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- I'm looking to upgrade my 10+ year old Canon camera that first came on the market almost 20 years ago.
I have a small point-and-shoot camera, Canon Powershot A560, that's getting a bit long in the tooth. It doesn't seem to want to store the date and time any longer, despite taking the batteries out and putting them back in (I use the NiCad batteries designed for cameras, which last longer), and doing a low-level format of the memory card. Other than this, it still takes reasonably good pictures, but I'm thinking the date/time problem might be a precursor of something else going wrong down the road.
Here are some of the specs on my camera: 7.1 Megapixel, 4X optical zoom.
I've had this camera for maybe 10 years. I wish I would have sprung for the extra few bucks to get the IS (image stabilization) model, but oh, well. Most of the pictures I take are on backpack trips, so I'm looking for something small and light. I've looked at lots of new cameras that fit the bill for being small and light, with a lot more resolution and zoom, but most of them don't have the separate look-through-the-camera viewfinder. I've looked at a bunch of Canon and Panasonic cameras, but most of them have just the screen on the back. I like being able to look through the camera to compose a shot, because I don't feel I can do this as well with just the screen. Also, a significant fraction of the reviews I've seen talk about serious shortcomings of these cameras in terms of reliability and lack of customer support for repairs, especially the Panasonic models.
Some of you are much more savvy about cameras than I am. Can you recommend a small point-and-shoot camera, with some of the features that more recent cameras have. I'm especially looking for something that has a viewfinder that you look through. And I'm definitely not looking for a smart phone -- many of the places I go, a cell phone is useless for communication.
TIA
Here are some of the specs on my camera: 7.1 Megapixel, 4X optical zoom.
I've had this camera for maybe 10 years. I wish I would have sprung for the extra few bucks to get the IS (image stabilization) model, but oh, well. Most of the pictures I take are on backpack trips, so I'm looking for something small and light. I've looked at lots of new cameras that fit the bill for being small and light, with a lot more resolution and zoom, but most of them don't have the separate look-through-the-camera viewfinder. I've looked at a bunch of Canon and Panasonic cameras, but most of them have just the screen on the back. I like being able to look through the camera to compose a shot, because I don't feel I can do this as well with just the screen. Also, a significant fraction of the reviews I've seen talk about serious shortcomings of these cameras in terms of reliability and lack of customer support for repairs, especially the Panasonic models.
Some of you are much more savvy about cameras than I am. Can you recommend a small point-and-shoot camera, with some of the features that more recent cameras have. I'm especially looking for something that has a viewfinder that you look through. And I'm definitely not looking for a smart phone -- many of the places I go, a cell phone is useless for communication.
TIA