aNdY wrote:

>     Thanks for your advise. I am stress as I just want to get a very
> powerful good digital camera so that it will last me this life time.
> techniques is changing so fast. I can never catch up. I am tired. very tired
> as I am old too. So, I thought ... just one reasonable good camera will do.
> I have think so much for the past one month so now I am only confused. I
> think I have no choice but go to any shop by fate and if I hold the camera
> and it felt okay, I will just take it. I don't know. beside
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews , do u know of other places where it has the
> pro and con of camera which can help me narrow down to the best that I want
> so that I can just seek a shop selling it and get it? More advises pls.

OK, aNdY,

Listen here carefully. You do not need a big camera like the dSLR kind
of cameras. You need a smaller camera which will impress you. It should
be big enough to hold in your hands comfortably, and should have a big
LCD screen, so that you could have fun reviewing pictures. Go to the
shop and have a look at Canon PowerShot A700 and at Panasonic DMC-TZ1.
They all cost around S$500. The Canon A700 is good overall, Panasonic
TZ1 has an ultrazoom of 10x in small body. It will impress you. It is
new and it will be a huge sales hit. In the store, see which one you
like more. That's it. No more choosing. Do as I say.

If you like to take pictures of parties in the room without using a
flash, the FujiFilm FinePix F11 or F30 is what will impress you. This
is the only camera which is capable to shoot in dim light and still
give good quality of pictures. It has no ultrazoom.

Go and buy the camera and then tell us how it worked out. You have only
so many years left in your life. Do not waste it any longer. Use it for
taking the pictures.

Regards,
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