I'm looking for a new compact digital camera for my wife, for her birthday and our next trip.
I have always preferred SLRs, and currently use my *ist D most of the time. I bought an Optio S twhen it first came out, and I keep in my briefcase or wear one my belt when I don't want to lug my camera bag. That's what my wife is using now, since her camera is broken, but she doesn't take as many photos with it as when she had one of her own. She has had three digitals over the last 10 years or so, first a Casio, then an Olympus, and finally, for the past several years, a Nikon Coolpix 775. She really liked the Nikon, and wants something like it if possible, but Nikon has gone in another direction with their compacts. What she is looking for is a small, durable compact that is easy to operate and to download photos from. She never shoots at high resolution, so she doesn't need a camera with a high mega-pixel capability. She does need something with a good optical zoom, and strongly prefers an optical view finder in addition to the usual video screen. If anyone has a camera they can recommend, I would be grateful. TIA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
