What IS the BEST Canon P&S For Indoor Use??

I bought a pentax Optio WPI yesterday at a salespersons reccomendation - but it is horrible indoors.

I need a small camera thats good indoors. Zoom is not important, shooting speed is. MP's are not important. My old 4mp kodac does better than the Pentax. But i do need something small.

This is just a second camera to my dSLR so portability is the key along with indoor keepers.

Thanks

Luke

The best canon P & S for indoors???

1. Sony V3
2. sd450
3. a620

121. a610

So glad to....oh, you know

....................Gnuds

HENBLUE said:

The best canon P & S for indoors???

1. Sony V3
2. sd450
3. a620

121. a610

So glad to....oh, you know

....................Gnuds

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According to enblue who doesn't have a camera the a620 is a lot better for low light than the a610, althoug the a610 is 1/3 stops more sensitive. The sd450 for low light, you must be joking. The best P&S for low light is one of the Fuji models F10 or F11. They can have ISO up to 1600 and iso 800 produces decent pictures.
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high useable ISO will give the best results indoors with or without a flash. So I'd say look into the new Fuji F30 that will be appearing soon, has useable ISO3200 and supposed to have VERY good ISO1600 that is on par with DSLR cameras like the 20D.

It still remains to be seen how good ISO800 will be on Canon SD600 and SD700 which use Sony's new CCD sensor, but I suspect it will be no match for the Fuji.

If so, then the G6 will be the best choice. Not too large, very good and fast lens, it can hold a hotshoe.

If you are not willing to use an external flash, then I'd say the A610, excellent sensor and lens, really fast, great general performances.
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SD450 good indoors?

Bahahahahaha hahah ahahahahahaha!!!!!

Check out the website:

http://www.cameras.co.uk

There are reviews of many popular cameras with sample images. You can also compare images from different cameras on the page:

http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/sample-images-1.cfm

The reviewer includes a couple of indoor images per camera, one (of the beer bottles) which is taken in near complete darkness, according to the website.

Colleen

thanks for the replies, looks like most of the cameras that are at least pretty good indoors are also a little bigger. Not pocket cams.

Should i just live with this Pentax and assume that all smaller cams are about as bad indoors? Or wait for the new Nikon P$ with VR maybe?

Like i said, if i really need a good pic, i have my dSLR so this pocket cam is just for convenience. Still though, this thing is really bad indoors

Luke

Thanks, Colleen, for the link to the UK review site. Very nice in that it's organized to allow an easy comparison of the various cameras.

Most interesting to me is the shutter lag table. It confirms very easily what I've concluded with more effort from the Imaging-Resources reviews: If you want shutter lag speed get either a Sony or a Casio and that the Canons with DIGIC II are average by today's standards. But that the A610 is slightly faster than the A620. Interesting.

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sysadmin64 said:

Check out the website:

http://www.cameras.co.uk

There are reviews of many popular cameras with sample images. You
can also compare images from different cameras on the page:

http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/sample-images-1.cfm

The reviewer includes a couple of indoor images per camera, one (of
the beer bottles) which is taken in near complete darkness,
according to the website.

Colleen

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lukep said:

thanks for the replies, looks like most of the cameras that are at
least pretty good indoors are also a little bigger. Not pocket
cams.

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N really, right.

lukep said:

Should i just live with this Pentax and assume that all smaller
cams are about as bad indoors? Or wait for the new Nikon P$ with
VR maybe?

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Panasonic have cameras with OIS, Nikon is releasing one with VR, and Canon one with IS (these are all the same). However, as much as I love IS, it doesn't make the flash stronger, nor keep people from moving.

lukep said:

Like i said, if i really need a good pic, i have my dSLR so this
pocket cam is just for convenience. Still though, this thing is
really bad indoors

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If you have a DSLR then you probably understand the relation between ISO, flash power, sensor size, maximum aperture, shutter speed. The math is easy to do, and there are no miracles on the market. The only thing that could suit you (I didn't mention it before because you asked for a Canon) is the Fuji line, their superCCD allow you to increase the ISO easily to 800, and if you accept a little noise up to ISO 1600. This really gives you an edge.

lukep said:

Luke

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