Well, my wife dropped my carryon bag out of the back of the SUV while we were unloading at the airport this Christmas and my Canon S300 has a cracked LCD. ![]()
The D70 and lots of lenses were also in the bag but thankfully unharmed
Thanks Lowepro.
So now what? The digital elph was my first digital and made for a convenient pocket camera for snapshots in places where I didn't want to mess with DSLRs and lenses etc. (like skiiing going out to dinner). Since I had the housing, ikelite strobe handle and two Sea &Sea lenses it was also a convenient backup system to my DSLR.
But besides being small and fairly durable
it was a pretty primitave camera. So should I upgrade now that I have the opportunity or should I just replace it on ebay for ~$100?
Main limitations:
(dersirements of a new camera)
1) Shutter lag (terrible first generation prosumer 1+ sec)
2) No manual settings (aperture/shutter speed)
3) Fairly large compared to cameras today
4) Small screen
5) poor battery performance
6) limited 8 sec movie length
Requirements:
small size (doesn't need to be a prosumer to compete with D70)
underwater housing available
compatable with Sea&Sea MMII lenses with adapter
CF card (same as D70 is easier)
Good movie mode (I actually use this a lot since the DSLR doesn't have one)
Thanks!