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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 8:25:39 GMT
Many years ago I bought a Canon IXUS 85 camera to replace one that has been stolen from the car. About 2 years ago I replaced it with a Sony mirrorless alpha 5000 camera on the grounds that I wanted something with a wide angle lens and that needed less flash in low light situations.
I bought three of these Sonys as other people in the office also needed decent cameras. My first camera failed in that the screen became unusable and was replaced after 9 months. The flash on my assistant's camera failed recently and as the camera is out of warranty the repair is going to cost more than half the price of the camera.
So I have given him my camera and returned to my old Canon which has been perfectly reliable for about 10 years. I still need the wider angle though, so in searching for a new one I came across a Canon IXUS 190 which appears to be almost as small as the old one and hopefully as reliable.
Very disappointed with the Sonys. Wish I had found the 190 two years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 20:52:38 GMT
New camera has arrived. Not quite as sturdy as the ten year old one, but slim, easy to use and has al the features I need and few of those I don't. Pity it doesn't charge whilst plugged into the computer, but I have bought a second battery and charger, so one for home and one for the office.
Used it for the first time this afternoon. Results on the screen look good, waiting to see what it looks like on the large screen and in print...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 22:27:26 GMT
A few years ago I wanted a compact camera that I could stuff in a pocket or car armrest and still get half decent photos. After a bit of research and reading reviews I bought a Sony HX9V. Big mistake.
Although the published specs were pretty good for the time, the jpeg compression was so severe that all fine detail was lost and it does not have a raw mode. Lots of complaints were made asking Sony to provide a firmware update to back off on the compression or provide a raw option but they were rejected.
After having previous problems with a Sony HDD/DVD recorder that would randomly refuse to play recordings, claiming that they were 'protected', I decided to give Sony products a miss in future.
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Post by WDB on Mar 22, 2018 23:25:39 GMT
Was it an HX-90V, Kevin? www.sony.co.uk/electronics/cyber-shot-compact-cameras/dsc-hx90vI bought one for MrsB1 in 2016 and have mixed feelings about it, although the pop-up EVF works well for something so small. She, of course, has barely touched it, and I have no use for its extended zoom range. Several small Canons have served us well. These days, serious pictures are taken with Fuji X cameras. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2018 6:14:29 GMT
Those Fuji X models look really nice, but given that my photography these days is limited to buildings and family I couldn't justify the cost. Pity.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2018 18:27:44 GMT
No. It was the earlier HX9V.
In all other aspects it is quite a good little camera, only spoiled by the aggressive compression and Sony's refusal to accept that it is a problem.
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Post by WDB on Mar 25, 2018 21:55:15 GMT
Those Fuji X models look really nice, but given that my photography these days is limited to buildings and family I couldn't justify the cost. Pity. I thought hard about buying a used (they're all used now) X-Pro1 as n inexpensive way of trying out the hybrid (optical-digital) viewfinder and the XF lens system. Bodies can be had for £250, a 27mm or 35mm lens for about the same, but it's the bulkiest of the X models and I decided that would still get it left behind too often. But for buildings, you could buy an X-T10 with the hinged screen. I may yet get one - or the current X-T20 - but I suspect I won't. I seldom want anything longer than 50mm (35mm in APS-C money) and with the various options on the two Xs I now have, I can cover from there right out to 21mm (14mm). And either camera will go in a coat pocket, both together in a laptop bag. Sunday roast or baked beans again, I suppose. The camera in an iPhone 7 is very decent for many purposes, to the point where an Ixus-style small-sensor digicam is redundant. I still use my five-year-old Canon S100, although it seems slow and fiddly next to the intuitive simplicity of the Fujis. The S100 used to come along when I was going out anyway; the Fujis get me out of the house (or the hotel) simply because they're such satisfying things to use. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2018 6:37:48 GMT
The IXUS 190 was listed in Which? this month. Gave it 66% whilst the best got 82%. However the best was much more expensive, larger and heavier, exactly what I don't want. I had thought about second hand but 24mm is fine for me. 21mm would be nice but the difference for me is not as great practically, as between 28mm and 24mm.
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Post by WDB on Mar 26, 2018 8:46:33 GMT
Yes, 24mm is really useful. It's the S100's widest (and default startup) setting, and what I use for 90 percent of my pictures with it - partly because motorized zooming is tediously slow.
Fuji offers a 16mm (24mm equiv) for the X bodies, but it's expensive and certainly not pocketable.
Canon compacts - even the G series with their large sensors - seem to score poorly for lens quality these days. Despite Kevin's misgivings, I'd still be tempted by the Sony RX100 series as a super-portable complement to the Fujis.
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Post by tyrednexited on Mar 26, 2018 12:57:39 GMT
Despite Kevin's misgivings, I'd still be tempted by the Sony RX100 series as a super-portable complement to the Fujis. SWMBO has the entry level RX100 (bought by me to replace an ageing Nikon she dropped). I have a Lumix mirror-less system camera, which takes great shots, but isn't pocketable Working on the basis that the best camera is the one you have with you, I bought an RX100 III to take to NZ. THE EVF is fiddly, so doesn't get used a lot. Pleased with both of them. End results subjectively not always quite as good as the Lumix, but still very good (outstanding for the size and convenience, and, surprisingly, better in low light) |
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Post by Rob on Mar 26, 2018 21:53:48 GMT
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Post by Rob on Mar 26, 2018 22:00:58 GMT
Should add that it was on the RX100 M3 they added the electronic viewfinder. Zoom lens on the M1 is slightly 'longer'.
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