Holiday Camera Buying Guide
I'm sure some of you have loved ones you want to take photos of (must be nice) but lack the necessary element to get those precious photos. Well, you're in luck. There's never been a better time to buy a digital camera. Here are the ones I say you must buy or make an awful mistake.
First off, a note about the the half-naked woman holding a computer power supply (it's what's in your big computer that makes it go on when you press the power button). I really tried to find a half-naked male model holding a piece of computer technology but alas....
1. Ultra-Pocketable: Casio EX-Z77
Little wider than a credit card, takes pretty good photos and is cheap. Done.
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1a. Ultra Pocketable And Stylish: Sony T200
Have to give up to Sony. They made a pretty sexy (if camera's can be sexy) device that has an unheard of 3.5" LCD screen. Did I mention that LCD screen is completely driven by touch? Yep, no hard buttons for Sony. Doesn't take as good photos as the Canon 870IS but they are still pretty darn sharp. Note: this is a luxury device. You will pay about $100 more for the honor.
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2. Pocketable: Canon 870IS
Still small enough to fit in a purse or pocket, solid build, great features, very good image quality. Done.
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2a. Best Value Pocketable: Nikon S51
Compact, clean, takes great photos, and did i mention it's going for only $199!? Great holiday deal. Check it out at Amazon or Rtiz Camera.
3. Prosumer: Canon G9
For that budding shutterbug who needs a good starting camera but doesn't want to lug around a massive DSLR.
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4. DSLR/Baller Shot Caller: Canon 40D
This is an all around naughty piece of electronic imaging. You really aren't a photographer till you snap a few pics with a DSLR.
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But Jordan, there are so many other cameras out there! What about Nikon, Kodak, HP?? My friend's boyfriend's older brother's former roommate took a photo one time and says that buying a digital camera right now is analagous to being a communist sympathizer! Obvi. Yes, there are other cameras out there that will get the job done. These happen to be the best in each category. Stop asking questions and go spend money.
First off, a note about the the half-naked woman holding a computer power supply (it's what's in your big computer that makes it go on when you press the power button). I really tried to find a half-naked male model holding a piece of computer technology but alas....
1. Ultra-Pocketable: Casio EX-Z77
Little wider than a credit card, takes pretty good photos and is cheap. Done.
Full Review
1a. Ultra Pocketable And Stylish: Sony T200
Have to give up to Sony. They made a pretty sexy (if camera's can be sexy) device that has an unheard of 3.5" LCD screen. Did I mention that LCD screen is completely driven by touch? Yep, no hard buttons for Sony. Doesn't take as good photos as the Canon 870IS but they are still pretty darn sharp. Note: this is a luxury device. You will pay about $100 more for the honor.
Full Review
2. Pocketable: Canon 870IS
Still small enough to fit in a purse or pocket, solid build, great features, very good image quality. Done.
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2a. Best Value Pocketable: Nikon S51
Compact, clean, takes great photos, and did i mention it's going for only $199!? Great holiday deal. Check it out at Amazon or Rtiz Camera.
3. Prosumer: Canon G9
For that budding shutterbug who needs a good starting camera but doesn't want to lug around a massive DSLR.
Full Review
4. DSLR/Baller Shot Caller: Canon 40D
This is an all around naughty piece of electronic imaging. You really aren't a photographer till you snap a few pics with a DSLR.
Full Review
But Jordan, there are so many other cameras out there! What about Nikon, Kodak, HP?? My friend's boyfriend's older brother's former roommate took a photo one time and says that buying a digital camera right now is analagous to being a communist sympathizer! Obvi. Yes, there are other cameras out there that will get the job done. These happen to be the best in each category. Stop asking questions and go spend money.
4 Comments:
Have you used the touch screen on the cybershot? Some of us out there who have already paid premiums for gorgeous luxury devices might find an inferior touch screen experience frustrating. Would I find myself wanting to strangle the menu structures (specifically changing from pic mode, to review mode to vid mode... there is a hard button for that right?)? Also, with this baby in my left pocket and a certain phone that needs no introduction in my right... would that be considered duel wielding too much class for any unsuspecting vixen to handle? The video demo looked damn good (as good or better than others in the same size category)... thats important to me... have you had first hand exp with it and others?
...stop reading and do your dailies
Well maybe if I was in a top guild that hated hunters but should still let one in I would do more dailies.
to answer your questions about cameras:
1. yes i have tried each and every one of the cameras i have suggested
2. Let me start off by saying that I purchased Sony T200 for myself. So take that for what it's worth. the sony's touch menu system is pretty easy and intuitive. Not iPhone intuitive but pretty darn cool. I played with it for about 20 minutes and get the hang of it. Do i miss having hard menu buttons? Eh, sometimes but the 3.5" screen is so darn sexy/cool...
3. i think any woman who couldn't handle your iPhone and Sony T200 is not any woman you should associate with.
Final note: I rocked the incredibly thin Casio, then wanted better image quality so went to the canon but it was just a little too think, and finally went to the Sony since it was (for me) the perfect middle ground of style, size, and function.
done and done, sounds like the Sony is juuuuuuust right!... and like you are a winy, little, tech geek girl who's lost in the wilds of B&H, taking advantage of "no questions asked" return policies.
Why not you ask? Perhaps a better use of your time would be killing kael and the first boss in mount Hyjal to get attuned for BT? Probably not... but thats what makes you you, and me the man (though only more so b/c I now have great camera advice)
Thanks for your help!
p.s. lets get image prints
anything for you. I just received my Sony and it is pretty darn cool. The screen could be a BIT better but all in all I am quite happy with the purchase and have zero regrets.
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