more.

Kris

I don't have direct experience, but we have a number of users that do have experience:

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=89828