Panno Zhai wrote:

> 
> 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.

I beg to disagree.  It is the only pocket-sized camera that will do this. 
Any current-production DSLR should do fine, especially with a fast lens.

> 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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