digital camera

[shadowrider]

i was thinking of getting a digit cam.
need night scene mode, pic/color quality, good price, optical zooms.

now i have a choice among sony DSCP52, sony DSCU20L, olympus D560, nikon coolpix 2500, coolpix 3500.

which one do you guys recommend?
any experiences with any other models? pls feel free throw them in here... ;)

thx

[gleather]

I love my Olympus D520z. I had to patch the kernel to fix a bug, but it works great.

[Exodus2001]

I use a Cannon PowerShot S30. It cost me about $400 with a 256mb CF card. It works perfect with gtkam and it does about everything you would want. I would make sure you check the gtkam list before you buy one because I think they only have about 300-500 cameras that are supported.

[munkejens]

i am very pleased with my Sony DSC-P31 and i know that the P51 is even better. the quality is very high and i never had any issues with it...it's just plain Sony quality :D

www.dpreview.com is a very nice and thorough site. read about almost every single digital camera there.

[gleather]

Sample picture.
Olympus D-520z outside, no special adjustments.

http://www.speakeasy.org/~gleather/mama_and_stretch.jpg

[shadowrider]

Originally posted by gleather
Sample picture.
Olympus D-520z outside, no special adjustments.

http://www.speakeasy.org/~gleather/mama_and_stretch.jpg

that looks pretty good.
but i was thinking about the olmpus D560 (C-350 zoom) (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/oly_d560z.asp)

since it's got the 3.2 versus 2.0 mpixel

[JamminJoeyB]

Well if you want one of the best. See this web site.

http://www.canoneos.com/

Maybe if I can find a buyer for a kidney I can get one for me.

I have used a friends EOS 1d. It's incredible. Not excatlly your entry to mid-level digi cam. Worth the money if you are looking for something very long term investment wise in a digi cam.

[shadowrider]

thx for the suggestion, but i'm trying to avoid canon as they don't have the night scene mode (which i need to have)