Is This A Good Time To "Upgrade" P&Ss?

I'm in the market for a new point and shoot, having returned the DSLR
that was ultimately a great disappointment. Ideally, I'd like a7+ MP
camera with image stabilization. I got addicted to Canon's swing out
LCD.

The closest I can come to what I want (in my price range) are the S3
(which is 6MP), the PowerShot A630, and the Panasonic DMC-FZ7. The
difference in cost between the S3 and the DMC is now almost a hundred
dollars...presumably because of the swivel-out.

None of these shoot in RAW anymore, so-- If anyone has any other
suggestions, or knows of any upcoming industry-wide price reductions
(because of new models), I'd appreciate hearing from you. Fortunately,
an unnaturally warm winter in the Northeast is making photography a
non-priority. No Jingle All the Way...

mutefan@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new point and shoot, having returned the DSLR
> that was ultimately a great disappointment. Ideally, I'd like a7+ MP
> camera with image stabilization. I got addicted to Canon's swing out
> LCD.

> The closest I can come to what I want (in my price range) are the S3
> (which is 6MP), the PowerShot A630, and the Panasonic DMC-FZ7. The
> difference in cost between the S3 and the DMC is now almost a hundred
> dollars...presumably because of the swivel-out.

My daughter has an Olympus 720W which she likes very much. 7mp; 3x
(?)optical zoom; image stabilization; underwater to 10 meters(?); nice
LCD, under $300. You might want to check out the 700 series from
Olympus.

It's like beer - different people have different winners (I like
Arrogant Bastard, but, perhaps that simply describes me.)

Cheers,

Conrad

<mutefan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1168254528.646976.281170@s34g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> I'm in the market for a new point and shoot, having returned the DSLR
> that was ultimately a great disappointment. Ideally, I'd like a7+ MP
> camera with image stabilization. I got addicted to Canon's swing out
> LCD.
>
> The closest I can come to what I want (in my price range) are the S3
> (which is 6MP), the PowerShot A630, and the Panasonic DMC-FZ7. The
> difference in cost between the S3 and the DMC is now almost a hundred
> dollars...presumably because of the swivel-out.

The Panasonic shoots RAW...

>
> None of these shoot in RAW anymore, so-- If anyone has any other
> suggestions, or knows of any upcoming industry-wide price reductions
> (because of new models), I'd appreciate hearing from you. Fortunately,
> an unnaturally warm winter in the Northeast is making photography a
> non-priority. No Jingle All the Way...
>

On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:08:48 -0800, mutefan wrote:

> I'm in the market for a new point and shoot, having returned the DSLR
> that was ultimately a great disappointment. Ideally, I'd like a7+ MP
> camera with image stabilization. I got addicted to Canon's swing out
> LCD.
>
> The closest I can come to what I want (in my price range) are the S3
> (which is 6MP), the PowerShot A630, and the Panasonic DMC-FZ7. The
> difference in cost between the S3 and the DMC is now almost a hundred
> dollars...presumably because of the swivel-out.
>
> None of these shoot in RAW anymore, so-- If anyone has any other
> suggestions, or knows of any upcoming industry-wide price reductions
> (because of new models), I'd appreciate hearing from you. Fortunately,
> an unnaturally warm winter in the Northeast is making photography a
> non-priority. No Jingle All the Way...

Suggest you look at the Kodak 'P' series. These are EVF high zoom models.
They have IS and shoot RAW, tiff, jpeg. I prefer the Kodak models to other
EVF cameras because they have a higher resolution EVF - 237k pixels as
opposed to about 110k for most others. I recently purchased a P850 refurb
from the Kodak online store for $250 (though it's only 5mp).

ray wrote:
[]
> Suggest you look at the Kodak 'P' series. These are EVF high zoom
> models. They have IS and shoot RAW, tiff, jpeg. I prefer the Kodak
> models to other EVF cameras because they have a higher resolution EVF
> - 237k pixels as opposed to about 110k for most others. I recently
> purchased a P850 refurb from the Kodak online store for $250 (though
> it's only 5mp).

"5MP should be enough for anyone!"

<G>

David

mutefan@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new point and shoot, having returned the DSLR
> that was ultimately a great disappointment. Ideally, I'd like a7+ MP
> camera with image stabilization. I got addicted to Canon's swing out
> LCD.

<snip>
The big consumer electronics show is on in Las Vegas this
week. You can expect that new camera models will be
introduced, and there will be price reductions for the older
models. Wait a bit before buying.

physchem@cloud9.net (Marvin) wrote in
news:12q4tdhhp171ae1@corp.supernews.com:

> mutefan@yahoo.com wrote:
>> I'm in the market for a new point and shoot, having returned the
>> DSLR that was ultimately a great disappointment. Ideally, I'd
>> like a7+ MP camera with image stabilization. I got addicted to
>> Canon's swing out LCD.
>
><snip>
> The big consumer electronics show is on in Las Vegas this
> week. You can expect that new camera models will be
> introduced, and there will be price reductions for the older
> models. Wait a bit before buying.
>

If Canon's CES Web page is complete, they're only showing new video
cameras (and a FAX machine):

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/CES_2007/ces_2007.html
http://www.usa.canon.com/html/CES_20..._products.html

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

On Jan 8, 9:18 am, "Kinon O'Cann" <somewh...@over.the.rainbow> wrote:
> The Panasonic shoots RAW.

No kidding? THen why would it be $100 less than the S3?

<mutefan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 8, 9:18 am, "Kinon O'Cann" <somewh...@over.the.rainbow> wrote:
>> The Panasonic shoots RAW.
>
> No kidding? THen why would it be $100 less than the S3?

Canon has a much better movie mode, for one, and can produce images with
less noise. Overall, though, I think I'd go for the Panny. Sharper images,
and the movie mode is adequate for me. But the Panny will shoot RAW.

>

On Jan 8, 12:25 pm, "Kinon O'Cann" <somewh...@over.the.rainbow> wrote:
> Overall, though, I think I'd go for the Panny. Sharper images,
> and the movie mode is adequate for me. But the Panny will shoot RAW.

I just looked the DZ7 up on Amazon, and it says JPEG and TIFF.