{"id":942,"date":"2003-07-30T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2003-07-30T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=942"},"modified":"2010-06-14T12:47:21","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T11:47:21","slug":"942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/942\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographic quandary – what compact?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographic quandary<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m currently flogging off a load of bits’n’bobs around the flat so that I can afford a new digital camera – but which one to go for? Here’s the current contenders (all 5 megapixel beasts w\/zoom and manual controls galore).<\/p>\n

First up is the Sony DSC V1<\/a>. Advantages: tiny size, fast as a slippery eel on a greasy slide, uses memory stick (I’ve already got lots of them), fab night modes<\/p>\n

Disadvantages: no swivelling viewfinder, no second curtain flash, duff battery life<\/p>\n

Next contender is Nikon Coolpix 5400<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Advantages: wide angle zoom lens, quite small, rotating viewfinder<\/p>\n

Disadvantages: tiny LCD panel, fiddly operation, not so fast<\/p>\n

And the final option is the Canon PowerShot G5 <\/a>.<\/p>\n

Advantages: great resolution, stuffed full of features, swivelling viewfinder, big battery life<\/p>\n

Disadvantages: the clunkiest, chunkiest mutha of the three. Expensive<\/p>\n

And here’s the rub: none of the cameras have everything I need – if only I could bolt on a swivelling viewfinder onto Sony’s camera and add Canon’s features I’d be a well chuffed photo-bunny. Ho hum…<\/p>\n

An outside contender is the Sony DSC-F717<\/a> which would be absolutely perfect<\/em> if it wasn’t for that bazooka-sized lens bolted on to the front…<\/p>\n

What to do?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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