All the ones you listed are fairly good, except the Panasonic one..
It might be better if you could give some more detail on what you plan to use it for..
A short list of the top general recommendations is probably:.
Fuji F30/31fd: excellent low light performanceFuji F20: same excellent low light performance, for cheaper.
Canon SD700IS: perhaps the best overall balance of image quality, but not as good low-light for non-static subjects.
Canon SD800/850IS: perhaps the best overall balance of features, but not as good low-light for non-static subjects, and not as good image quality. Has a 28mm wide angle though..
Canon SD1000 great all around camera and can be had new for under $175 if you know where to look on the internet..
I have heard good things from my friend about the Kodak v803 and it is a reasonably priced camera..
Stay away from the Sonys IMO. I had a T100 video was incredible pictures were worse than my phone camera. The video was better quality than my HDD sony camcorder. The flash would go off even out in the bright sun. Auto mode will always try and crank the ISO up so the picture is so noisy it is horrible. Goto comparometer.com and look at the leaves in the indoor picture with the sony t100.
I wanted so much to like the T100 camera but it's shortcomings couldn't make up for it's great video. I returned it and I am waiting on the Panasonic FX55 reviews and the Samsung i85 reviews. The Samsung has it all and more functions than the Sony T 100 and very similar in styling. I am worried because most of the Samsungs always just score average in picture quality on the reviews. The main reason I am upgrading is for a 3" screen and great video mode so I don't have to tote a camcorder..
@korvus:.
The t100 offers very good bunch of features, quite good IQ (good low light performance, too) and small size you should take a look at it. the performance is slightly better than all the cams you mentioned but I don't know how much it is in canada..
@jayzee77:.
I had a T100 video was incrediblepictures were worse than my phone camera..
Lol. did you consider that it could be a faulty unit when the pics are that worse?!?!.
The flash would go off even out in the bright sun..
Sounds really strange... did you perhaps use the forced flash!?!.
Goto comparometer.com andlook at the leaves in the indoor picture with the sony t100. Itseems like the center is well focused but everything around it is soblurry you can't even make it out..
I can't find the samples on that site.
Well here are some pictures from the t100. compare them to yours....
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@korvus:.
The t100 offers very good bunch of features, quite good IQ (good low light performance, too) and small size you should take a look at it. the performance is slightly better than all the cams you mentioned but I don't know how much it is in canada..
Lol. did you consider that it could be a faulty unit when the pics are that worse?!?!.
I thought it was faulty but after exchanging it at best buy for another the pics were the same. It wasn't faulty..
(good low light performance, too).
If you want something that looks like your 2 year old colored the picture yes it has good low light performance. That was the main problem with the t100 it cranked up the ISO so high even when it didn't need to. At night inside it sets the ISO so high I couldn't make out the faces in the picture frame at ten feet away. I can make them out fine with my old Canon sd600..
The flash would go off even out in the bright sun..
Sounds really strange... did you perhaps use the forced flash!?!No this wasn't with forced flash this was in auto mode..
Goto comparometer.com andlook at the leaves in the indoor picture with flash with the sony t100. Itseems like the center is well focused but everything around it is soblurry you can't even make it out..
I can't find the samples on that site.
Http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTM.
Select t100 from one side and canon sd1000 from the other side and you be the judge..
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The performance is slightly better than all the cams you mentionedTotally disagree the sd1000 is a much better all around camera for a lot less $..
Well here are some pictures from the t100. compare them to yours....
I noticed these were all daylight outside pictures. The t100 takes a great macro or outdoor pictures. Its indoor pictures are horrible especially at night...
Jayzee77 wrote:.
I thought it was faulty but after exchanging it at best buy foranother the pics were the same. It wasn't faulty..
If you want something that looks like your 2 year old colored thepicture yes it has good low light performance. That was the mainproblem with the t100 it cranked up the ISO so high even when itdidn't need to. At night inside it sets the ISO so high I couldn'tmake out the faces in the picture frame at ten feet away. I can makethem out fine with my old Canon sd600..
Pictures without flash: lock the ISO if that bothers you that the ISO goes up but you will probaply get a blurry image then. I prefer a noisy image over a blurred one..
Pictures with flash: well you should stay in range of the flash. otherwise it compensates the small flash. lock the ISO or maybe use the slow sync flash..
Good low light performance means well controlled noise for me and the noise is ok on the t100. there is more noise on the SD1000..
The flash would go off even out in the bright sun..
Sounds really strange... did you perhaps use the forced flash!?!No this wasn't with forced flash this was in auto mode..
I use the t100 for several month now and the flash didn't even go off in bright sun one time. I raises the ISO till 400 and when it's already really dark it fires the flash..
Look at the leaves in the indoor picture with flash with the sony t100. Itseems like the center is well focused but everything around it is soblurry you can't even make it out..
Http://www.imaging-resource.com/IMCOMP/COMPS01.HTMselect t100 from one side and canon sd1000 from the other side andyou be the judge..
First of all you compared a 7MP with a 8MP picture you get a false impression this way..
That picture is indeed out of focus in some areas did that happen to all your pics!? cause this might be a pre production model of the t100.anyway these are much better than any cell phone cam!.
The performance is slightly better than all the cams you mentionedTotally disagree the sd1000 is a much better all around camera for alot less $..
Well I meant that it is much faster... anyway there are a few fetures on the t100 that the SD1000 does not have: 3" LCD, 5x optical zoom thats useable during video mode, slide show with HD output....
Well here are some pictures from the t100. compare them to yours...I noticed these were all daylight outside pictures. The t100 takes agreat macro or outdoor pictures. Its indoor pictures are horribleespecially at night..
?!?! well the third image is indoors ISO 400 with wide angle adapter.....
I guess what it boils down to is "to each his own" when picking a camera. I don't think there is a point n shoot out there that is perfect, I wish there was. You have to pick the one that has the most of what you like and the least of what you don't. What I learned along time ago is when it comes to cameras buy them locally not over the internet. So you can try them and return them easily without a restocking fee or shipping. Sometimes the local places will even match the online prices depending on the product and the manager on duty.
The T100 had great video a nice 3" screen and 5 opt zoom not many manual controls but it is a good pocket cam. I just wish they took the features and performance and picture quality of the sony p200 and put it into the t100 then I would be sold. I am back to waiting for the reviews on the Panasonic FX-55 and the Samsung i85 in the next month..
With all cameras someone can tell you which ones are great but you really have to see for yourself...
I have had a Fuji Finepix F10 for 18 months now and cannot recommend it highly enough. Get the F11 which replaced it just over a year ago and you get plenty of manual options for a compact camera with great image quality and excellent low light usage. Excellent images with ISO up to 800 with ISO 1600 still good...