[Leica] OT - digital point & shoot suggestions

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 1:18 PM -0600 3/21/05, Frank F. Farmer wrote:
>Howdy,
>
>I took a cursory look on the archive page but couldn't find a topic 
>on this.  Please forgive me if I repeat.  My wife wants a digital 
>point and shoot camera.  I know very little about them other than my 
>brother seems like his Canon digital elph.  Any suggestions?  I'm 
>thinking of about a 5.O mp minimum and I think she would like if to 
>be reasonably small (fits is a purse size).  Somewhere under $400 
>would be nice.  I've looked around at a couple of Sonys and Canons 
>so far.  What others should I consider?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Frank

The current SD series of Canon elph models is quite good. Sturdy, 
small, and finally, quick. Made in 3, 4 and 5mp sizes. Battery life 
is not great (where would you put a big battery???) and the tiny 
optics show some colour fringing, but otherwise it's quite good. 
There are some other nice cameras, but some don't have _any_ optical 
viewfinder, which can make them a pain to use in bright light, and 
most are slow or have flimsy parts.

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