What is Your Favorite Point & Shoot Camera?

<p>I would like to hear from my professional photographer colleagues and serious amateurs about the current favorite point and shoot camera. I would probably still go for the Canon G16 or Canon Sureshot S120. Your suggestions please ?</p>

<p>My 2c - as an amateur. Not gotten it yet but it looks like a Ricoh GR. I can live with a fixed lens for point and shoot. The Sony RX100 is too expensive. </p>

<p>My Nikon Coolpix A. The images from it are top notch in the 16MP APS-C class. It's small and beautiful. Wonderful controls. Some say the AF is too slow, though with upgraded firmware it's fine. Landscapes are great. Sometimes I miss a zoom. Everyone has different requirements, and all cameras are compromises. But definitely for me, it's the Coolpix A.</p><div></div>

<p>Not a pro, but seriously my answer is my smartphone (a lumia 930). It's always there, the quality is really quite good, it does all I need really, it even gives me full raw files. I've got a simple, cheap P&S, but it usually stays at home. Its biggest advantage is having optical zoom, but in practical use I never miss that.</p>

<p>Sony RX100II or III or IV<br>

I have the II version and it's the best compact camera I've ever used. Jacket or pants pocketable, not shirt pocketable. Great image quality.</p><div></div>

<p>My Minolta Hi-Matic AF-2. It produces some absolutely marvelous pictures for having such an old AF system [the first infrared AF system] and feels nice and solid despite the fact that it is shaped like a brick. It has focus hold, a self timer, and runs on only 2 AA's. It has a film advance lever instead of automatically advancing film [which I really like because my hands tend to press the shutter release button of their own free will it seems], and has a tripod mount for longer exposures [pretty necessary as it only goes up to ISO 400].</p>

<p>Though it may be tied with the Coolpix A [like howard], just because it's basically more well rounded in it's features, but can't really get the 'film' effect [not that it's terribly important but I feel shooting film is just more, well, fun in general], and also has the 4fps shooting feature which is nice [for me at least]</p>

<p>Without hesitation, like Louis: Sony RX100 II</p>

<p>[[sony RX100II or III or IV]]</p>

<p>This and this again. I picked up a Sony RX100 II (new-to-me) and it's been fantastic. </p>

<p>I currently use a Canon G1X which is a very good camera with a bigger sensor than the Sony but does not focus close enough - min about 8 inches. If I swap it I would probably go for Sony RX100 II which does much the same as the Canon but focuses to 2 inches and seems to have struck just about the ideal balance of features. But again, the RX 100 III has a 24-70 lens which is also interesting...</p>

<p>iPhone 6+. It's also a pretty good phone.</p>

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<p>For film, it was my Olympus Stylus Epic. Somebody at one point writing in one of the photo magainzes called it "the professional's point and shoot." Made lots of family snapshots with that camera when I didn't want to carry the DSLR gear, and some serious shots also. Still have it and it still works fine, but today I mostly use my Canon Powershot G15 when I don't want to lug the big stuff. Bigger than the little Olympus but still pocket size and creates great images. Very versatile from full idiot-proof auto mode to full manual with raw.</p>

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<p>as an amateur ... looks like a Ricoh GR</p>

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<p>That's what I have - after a few compacts with smaller sensors, I am not going smaller than APS-C now.</p>

<p>My point and shoot is the Sony RX100 and highly recommend it. The Lumina 930 suggestion by Wouter is great...it's the best camera phone on the market and shoots raw. I just got the Nexus 6 and it shoots and edits in raw with Snapseed. Because of the raw dng option available on the Nexus, it has resulted in the RX100 being used less</p>

<p>The 16MP Nikon P900 zooms from 24-2000 optically and 4000 digitally. I can capture quite sharp images from 24-1500 using a light weight tripod although the VR is very good. I can capture tiny little birds in trees far away. Incredible. </p>

Back in the film days it was the Olympus

Stylus Epic, now I like the Fujifilm

X100T...fantastic viewfinder.

<p>The problem is that I don't really know what is a point and shoot camera. Most people consider a small camera as point and shoot but I am not so sure.</p>

<p>'Point and shoot' usually just refers to compact cameras with fully automatic capabilities mainly marketed towards consumers. Not all small cameras are point and shoots [subminiature cameras and the Rollei 35 for example, are not point and shoot because they are full manual only]</p>

<p>People have listed<br>

Ricoh GR<br />Nikon Coolpix A<br />Sony RX100<br />Minolta Hi Matic AF-2<br />Canon G1X<br />Olympus Stylus Epic<br />Canon Powershot G15<br />Nikon P900<br />Fuji X100T.</p>

 

<p>>>> The problem is that I don't really know what is a point and shoot camera. Most people consider a small camera as point and shoot but I am not so sure.</p>

<p>Why worry about definitions? Use the camera that works for you. I have a 6D, RX100, X-T1, and an iPhone 6+.</p>

<p>I use the 6+ far more than the others. I point and press the button, and it shoots.</p>

 

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<p>Brad, that truly is a great image. Artistic, interesting juxtaposition, and makes me think about what they are doing. </p>

<p>My really pocketable Canon PowerShot N is my favorite, me being a 50+ year amateur. Fits in a shirt pocket, has a swivel screen and oddball rings around the lens for zooming, focusing and shooting. It has an LED flash, but I seldom use it as it seems to work great with available light. It has WiFi but I've never gotten around how to use it. Uses a micro SD card, can shoot regular video as well as slow mo.<br>

My other non pocketable point and shoot is a Canon SX50HS, use it more than my DSLR. Super IS 50X zoom, 12.1MP, manual and auto modes, accepts Canon flashes, etc.</p>

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<p>Why worry about definitions? Use the camera that works for you</p>

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<p>In such a case my current favorite point and shoot is the Nikon Df. I just point and shoot and it gives me great results. Previously it was a Nikon F5 and with it too I just have to point and shoot.</p>

If we are including larger cameras, the Sony rx10 with the

constant f2.8 24-200mm zoom is a wonderful compact

<p>Over the years, I've used a variety of cameras as my carry-when-I don't-want-to-carry-a-big-camera camera:<br>

Pocket Instamatic 60<br>

Retina 1a<br>

Advantix 3200<br>

Cannon Elf (APS film)<br>

Kodak C330 (digital)<br>

iPhone 4<br>

iPhone 5<br>

iPhone 6</p>

<p>The best camera is the one you have with you. I've carried a 4x5 Crown Graphic through Watkins Glen and an SLR to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back. There are plenty of occasions when my priority is other than photography. I nearly always have my iPhone with me. </p>

 

<p>I have the Google Nexus 6 and 6P which Consumer Reports rates as best for camera and image results. At the same time, I like my Coolpix P340 for it's wide angle aperture and, I learned recently, it's solid construction. I carry it in a ziplock plastic bag and recently, when I pulled the bag from my coat pocket, it fell thru the broken seam in the bottom of the bag and hit the cement on its corner. Damage? I only find a slightly chipped corner where it impacted the cement. Many pictures since, I see no sign of any lack of functions or image quality. </p>