Camera Recommendations

[Road King Cole]

not to sound like a broken record, but "what destroyer said"...except I think he meant to say "lumix".

I did a lot of research and decided on the panisonic lumix DS7. It has a great lens (Leica 12X zoom), takes great pictures and videos.

previously I had an olympus, pictures were not all that great and I was glad when it pooped the bed. There was also a long delay from focus to taking the picure. I missed many shots with that POS.

rkc

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Road King Cole

not to sound like a broken record, but "what destroyer said"...except I think he meant to say "lumix".

I did a lot of research and decided on the panisonic lumix DS7. It has a great lens (Leica 12X zoom), takes great pictures and videos.

previously I had an olympus, pictures were not all that great and I was glad when it pooped the bed. There was also a long delay from focus to taking the picure. I missed many shots with that POS.

rkc

Yup.. "What RKC said". He's right on the money... Lumix is correct... but no matter how you spell it, it's still a great camera, and is less than $150 at Costco.

[willy]

Those comments don't correspond to the model I just posted. Fabulous shots, instant focus, I have had at least 6 different ones here in my house with the wife and kids, thats currently. Many others before, none hold up and perform like this baby.
As a matter of fact it was Ozzie who turned me on to them four or five years ago, for the same reason, this newest model is even better with the images right on.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by willy

Those comments don't correspond to the model I just posted. Fabulous shots, instant focus, I have had at least 6 different ones here in my house with the wife and kids, thats currently. Many others before, none hold up and perform like this baby.
As a matter of fact it was Ozzie who turned me on to them four or five years ago, for the same reason, this newest model is even better with the images right on.

Now I got a Nikon Cool Pix S8100...it's probably more camera than I need, but one feature I really like is the STEADY function...keeps the fuzzy pics away...lost the one Willy's talkin about and had another stolen...

[RidgeRunner]

Thanks for the info. I got to looking at this old brick, only 2 megapixel and only 3x optical zoom. I bought one for the wife last year, I was confusing the two. Kinda the chevette of cameras, it works once you get it going but doesn't do anything real well. I paid $350 for it but that was at least 10 years ago.

[csvencer]

I second Spare on the Olympus waterproof. I have had one for 3-4 years now and the thing just keeps on going no matter how much I beat it up. Mine takes pretty damn good photos, but the newer models are even better.

http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...?section=tough

I also own a Nikon DSLR that takes great photos, but to be honest we use the olympus so much more and have more memories with it because no matter where we are (skiing, snorkeling, at the beach, etc) we have it with us. We don't worry about it getting wet or sat on, it's great.

-Svence

[macojoe]

x3 with spare!! i take video, pic and no worry about getting it wet in the salt!!