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Recommended backup/pocket camera

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Recommended backup/pocket camera

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  1. 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 :lol: 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!

    Edited by UWphotoNewbie
  2. Hi,

     

    Canon's S500 is a new Digital Elph and with the Digic II chip, it is a much faster camera. AF is faster and better as well.

     

    May be a good way for you to go. Not sure if you can reuse your housing though if you have a Canon OEM housing.

     

    Cheers

    James

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