Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Nate Duehr wrote: >> All I really ever use are P&S cameras, and I toy with the idea of buying >> a low-end DSLR... but I don't really need it. Portability and being >> rugged enough to "live" in a laptop bag in a pocket are probably the key >> "design factors" I'd look for in a new camera at this point in time. >> >> So, I'm thinking about upgrading the VERY old P&S I have (ancient >> Nikon), so to change from middle-to-high-end DSLR's as a topic of >> conversation to the P&S's... what do people like? > > Canon and Sony are most popular here in Singapore. I think > Canon PowerShot Pro cameras are for the pro-consumer market. > > I still use my old Nikon 3100 (3 Megapixel) as it is good enough for > me. It is a bit slow when writing to the CF cards. But other than > that, it is fine. My brother-in-law has the analog Nikon SLR and > a film scanner, but he seldom used it now. I think that's what our current P&S is, or maybe a 4 megapixel model, but definitely one of the little Nikon cameras. It's slow to shoot, and VERY slow to write to the CF card... Thanks for the thoughts so far, any others on good P&S cameras? Nate -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist