[Irenicus]

At first i want to buy minolta A200, after read the comments, many said the auto white balance is very bad. Actually, i want to buy a DC the first choice is optical zoom, i want to have > 5x optical zoom, the second is anti shock. Please give your opinion.

Thank you very much in advance !!!

[letterboy]

As you consider on prosumer dc, my references are below:

For night shot and low noise:
Sony V3($49xx)

Excellent picture and Performance:
Canon Pro1($5xxx-$6xxx)
Nikon8800($6xxx-7xxx)

Well,Minolta's dc are NOT well suggested because of poor QC and the picture color also the quality.

[letterboy]

Also, the ANTI-Shake system you mentioned
is not really important,if you really want to learn taking a nice picture,you shouldn't use this kind of system,although, ANTI-Shake system doesn't help alot while your shot exposed over 2 sec,you still can't get a satisfy picture on this situation.

[G2 User]

Where cany buy Canon Pro 1 with price $5XXX ??
Thanks !