My Canon went kaboom!
 

We went to Quebec City over the weekend for the 400th year celebration. Unfortunately, the flash in my camera did its best gunshot sound imitation followed by a tiny little smoke puff. Does anybody know what I'm looking at for repair bills vs the diminishing value of the camera? It's a Canon PowerShot S1 IS 3.2 megapixel with a 10x optical zoom. We're thinking about a new camera anyway and the girls could use this one without the flash.

Completed auctions on E-bay have that camera selling for between $80 and $120 bucks.

thought your gun exploded there for a minute. Was concerned!

The model that replaced it is in the $300 range. It probably isn't worth fixing considering the increased memory and better optics...

:) thanks

3.2 megapixels? srsly? get the powershot A720 IS. It's 8megapixels and kicks hinder for under$200.

seconded.

I have the Canon PowerShot A710IS. I **love** it.

A710IS duly noted, will investigate. We're leaning Canon anyway to reduce the learning curve. 3.2 was purdy good away back when, not so good now...

I've been EXTREMELY happy with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ4K. It's 8.1 Megapixel which is probably more than I'll ever need. It has all kinds of cool stuff, like you can program your kids b'day into the camera, and when you take photos of them in "baby" mode, it puts the number of years, months, and days they are into the file so you can see it later. It has a 10x optical zoom with a Leica lens and a 2.5" lcd screen. You can find it for under $200 now.

If you don't mind spending about $100 more, they have a 9 Megapixel version of this camera.... The DMC-TZ5K.

You probably already know about this, but if you do shop for a new digicam, make sure to check the reviews out on dpreview. With their multiple page reviews for each camera, and dozens of full resolution sample images for each camera, it's hard to find a better source of information.

hmmm... looks like no flip out view finder? ...and 6x not 10x. I think Pete was using dpreview but I'll mention it just in case.

A comparable Sony would have a Carl Zeiss lens.
Personally though, I'd save my pennies for awhile and go for the slr - makes a world of difference.

We're kicking that around as well. We just don't know when we'd change lenses. Pete has/had(?) a stash of now useless old glass from the art school days, so we're reluctant.

I don't change lenses often at all (until I get my new 75-300mm) because I the one I have on it now (18-200mm) has a range that I really like. It just gives you more options - between the lenses, flashes, and filters you can almost always get a good shot.

I have a Nikon D70 digital SLR, which I really like, but it's so big I don't usually have it with me unless I plan ahead. I recently got a Canon PowerShot SD950 IS, which is small enough to carry in a pocket. It also takes video and has 12.1 megapixels. But optical zoom is only 3.7:1 and the image quality is not as good at the D70.