Advise on point and shoot: Friend wants a small point and shoot for travel, people and photographing his metal art work. Using his I Phone now but memory a issue. Any ideas? Thanks in...

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Jun 11, 2017 13:44:46 #

Skip Loc: SF Bay Area CA.

Friend wants a small point and shoot for travel, people and photographing his metal art work. Using his I Phone now but memory a issue.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Skip

Jun 11, 2017 14:09:45 #

Darrell78

There is a lot of good Point and Shoot cameras out there. Is there a price range bracket he wants to stay in? I know a few Nikon and Canon cameras that can range between roughly for a hundred bucks and on up. But he may want to check into a Sony Cybershot that has a F1.8 and ISO up to 3200 I believe, but I know it does cost more around the 4 and 5 hundred bracket. If you want to look at some try Roberts Camera Online and look at some of there point and shoot cameras and compare prices with ebay or amazon I have seen a few cameras for around 60-100 that would probably suit his needs. Not much help I'm sure but figure I'd pitch in some info for you.

Jun 11, 2017 14:18:40 #

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

He might also check some factory refurbs at Canon and others. I once got the Canon PowerShot A1400, 16 MP, for under $100, refurbed by Canon. Some spurn refurbs, but those done at the factory mean the camera conforms to factory specifications.

Jun 11, 2017 14:21:07 #

BebuLamar

There are Point and Shoot and there are compact cameras.

Jun 11, 2017 14:23:08 #

RickL Loc: Vail, Az

Panasonic LUMIX cannot be beat. My wife used one and the photos are incredible

Jun 12, 2017 05:45:14 #

allan catt Loc: gillingham,kent,uk

Panasonic LUMIX great cameras I have 2 an older one I take on fishing trips and a new one for holidays etc. The new one is 18mp.30 x zoom. Gps. And most important it has a viewfinder only electronic but very helpful when the sun wipes out the led screen.have a look ,mine is DMC-TZ 60 they have since bought out a TZ 70 and properly updating again.while you are reading this😀 But have a look .

Jun 12, 2017 07:51:56 #

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

allan catt wrote:

This is a very good suggestion, I have an old TZ10 and the newer TZ70. The later model has more zoom but the image quality is very high on both.
I would recommend you look at this range of Panasonic TZ cameras.

Jun 12, 2017 08:44:46 #

jaquidon

I agree on getting one with a viewfinder. That's hard to find. The price point used to be $350 for latest model and you could save by getting on older model which would likely be just fine for PnS purposes. I have a Poweshot ELPH that's several years old but has served me very well.

Jun 12, 2017 10:05:48 #