I just bought myself a Canon Powershot 790IS. I initially said that I love it. But when my friend showed me hers, a Panasonic Lumix, I had second-thoughts with mine. My friend’s camera has this multiple/continuous shots feature. And I love how her picture turned out. I tried doing that with my camera but Canon has a really slow loading time after a shot. Furthermore, my other friend revealed to me that Panasonic has good camera lens as it was manufactured by Leica. I don’t know who manufactured Canon’s but after my mishap with our old canon camera (the lens won’t close), I think Canon is really fragile.

These are some of the things that I’m hating about my canon SD790IS: mannish look, heavy, not touchscreen, slow to shoot after a shot, poor continuous shoot mode, and fragile lens. So now I’m at a crossroad if I should buy a new camera or not.

camEarlier I went to an electronic store and had first-hand experience using Sony Cybershot DSC T700. I fell in love with it! I love it’s stylish look. It’s very sleek and has a big touchscreen function. It is so fast to shoot and it has a high shutter speed shooting mode when shooting very fast movements. It has Carl-Zeiss lens which I believe is a renowned lens maker. My other brother has one and he said it shoots really fast. It also has a built in 4GB memory and it can be expanded with a memory stick.

I was ready to sell off my canon camera when my brother said that Canon produces really good image quality. I agree with him. Because when I read the reviews about Sony Cybershot, all reviewers agreed that the image quality is not that perfect especially under low lighting. He also said that it’s too expensive. My canon cost me just USD200 but this particular sony cybershot model is at around USD280.

Why do I want to change my camera anyway? What am I looking for in a digital camera? If ever I will buy a new camera, it should satisfy these factors:

  1. looks – should have a stylish design and compact and light
  2. good lens manufacturer
  3. good battery lifespan and it should be lithium-ion (no debate on this one)
  4. high MP – 10MP is really really good.
  5. lots of camera functions – different shooting modes
  6. fast shooting speed – fast to take another shot
  7. very good image quality
  8. with SD card slot for memory expansion
  9. reasonable price – <USD200

Do you have a digital camera with these attributes to suggest?

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