Best Point and Shoot digi for skiing?

[Dhelihiker]

Looking for something with:

#1 Quality pics in snow
#2 A good burst mode
#3 Durable

[cdlv]

this one is quite a nice little point and shoot. has a built in snow setting that really works nice.

[Fritz]

Tech talk?
Search?

[smmokan]

I have the SD 550 and it works great.

[Dhelihiker]

Tech talk?
Search?

I searched, everybody here is too high end, Canon Rebel etc.
Tech Talk??? I want an audience
Thanks for taking the time to criticize

[MakersTeleMark]

Photo Video Talk?

[uppernotmaster]

I have the SD 550 and it works great.

2nded on the Elph’s

I have the SD900 & am happy with it. I don’t really have anything to compare it with as my last camera was a digital Elph as well. Small, titanium body so it’s light & durable.

[BLOOD SWEAT STEEL]

Any ELPH. SD 450 for me, but there are newer models out there for pretty cheap.

[Vicious]

I had an Elph and it worked great, but I upped to the G7 this year and it's the hawtness in terms of advanced p&s.

Some pics with the G7 found here: http://www.lc-photography.smugmug.com/

[Fritz]

I want an audience

well.....then by all means

[mrw]

I have the Canon A610. A great camera with a turny, spinny , flippy viewer but I find it a bit too bulky for skiing. Go with the SD series.

[summit]

WRONG FORUM JONG!!!!

and use the search function moron... people have already typed hundreds of detailed and well thought out responses just for you. Don't ask us to do it again.

[tenB]

I have the SD600, and it works great. Super compact, the batteries last a really long time, and it takes very good pics. Has a snow setting, but I'm not sure what difference it makes. Maybe Fritz can do a search for us on tech talk and report back!

[thd]

I'm quite happy with my Canon S80. Wider angle, close to 2 FPS continous shooting, enough mpix to crop and still get very nice quality, more manual options and better image quality than ixus/elphs. Granted it's thicker and heavier.

Biggest con is lack of IS I guess, hasn't been a problem for me but I don't often shoot with lots of zoom in bad light... also production ended some months ago, but I guess you can find it on ebay.

[smalls]

search "canon a610". you'll find lotsa stuff.

on that note, thanks for the tip on using the custom mode, summit. that thing is nifty. (granted, that was like a year ago, but still quite helpful)

[skier666]

Depends on your budget but for the abuse I put them through, the Canons have lasted much longer than the Sony Cybershots I used to use...and better pics too. Most of my TR this year were done on a SD 700 IS.

I'd make sure you get SD "IS" model for 'image stabilization.' From there, you can decide how much you want to spend for megapixels etc. Also, faster SD cards DO make a difference, and for continuous shot it makes a MASSIVE difference in the amount of photos it can take before it starts to lag.

[mnflyfish]

I have the SD800 IS and I'm a huge fan. Super easy, great pictures and video, and stuff in the sidepocket of my backpack. The SD900 is Titanium but unless you plan on dropping it a lot I'd save the $100. I bought mine at Christmas and my research at the tme told me it has the fastest shutter speed and on manual you can push it to 1400. Pretty sweet little camera for sports.

If you do plan on dropping it, taking it fishing or snorkeling, I'd look at the Olympus whatever the hell that is good to 10 feet of water, dust proof, and shock proof. Doesn't have as fast of shutter speed but if you're hard on a camera it might be the ticket.

Jay

[shirk]

I upped to the G7 this year and it's the hawtness in terms of advanced p&s.

Some pics with the G7 found here: http://www.lc-photography.smugmug.com/

Agree'd the G7 is hawtness.

Some examples











Zero post processing other than a little cropping in the ski shots and a minor addition of some saturation to the bike shot. Get to know the camera and it's settings and you should be able to nail most every shot.

A further wish list for the G7 is more fps, less grain in 800+ iso, f/1.4 w and RAW. That would take the camera from hawtness to DLSR killer for anyone not wanting to lug a big DSLR like the D20 around.

[smolakian]

I just bought a Panasonic DMC-TZ3. I LOVE it!

The thing that makes it stand out from the other p&s mentioned: 10x optical zoom and a 28mm wide angle. Those features REALLY open up the number of shots that you will be able to get. The burst speed is pretty decent. I've only had it a couple of weeks but here are a few shots (I am by no means an experience photog):

[jgb@etree]

I bought my wife an Olympus 770SW about a month ago. She wanted it for all the the 'ski friendly' features - shockproof, waterproof (as in underwater pictures) crushproof and designed to be used in freezing weather. Great camera (7.1MP) and it takes awesome ski pics

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_...stylus770.html

[Vicious]

A further wish list for the G7 is more fps, less grain in 800+ iso, f/1.4 w and RAW. That would take the camera from hawtness to DLSR killer for anyone not wanting to lug a big DSLR like the D20 around.

I concur.

[MadMatt]

My Cybershot is dying. I don't suggest a Sony.

[Jim S]

Panasonic Lumix 10MP model (about a year old now)

I used it for my TRs this year including the Chugach TR.

[backcountryben]

the elphs are pretty nice, but i've had problems with the screens cracking with relatively little pressure. which then entails shipping the camera off to canon, a $100-ish repair bill and a considerable turn-around time. of course i did have to learn the hard way not to telemark with my camera in my chest pocket...