Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry I think there is only one line of point and shoot cameras that fits the bill you're putting forward: superb quality images (indeed shoots in raw); pocketable; with viewfinder. It's the Canon PowerShot G11. Previous generations G9 and G10 also just as good and can be found used. Read about it and gaze upon it here. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/643177-REG/Canon_3632B001_PowerShot_G11_Digital_Camera.html and here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong11/ I believe dpreview said they liked the resolution better on the G10. They are comprehensive and a bit nitpicky but very reliable I find. Anyone one of the Canon G-series is the way to go I think. Several pro photographers I know who do all their professional work in medium format use the Canon G's as their carry around cameras which is where I learned of them and used them. Good luck. This is the one I'm sure. Vince On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > My wife calls me an adventitious photographer. She says I don't compose, I > just shoot. > > > For the last 50 years I've carried a camera with me most of the time and > react almost instantly to a photo op. The camera has to be pocket sized so > that it won't interfere with whatever else I am doing. For years it was an > old Leica IIIc with a 35 mm f2.8 Canon lens or a 50 mm Elmar that could fit > into the side pocket of a windbreaker. When I traveled it was usually a > Rollei 35 in a small belt holster. I even carried a Minox when I wore a > suit > and tie. True, I owned bigger and more professional equipment which I used > when I had to take serious pictures but they were usually too bulky to > carry > everyday. But for a variety of reasons I gave up my wet darkroom and my > film > cameras became too inconvenient to use. Now I carry a wafer thin Canon > SD1200IS. It has a 10 MP sensor and is smaller and lighter than any of the > others (except the Minox). > > > The big problem is that when I post pictures to the LUG, I can see obvious > quality differences between my pocket cameras and the M8 and M9 Leicas and > DSLRs that most Luggers use. What I would like is suggestions for a carry > digital camera that will close the gap. I don't expect M9 quality but I > don't want to be embarrassed either. My criteria are the the camera has to > be smaller and much lighter than a Barnack Leica and have an optical > viewfinder. The optical finder is necessary because I wear bifocals and > have > to bob my head up and down like a pigeon when using a LCD camera screen. > I'm > not sure if any of the new 4/3 cameras will fill the bill but I'm not > opposed to the format. I own an Olympus DSLR and I find it more than > adequate. The problem is that I live more than 50 miles from any large > camera store and I don't get to see and handle any of the newer compact > cameras. > > > Can any Lugger offer suggestions for a good carry camera? > > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >