Hi everyone, I am currently an owner of a canon s30. It's one of those longer canons from a few years back. It is 3MP and has serviced me well.
I am looking for something a little more portable and improved. The s30 has some annoying interface issues and other little quirky things that i've noticed over the years.
Looking at some review sites, I am seriously considering the canon sd300 or the canon s500 but am open to suggestions. The sd300 is a 4MP "elph" and i would have bought this already but preliminary reviews say that the camera performs poorly in "dark light" conditions.
Given:
1) a budget of 300-500 for the camera (i'm willing to go up a few hundred if it means drastic improvement)
2) i want something with decent MP (i've never had an issue with my current 3MP, but i think it seems silly to "upgrade" to another 3MP camera (like the canon SD200).
3) i want decent optical zoom
4) i want something small-ish.
5) i take a good number of pictures in restaurants, outdoors at night, and "lounge-type" places... Basically anywhere dark, where the guys and girls i know feel comfortable hanging out (j/k).
6) i'm interested in getting a little more into photography as a hobby (the plan with my old canon which never materialized [damn you sid meier (civ3) and sir-tech (wiz8) ]).
7) the bigger the LCD in the back the better
Thanks, and happy holidays!
I am looking for something a little more portable and improved. The s30 has some annoying interface issues and other little quirky things that i've noticed over the years.
Looking at some review sites, I am seriously considering the canon sd300 or the canon s500 but am open to suggestions. The sd300 is a 4MP "elph" and i would have bought this already but preliminary reviews say that the camera performs poorly in "dark light" conditions.
Given:
1) a budget of 300-500 for the camera (i'm willing to go up a few hundred if it means drastic improvement)
2) i want something with decent MP (i've never had an issue with my current 3MP, but i think it seems silly to "upgrade" to another 3MP camera (like the canon SD200).
3) i want decent optical zoom
4) i want something small-ish.
5) i take a good number of pictures in restaurants, outdoors at night, and "lounge-type" places... Basically anywhere dark, where the guys and girls i know feel comfortable hanging out (j/k).
6) i'm interested in getting a little more into photography as a hobby (the plan with my old canon which never materialized [damn you sid meier (civ3) and sir-tech (wiz8) ]).
7) the bigger the LCD in the back the better
Thanks, and happy holidays!