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In Reply to: Digital Camera Questions posted by Lee on April 23, 2001 at 02:16:36:
A couple things:No camera with a flash powered by a 3 volt battery is going to light up anything larger than a phone booth.
The camera you describe is the digital elph from canon. Or for $90 you could buy yourself an Olympus Stylus Epic. It's tiny and has a great lens.
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Thanks JAD, another friend reccomended cnet which has a great review board of all of these cameras. Looks like the digital elph is the smallest of them all but get an overall score of a 6. I could sacrifice some size for better quality. Looks like I can get either an Olympus c-3030 ($550) zoom or cannon powershot g-1 ($650) which both look pretty compact at reasonable prices and get better overall reviews. Is there anything else I'm going to need? I've tried reading some of the helpful hints to new buyers and must confess most of that stuff is above my head.Again, I'm not even a weekend warrior photographer- will either of these have better chances of getting good shots in dark music clubs like Tippititinas? Thanks in advance..
The Canon G1 is a very nice camera and is supposed to do particularly well in low light conditions. There's a good review of it at Imaging Resource. I almost bought one myself, but I decided I wanted something smaller and just ordered a Canon S300 (the newer model of the digital Elph, which is reported to be a big improvement over the original Canon S100--I will know in a few days). I have a feeling I'll want a G1 as well for more serious photography, and use the S300 for a "take everywhere" camera.-Mike
Thanks Mike, I appreciate your help. I've been reading waaay too much about these things and realize that probably over 90% of the photographs are just for webviewing, so the g1 could well be a waste of money and size. That p300 looks perfect for size, how do you think it would do in the dark clubs though? Any idea on how long the battery lasts? Also, I see mention of flash cards- are these jsut for storing digital photos, or are they actually used as flashes for dark photos? I'm getting there, lsowly but surely, thanks.
The G1 apparently does much better than the S300 in low light. Compare the reviews at Imaging Resource...Canon S300:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/S300/S30P.HTMCanon G1:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/G1/G1P.HTMScroll down to the bottom of each review for comments about low light performance.
I don't know how much of the G1's low light performance comes from a more sensitive sensor and how much is from longer shutter speeds. In a club environment you probably wouldn't want a long shutter speed.
Those reviews also have comments about battery life.
A flash card is just for storing photos; it has nothing to do with taking flash pictures. (The name comes from the type of memory in the card, which is called "flash memory".)
I'll have my S300 in a couple of days, so I should know a lot more about it then...
-Mike
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