Scooterz
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No. My wife’s camera. Daniele put paid to my plans for a new camera with his selection of hats in my size. I’ve decided no more hats until I get my new camera (except maybe the bowler that Stefan @steur has been promising me).
You are probably in camera paradise over there so you probably know more than I do about this. I am sure you are looking at some very cool much nicer cameras. I have a couple of DSLRs but lately I have been buying some cheap old used point and shoot cameras off ebay lately just to check the color rendering and sharpness of photos. Since I am more likely to toss a point and shoot camera in a pocket or in a day pack and have it for shots when I don't feel like dragging a DSLR. Long ago I purchased a Fuji A170 as a display model on clearance at a store. I takes some of the very best photos of any camera I have ever used, however it has a scratch on the lens or CCD that leaves a magenta streak. So I have bought some cameras for $12 to $30 for the heck of it to find a point and shoot that tends to take good photos that are color accurate. One had a problem, others have worked great but I am picky about sellers and apparent condition of the camera. The one that does the best with color rendition and sharpness straight out of the camera is a Fuji A235 (same series as A170 and A220) and it takes AA batteries (which last longer in it than most cameras) so in a pinch charging batteries isn't critical for some improptu shots. These little Fuji cameras get almost no real reviews or attention from anyone but they are great for their intended purpose.
No 2 is a Canon ELPH 130 ( a true pocket camera), really great photos. The third is a Olympus SZ14 with a high zoom for birds and wildlife. I use Snapseed, a free photo editor, on my phones for quick photo editing (resizing is a little odd has to be preset for saving/sharing.) I use Polar photo, also a free photo editor, for resizing, cropping, and some lighting adjustments. I do adjust color or white balance sometimes to try to get felt colors to be closer to what my eye sees or sometimes I do push the saturation up a bit to give a photo a little more pop. Some of the Fuji A235 and Canon ELPH130 just need cropping and or resizing to be smaller for posting online. Straight out of the camera or phone most photos are much larger than they need to be for posting online and they just take up lots of bandwidth. All cameras can take bad out-of-focus photos but some tend to capture more good photos. Examples straight from camera but resized.
FujiA170
Fuji A235
Canon Powershot ELPH 130 IS