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Buying Advice Wanna buy New Camera? Undecided which to choose?V2, ASK HERE! Dont create a thread elsewhere

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lookig4room
post Apr 18 2009, 10:20 AM

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Hello bro (and sis ^^),

My recent holiday trip with my girlfriend had me taking quite a lot of videos with my good and old N73. Bad luck for me, I never updated my N73's firmware every since I bought it and apparently there's some fatal flaw with my very old firmware where the phone will sometimes fail to save the video I recorded. Well it happened like 3-4 times if I count correctly. :-(

Even though I can solve this by upgrading firmware, every since the last trip, I'm now hooked on taking good photos and videos and want to get a digital camera that can do both well and better than a good camera phone like SE C905/Samsung i850/LG Renoir or other good camera phones out there can do.

Any recommendation on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. :-)

Type of camera/lens/accesories : Clueless
Budget: not more than 1500 RM
Your Location: Bandar Sunway, PJ
Preferable brand : Clueless
Type of photography u want to do : Outdoor and indoor
Any specific models in mind? : Nope
Any specific features u want? : Good at taking photos and videos.

I'm a complete newbie/noob in digital camera world bro (and sis ^^).. >_<

This post has been edited by lookig4room: Apr 18 2009, 10:22 AM
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post Apr 18 2009, 04:34 PM

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QUOTE(TheWandererX @ Apr 18 2009, 02:51 PM)
I'd recommend you wait for the 500D's release - it looks really good of a DSLR body to be replacing the 450D. I'd suggest you to forget Sony DSLRs unless you're an adventurous bloke and don't mind facing dodgy aftersales service/lens headaches/unavailability of lenses to purchase/etc.

IMHO it's best to stick with the giants - it's not like they produce inferior DSLRs either...
If you're ok with knowing you're using something that you don't know where it has been, go ahead and get it - that's quite an OK-OK price.

If you don't want to be using something second-hand then there are lots of other choices.
Well, in the RM1.5k price range you'll get the cream of the crop. There are a few choices you can make:

1. Panasonic Lumix LX3
2. Canon Ixus 980 IS
3. Fujifilm F200EXR
4. Canon Ixus 870 IS

These are the mostly chosen ones. Just a few quotes: the LX3 is undoubtedly the best, but if you want a touch of style to your digicam, then get the Canons. If you want to do low light shots (dimly-lit indoor shots) then get the F200EXR.
THanks bro! Now im off to garage sales... LX3. ^^
lookig4room
post Apr 19 2009, 09:51 AM

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QUOTE(TheWandererX @ Apr 18 2009, 02:51 PM)
I'd recommend you wait for the 500D's release - it looks really good of a DSLR body to be replacing the 450D. I'd suggest you to forget Sony DSLRs unless you're an adventurous bloke and don't mind facing dodgy aftersales service/lens headaches/unavailability of lenses to purchase/etc.

IMHO it's best to stick with the giants - it's not like they produce inferior DSLRs either...
If you're ok with knowing you're using something that you don't know where it has been, go ahead and get it - that's quite an OK-OK price.

If you don't want to be using something second-hand then there are lots of other choices.
Well, in the RM1.5k price range you'll get the cream of the crop. There are a few choices you can make:

1. Panasonic Lumix LX3
2. Canon Ixus 980 IS
3. Fujifilm F200EXR
4. Canon Ixus 870 IS

These are the mostly chosen ones. Just a few quotes: the LX3 is undoubtedly the best, but if you want a touch of style to your digicam, then get the Canons. If you want to do low light shots (dimly-lit indoor shots) then get the F200EXR.
Bro, forget my previous statement, I just made a closer inspection on the range of digital cameras we have today and I realised that RM 1500 would get me an overly-advanced digital camera for a newbie like me who only needs to take pictures with my beloved girlfriend! ^^

Thus, based on some reviews I read off the net, I have made below a revamped statement on what kind of digital camera I'm looking for:

Type of camera/lens/accesories : Digital camera
Budget: RM 700-800
Your Location: Bandar Sunway, PJ
Preferable brand : Panasonic
Type of photography u want to do : Outdoor and indoor
Any specific models in mind? : Panasonic DMC-FS25, Panasonic DMC-FS15
Any specific features u want? : Can record long video.

Hope you can give some help with this, like before bro ^^

This post has been edited by lookig4room: Apr 19 2009, 09:52 AM
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post May 16 2009, 08:35 AM

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QUOTE(yeing_xx @ May 15 2009, 01:56 AM)
Type of camera/lens/accesories :  Compact
Budget: 650-850
Your Location: KL
Preferable brand :  Canon, Lumix, Nikon
Type of photography u want to do :  Daily shot, scenery, people
Any specific models in mind? :  Nikon S220, FS7/15
Any specific features u want? : Stylish, anti blurring, nice night mode
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FS15 is great bro. You can get it for 680 rm from http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/672153 ^^.

This post has been edited by lookig4room: May 16 2009, 08:36 AM
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