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The most important question is: "what's your budget?"
I like Canon, although I have an Olympus compact from a couple of years ago. I chose my Canon DSLR over others because 'it felt right' in my hands. I chose the Olympus because I had an earlier Olympus, and was happy with that.
first of all, be aware that for a compact digicam more than 6 megapixel do not make sense. The sales reps will tell you otherwise, of course, but even they cannot beat the laws of physics. More pixels on the same, small CCD chip lead to a deterioration of image quality.
If you are not too keen on an optical viewfinder, then if you are lucky you might still get hold of a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TLZ2 (or TLZ3). Solid metal body, 10x optical zoom, Leica lens(!), image stabilizer, and all the other necessary and unnecessary gimmicks you might expect. And, as it is not the latest model, not too expensive.
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Gerhard
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Knowing your budget is vital to being able to give real advice. If you want a carry about camera that will give you the option of raw images or really good jpegs look for the Canon G9 - or did I hear the G10 was about to come out?
If you want a camera you can interchange lenses and be a bit more professional look for the Fuji S5 - £700 will see you with a new camera and a reasonable lens
Or next month buy the new knock spots off em all Canon Eos 5d mk11 - cost with reasonable lns about £2500
One of the technical aspects to consider when choosing your compact camera is the Aspect Ratio of the sensor.
The most common print size is 6 x 4 and yet most compact cameras produce images in the ratio of 4:3. This means that when you print your image on 6x4 paper some of it will be missing. Often its the top of someones head.
If you want to print lots of 6 x 4s then choose a camera that has a sensor in the 3:2 ratio. This is also closer to widescreen TVs than a 4:3 ratio, should you be interested in making slideshows.
they have the most comprehensive list of descriptions and reviews I've seen in one place - just browse the menu top left on the home page
I use a Canon DSLR (20D) and a Canon IXUS compact (with viewfinder), both are great and offer everything needed. If I had to start with one just for general use I'd go for the IXUS for quality and convenience; the DSLR offers much more in terms of lens alternatives and potential picture quality.
Its worth searching the site if you have time - quite a bit on this subject over past year.
It may seem a silly point, but one that was crucial for me. How compact do you want it to be? Having gone through the SLR stage years ago, for me nowadays I don't want the camera to "intrude", but want to be able to take a decent picture when the opportunity presents itself. So I went for a Canon Ixus 7Mpixel 3:1 optical zoom with optical viewfinder, which happily sits on my belt and you forget it is there.
Compact camera ! loads of the them at now what are bargain prices.
Kodak (best photoshare) Canon ,Sony ,Olympus. ect , unless you want to print huge pictures you only need 5-7 meg. for internet about 1.8. you wont get a viewfinder in point and shoot now except Kodak, but any of the above can be had for less than120£ my own is Kodak ,
The arguement about the number of pixels wil go on but I recommend the max especially if you want to 'blow' the image up. You do not have to always use the maximum size but adjust the settings accoding to your needs. My wife uses a Panasonic Z35 and tells me that it is the easiest one to use she has ever had. It has 10.1mega pixels and will record 720p HD movie.
Richard
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