Suggestion for a new digicam

[Blitz]

Hi all,

I'm looking for a new compact digicam to replace my current one (my avatar ) Originally was considering Olympus SP-350 but I heard that the picture quality is not that good and from a review, picture taken at the widest angle is a bit blur?

Budget: Less than $800
Requirement:
- Manual controls
- Optical view finder
- Not too big in size, somewhere around the size of SP-350?
- At least 3x optical zoom
- Memory media and batteries not a concern

Besides Oly, any cameras from the Sony or others fit the above requirement?

Thanks for any help

 

[ptlee]

The Canon S80 seem to fit the bill, slightly over S$800/= though, and doesn't save in RAW either.

You may want to check it out.

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons80/

Have fun shopping.

 

[Isaiahfortythirtyone]

hey brudder...wait for Fuji F11.

 

[Blitz]

Hi both,

Thanks for your suggestions

I will try to check out the price of S80.... As for the F11, when will the camera be actually released ah?

 

[karnage]

Heard F11 will be out during Sitex? Am also checking it out then... wanna buy it if the manual controls are reasonably up to my expectations... Then again, I might just get it for it's power ISO... haha!

 

[wiz23]

Heard F11 will be out during Sitex? Am also checking it out then... wanna buy it if the manual controls are reasonably up to my expectations... Then again, I might just get it for it's power ISO... haha!

The guys over at the Fujifilm thread say it's out already. MS quoted $590 with 256Mb xD card. Check out this thread:

F11 discussion

U can call MS to check

 

[Isaiahfortythirtyone]

thats a great price! it should fall further. and now XD cards are droppin in price. $150 for 1GB