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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: Adam L on February 17, 2012, 08:24:46 am

Title: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: Adam L on February 17, 2012, 08:24:46 am

Good morning.   My wife dropped her Canon S90 camera and then tried to take it apart and fix it.   It's now in pieces and can never be repaired.

Can you provide a recommendation on the best replacement camera within the following parameters:

1.  Small size, the new Canon G1x is to large.  She wants a form factor close to the S90
2.  RAW capability
3.  Zoom, not a SLR
4.  Low light/low noise

Is there a competitor to the S100 that I should consider?

Title: Re: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 17, 2012, 10:44:05 am

There may still be some S95s available. I bought one recently to replace my busted G10, and I find it a very usable pocket camera.

Eric

Title: Re: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: JonathanRimmel on February 17, 2012, 01:04:17 pm

I have looked and looked, but in that form factor the Canon s100 seems to be the best so far. (unless someone [hopefully] crams an APS-C sensor into one of those)

Title: Re: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on February 17, 2012, 01:18:58 pm

Not for everyone, but there are shirts where this might fit in ....
Definitely better sensor than APS-C ....

(http://www.feldhaim.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/200__400x_img_1393.jpg)

(http://www.feldhaim.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/197__400x_img_1408.jpg)
 (http://www.feldhaim.com/post/1159)

Title: Re: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: Adam L on February 17, 2012, 03:05:55 pm

Thanks all, I pulled the trigger on the S100.  It was only $40 more than the S95 and has the form factor she wants.

Title: Re: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on February 17, 2012, 03:09:00 pm

I always have my S95 in the pocket.
Nothing better with that size.
You're going to enjoy the S100.

Title: Re: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: BernardLanguillier on February 17, 2012, 07:04:16 pm

Quote from: Christoph C. Feldhaim on February 17, 2012, 03:09:00 pm

I always have my S95 in the pocket.
Nothing better with that size.
You're going to enjoy the S100.

Great cameras, if only they offered even a bit of resistance to water. A friend of mine had one more S95 dying from light rain exposure 3 weeks ago...

Cheers,
Bernard

Title: Re: Recommend a Point and Shoot shirt pocket size camera
Post by: Pingang on February 21, 2012, 10:20:21 pm

Imaging a film Contax T3 or TV-S with full frame sensor, that will be ideal.
Base on how fast and far the digital technology developed, I think we are within 2 years from seeing it happen, and hope it will be a Contax, not an Apple phone.

Pingang.