The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.
Point n' Shoot camera with fast focus and good price?
King Boo Hoo
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
I love my Canon digital SLR. It takes beautiful photos, focuses quickly, shoots in RAW, etc. Everything you could want in a camera... except size.
And this issue has become fairly large. When I go to some event I know will have photo-ops, I take the SLR. But in my every day daily life, it's too big to lug around on my shoulder for no reason, and I'm not really a backpack person. I am however a pocket person. I'll carry any amount of stuff in any weight so long as I don't have to carry it in my hands or in an additional accessory (backpack, beltpack, etc).
So I'm looking to buy a digital camera I can fit in my pocket and carry around daily with me. It doesn't need to be particularly small because I have big pockets generally, but the lens does need to fully retract when it's off so it fits in my pocket nicely. The problem I encounter is that these small cameras focus very slowly, which is a huge problem for a guy who mostly takes photos of people's faces, and hates posed smiles. So I need to have the camera focus and take the photo before the person sees the camera and reacts to it. My SLR does this great, my old (broken) point n' shoot did it terribly.
Other than size and fast focus, it would be nice to have a decent amount of control available to me (ISO, shutter speed, aperture, etc), and it would be nice if it didn't cost ridiculous sums of money (less than $400 should be a reasonable request, right?).
What do you think PA? Any ideas?
And this issue has become fairly large. When I go to some event I know will have photo-ops, I take the SLR. But in my every day daily life, it's too big to lug around on my shoulder for no reason, and I'm not really a backpack person. I am however a pocket person. I'll carry any amount of stuff in any weight so long as I don't have to carry it in my hands or in an additional accessory (backpack, beltpack, etc).
So I'm looking to buy a digital camera I can fit in my pocket and carry around daily with me. It doesn't need to be particularly small because I have big pockets generally, but the lens does need to fully retract when it's off so it fits in my pocket nicely. The problem I encounter is that these small cameras focus very slowly, which is a huge problem for a guy who mostly takes photos of people's faces, and hates posed smiles. So I need to have the camera focus and take the photo before the person sees the camera and reacts to it. My SLR does this great, my old (broken) point n' shoot did it terribly.
Other than size and fast focus, it would be nice to have a decent amount of control available to me (ISO, shutter speed, aperture, etc), and it would be nice if it didn't cost ridiculous sums of money (less than $400 should be a reasonable request, right?).
What do you think PA? Any ideas?
King Boo Hoo on
0
Posts