PLEASE help...credit card size camera?

[dtheboys]

Hi.........
I would like any recomendations for a CREDIT card size camera.....
We don't want to carry a large camera......I want one I can slip in my shirt pocket....
I know NOTHING about cameras.......does any have or can reccomend a credit card size camera...........
There is a lot of them out there, and we are not sure who's is the best?
THANKS!!!!

 

[Kelly Grannell]

Sony is the only one with good enough credit-card sized camera. However, because I put importance inpicture quality, I would recommend credit-carfd sized camera to anyone... not even my greatest enemy.

 

[RadioNate]

I just checked out a Sony T7 and I liked it a lot. On line reviews are mixed but I was happy with my older Sony.

I understand the need for a pocket sized camera. While I love my Canon S2IS, I'm certainly not going to be lugging that thing around during a night out on the town with my friends.

The others I'm looking at are the Canon SD line, Nikon Coolpix P1 and 7600. I really want cheap as the S2IS is my main camera.

 

[manning]

Take a look at this one. It comes out in March and is a 10x zoom.

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wc...rogram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702

 

[lovesdumbo]

I have a Sony W7. It is not a credit card size camera but is relatively small. Those ones don't have view finders and I can't imagine not having a view finder. It is small enough to fit in my pocket and I've been pretty happy with it.

 

[t-and-a]

My DH just bought a Casio Exilim EX-S500 and so far he likes it. I'm not real big on small cameras and I would be afraid I would drop it. I like a strap around my neck, but he will do fine with this one. It even shoots amazingly good video! He could tell you lots more about it, since I haven't really played with it, but you might check it out! It's really small!

 

[Kelly Grannell]

That's pretty slick! (the Panasonic, I mean)

 

[Greg K.]

Take a look at this one. It comes out in March and is a 10x zoom.

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wc...rogram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702

That could give the Canon s3 a serious run for its money. A smaller, pocketable 10x with image stabilization and iso that can be pushed beyond 800...for a list price of $349. Granted, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the Canon (and image quality is still a question mark). But still... That's damn impressive.

 

[eeyoreiscool]

We have a Canon Sd450 that we like for a compact camera. The SD550 has a few more megapixels if you want.

 

[mhutchinson]

PC mag ran an article a few months back on what they call 'shirt pocket shooters'. The top for they had listed then were the Canon PowerShot SD500, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T7, Casio Exilim EX-S500, and the Fujifilm Finepix Z1. When it goes small I have always been a Canon fan, but the Casio has a really good wow factor on just how tiny and cool looking it is. Any of these (or their newer replacements would work well in this capacity. Plus I believe they will also do limited video as well.

Mike

 

[manning]

That could give the Canon s3 a serious run for its money. A smaller, pocketable 10x with image stabilization and iso that can be pushed beyond 800...for a list price of $349. Granted, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the Canon (and image quality is still a question mark). But still... That's damn impressive.

The camera that is giving the Canon s3 a run for it's money is the Panasonic FZ30

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz30/

I'm waiting to see the reviews on the new one. I like the idea of a small camera with a 10x zoom.

 

[Greg K.]

The camera that is giving the Canon s3 a run for it's money is the Panasonic FZ30

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz30/

I'm waiting to see the reviews on the new one. I like the idea of a small camera with a 10x zoom.

I think the new FZ7 is a closer competitor to the Canon S-line...and cheaper. From what I've seen of the FZ5, its predecessor, it's also lighter (which some people don't like...).

I'm curious to take a squint at the S3. The 2" swivel LCD is nice for a number of reasons (not least of which is protection!)

 

[Jilly16]

I have the Sony DSC- T1...It was really the first credit card sized digital camera. I bought it last March and am still facinated by the picture quality that this little camera takes. It's so easy because it slips into my pocket of my jeans.

-Jill

 

[manning]

I think the new FZ7 is a closer competitor to the Canon S-line...and cheaper. From what I've seen of the FZ5, its predecessor, it's also lighter (which some people don't like...).

I'm curious to take a squint at the S3. The 2" swivel LCD is nice for a number of reasons (not least of which is protection!)

You could be right. I haven't seen the FZ7. What I like about the FZ30 is the RAW format, hot shoe, manual focus and manual zoom.

I'll take a look at the review on the FZ7.

 

[frndshpcptn]

Check out the new Sony DSC-T9 and DSC0W70 announced this week at PMA...with high ISO and image stabilization. Super slim and cute - I want the W70!

 

[martinp13]

Take a look at this one. It comes out in March and is a 10x zoom.

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wc...rogram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702

I wouldn't really count this as a "credit card"-sized camera (what the OP asked about). Compact, yes. 2.29'' x 4.41'' x 1.58'' is one heck of a credit card. And it weighs half a pound.

 

[manning]

True, but it is small for a 10x.

I wish I had the money to buy any of the above. My camera is so old....How old is it?....... I have to go into a closet to change the film!! Can you believe that??

 

[darcyt]

I have a Pentax Optio 5si (it fits in an altoid tin), which I love. It takes great pictures, and I take it everywhere. I can't believe it took me so long to get a digital camera.

I was going to buy a Canon, but I kept reading about the E18 error, so I went for Pentax.