Originally Posted By: canuckInOR
Originally Posted By: julf
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If you want speed, then you want a real D-SLR.

Unfortunately I also want something small and cheap enough to have easily at hand in the car,

If your choice of car is indicative of your lifestyle in general, then perhaps I could recommend one of the Olympus cameras? Shock-proof, water-proof, crush-proof and freeze-proof. Controls are reasonable, picture quality is mostly adequate, and they have idiotic policies on storage media, but it lives up to its claim on toughness.


I can vouch for Olympus being tough. I have a 740 and it get's beat to heck because I hate using a case. My wife has a Canon of silimar spec and many times the pictures are better from it but the olympus looks plenty good. The xdcard media is only slightly annoying they are the same price as SD cards so it's not too big of a deal.
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