[digi33]

最近想買部 10x, 揀左S1, 去d大舖睇仲賣近3980, 出左咁耐都冇平到?????????請問邊到買平呀??

[Mike Chan]

是否一定要 Powershot S1 IS呢，得300萬像素咋!

[Torbut]

I've heard that someone on the net has found some cheap ones in Sham Shui Po... like about $3000 (wide converter inclusive)... but not sure whether it's "hong" or "water" goods...

Mike, I think 3MP is enough for making 4Rs photos... even its just a 3MP DC it has its advantages over other ultra zoom DCs... don't simply judging whether a DC is good by simply refering to its pixel specfication :)

[digi33]

same condition (10x to 350 IS)得就出的nikon 8800, around USD1,000, 俾double 買多500萬象, 似乎不值, 除非又等一排, 等8800好似8700咁跌到6xxx, 但唔知要等幾耐, 而且, aa電真係超正. 300萬像係最低要求, 冇得再低......可以接受.

[eric1234]

揾部2手canon pro 90 is, 包你話正

[明天]

I bought a " water " last monday , hkd $ 2.720 at mongkok star city 2/ f .
i found it is a great dc !

[Torbut]

Tomorrow - have you check the price of those converters? how much are they?

[Mike Chan]

同意睇部DC唔係淨睇像素，但係用3980買部300像素的DC唔係呀！買部FX7都得啦 (500萬像素架!)，對嗎? Torbut兄。

[Torbut]

that's quite right, giving you've $4000 there's lots more option to choose other than S1 (but it's 大舖 price, as brother dcfeverend said, right?) ... does it sound so strange to have every shop selling it @ $3980? I can hardly believe this is the case (although I'm unable to keep an eye on the price selling in HK); we've brother Tomorrow buying @ $2720 (though it's not hong goods) at least... so... I think there's always place selling much cheaper than that recommended price...

surely I knew FX7 featuring 5MP, OIS and lots more... (and again it's so interesting to see you re-emphasis how much megapixel a DC has again =p)... I do keep my eye on the FZ3 and FZ20 too... their water goods should be selling below $4000 too... but what... DCfeverend brother seems to be much into a DC using 2As size batteries...

Given this price range, perhaps he could consider Minota Z3, Panasonic FZ3 or FZ20, Kodak DX7590, beside S1...

Both Z3 and S1 using 2As batteries, both movie mode allow optical zoom, VGA size movie @ 30fps (S1's movie eats up memory quicker than Z3, but its 22kz/ 16-bit audio sampling supersede normal DC's 11kz/ 8-bit sampling;

FZ3/ 20/ Z3 feature a 12x zoom lens, in this case panasonic DC has a lot more faster aperture than Z3 (Ex F2.8)

Among these DCs, only S1 has a flip LCD (though its resolution isn't outstanding and a 1.5" size screen may not be too good to view, a flip LCD could make shooting more convenient... surely if one doesn't need a flip LCD could really go for higher resolution LCD/ EVF or a larger screen)

FZ3 has the fastest continuous shooting @ 4fps (FZ20 has 3fps continuous shooting too), excellent in capturing movement... comparing w/ these specf., S1's continous shooting really sucks (w/ a poorly slow 1.7fps), S1 hasn't got AF-Assist lamp too, which makes night shooting a bit challenging~~

Panasonic DC has loseless Tiff pictures, while S1 has 2nd-curtain flash... and there's lots more to compare among S1/Z3/ FZ3 and FZ20, shutter speed range, aperture CCD size/ Megapixel ratio, noise control, sharpness and distortion in wide angles........

To be frank, I'm not so familiar w/ DX7590 hence I dare not make any comment on that DC, but @ least I consider these DCs strength and weakness in various factors, if not simply how many megapixel each DC hold... AND IT'S ALSO DIFFICULT to give someone precise recommendation for choosing the right ultra zoom... hence I never say which is the best one (in this case, I'm just airing my view w/ S1, I do read FZ20 board initiated by Dragonman, but did I yell anything like S1 is overall much better than FZ20 in any place here?)

I'm still currently researching these ultra zoom DCs, b4 I return HK to buy one... there's lots more to consider besides Megapixel :)