While everybody knows that Brian and I are Nikon consumers when it comes to our DSLRs, for our small digital cameras we've been using Lumix for the last few years. I bought a used Lumix LZ1 just over a year ago and had not been at all happy with the image quality. When a friend was leaving Japan, she gave me her old Sony Cybershot - and I really liked it! Just point and shoot, but clear, color-rich images and camera portability made it a great little camera. However, that camera had already seen better days, had been left out on the beach in the rain, been dropped, etc. and I guess the final straw was our last beach visit, where, I think, some some got into the lens motor. Anyway, the camera is no longer functional.
I had received some gift certificates from my internet provided for upgrading to high-speed fibre optic, and had been saving them for something like a new camera! So, a couple of days ago I went to my local camera shop, ready to buy the new Sony Cybershot, but I ended up coming away with a Nikon Coolpix S640 - the newest of the Coolpix lineup. I got a 9,000 yen discount (though I'm not sure why), and a really cool read camera.
I've been shooting with it for a couple of days, and I think, so far I'm really really happy with the image quality, as well as the ease-of-use of the camera.
Here's one sample image, not tweaked in Photoshop at all:
3 comments:
New camera seems extremely sharp ... good choice.
Nice shot. How did you shots from the Old Montreal photo safari go? It's always fun to get your hands on a new camera and put it through its paces. Enjoy the small format - the great thing about point and shoot is that you can always have a camera with you. You should be able to get some great macro shots with that camera.
BTW I forgot to mention that the photo club I put together at school has been going well. Of course I set up a website so if you are interested in dropping by drop me a line for the URL (the site is not publicly accessible or Googleable)
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