my Brother-in-Law asked me to recommend a point and shoot: Nothing expensive in the $100-$175 range. Thanks ronny...

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

Nothing expensive in the $100-$175 range.
Thanks
ronny

Wallbanger Loc: Madison, WI

Canon PowerShots seem to be the best in that range. If small is his primary concern, the PowerShot Elph line.

Otherwise, if he has an iPhone or Microsoft/Nokia Lumia (higher end models), he may already have a better camera than many point and shoots in this price range.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Just a fuzz over

http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/outlet/reconditioned-cameras/sh-50-ihs-black-reconditioned.html

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

http://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/cameras/refurbished-powershot-digital-cameras/powershot-s110-black-refurbished

Wallbanger Loc: Madison, WI

I just noticed B&H is selling the PowerShot S110 (new) for $179. That's the one to recommend! I may order one for myself at that price...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=889962&gclid=CJDLpqjMnMMCFQaOaQod3xsApA&Q=&is=REG&A=details

singleviking Loc: Lake Sebu Eco Park, Philippines

Wallbanger wrote:

I just noticed B&H is selling the PowerShot S110 (new) for $179. That's the one to recommend! I may order one for myself at that price...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=889962&gclid=CJDLpqjMnMMCFQaOaQod3xsApA&Q=&is=REG&A=details

For beginner P&S cameras, the Canon Powershot S-100, S-110, and S-120 are terrific little pocket cameras at a reasonable price. You did make the price limitation under $200 so there's plenty of choices but there are few reviewers who have anything bad to say about this line of cameras. No inexpensive P&S will give no shutter lag or delay for autofocus to complete it's task before shooting the photo, but then again fast focus, fast auto metering, Ziess lens and high analog zoom capabilities are features that come with a price tag beyond this budget.

spdmn54 Loc: Avon Lake, Ohio

Wallbanger wrote:

Canon PowerShots seem to be the best in that range. If small is his primary concern, the PowerShot Elph line.

Otherwise, if he has an iPhone or Microsoft/Nokia Lumia (higher end models), he may already have a better camera than many point and shoots in this price range.

I highly recommend the Nikon Coolpix line. Very good camera, nice price, excellent picture quality. I carry one in my bag with my D3100,

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

davidheald1942 wrote:

Nothing expensive in the $100-$175 range.
Thanks
ronny

I am partial to Fuji and Panasonic. Good optics and durable sensors. I have had several Canon and Sony P&S cameras, and all of them had sensor failures. I have an older Finepix F600EXR that I bought 5 years ago that is still going strong, no issues at all. And the jpeg processing engine does some magic, allowing you to significantly overexpose highlights and still have tons of recoverable detail in the highlights. I am pretty sure they use pixel binning, as well as other proprietary processes to give some pretty good image quality. It's been replaced by the 900, with a longer lens (20x). Not sure it is among the best in class anymore, but the Panasonic TZ40/ZS30 look pretty good by comparison.

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

Wallbanger wrote:

Canon PowerShots seem to be the best in that range. If small is his primary concern, the PowerShot Elph line.

Otherwise, if he has an iPhone or Microsoft/Nokia Lumia (higher end models), he may already have a better camera than many point and shoots in this price range.

He said he wanted a camera that "takes good pictures".
He don't know much about cameras at all..

singleviking Loc: Lake Sebu Eco Park, Philippines

Gene51 wrote:

I am partial to Fuji and Panasonic. Good optics an... (show quote)

Gene,
Can you find the thread you wrote on 12 and 14 bit monitors and send it to ABJanes? I can't seem to find your explanation and it was a lot clearer than mine.
She's going to use a 13" MBP and then connect a good monitor to the Thunderbolt port for photo work. I know the Dell 2310 and the ASUS PA-248Q will only do 8 or10 bit color gamut, but the new version PA249Q and it's Dell comparable model can do better.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

davidheald1942 wrote:

He said he wanted a camera that "takes good pictures".
He don't know much about cameras at all..

Unfair generalization--you can't know that at all.

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

jaymatt wrote:

Unfair generalization--you can't know that at all.

Well that's what he told me.

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

Wallbanger wrote:

I just noticed B&H is selling the PowerShot S110 (new) for $179. That's the one to recommend! I may order one for myself at that price...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=889962&gclid=CJDLpqjMnMMCFQaOaQod3xsApA&Q=&is=REG&A=details

That is a good price. I just might recommend that one.
Thanks for doing my research.

SteveLew Loc: Sugar Land, TX

I concur that the Powershot S110 or S120 are great pocket sized cameras for the money.

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

Steven A Lewis wrote:

I concur that the Powershot S110 or S120 are great pocket sized cameras for the money.

Thanks Steve