Canon A530 vs Samsung S500

[Treesy]

Hello, I'm new

I want to buy a new camera, which I want to use on holidays and to take average familiy, party pictures etc.
My problem is, the camera should'd be too expensive, but even though should make nice pictures.
I love to travel a lot, and I'm going on an America tour this summer, so I'd like to take many pictures. These shouldn'd be unclear or stuff like that.

I now found the Canon A530 and the Samsung S500 which have a good price and for me seem to have good quality.
But I'm a newbee on photography, so I don't know which camera is better and which I should buy.

Can someone help me? I'd be really thankful for any help!
Which one does make better pictures? I don't know where the differences are.

Thx a lot! Greets, Treesy

[Treesy]

Or do you think the Kodak C360 is even better?

[robbo]

I have had the Canon A530 for a couple of days. It takes good pictures and very good videos (I think) for a relatively small camera. It uses 2 AA batteries, and I strongly suggest getting good rechargeable batteries, which aren't so expensive anymore. Some people don't like the battery andmemory card cover (it covers both). I don't know about the Samsung. I have seen the Kodak, but never used it. Kodaks have a reputation for being easy to use.

[jnrob]

definitely get a Canon over the Samsung.
However I have noticed that RadioShack is selling the 6Mpix Fuji F10 for $199, a killer deal.
It has great picture quality and the best low light image quality of all compacts at any price, so perfect for parties.
Sorry, somehow these boards don´t allow pasting in Firefox, just search epinions.com for "fuji f10".

[Treesy]

Thanks a lot for your tips!
So the canon seems to become the one... .
I can't buy a fuji because it uses a xd-picture card and I already have SD cards.
That's really damage, but I do not want to buy new cards.

I have another question, the kodak and the samsung both have a backlight feature. The Canon doesn't have that.
Do you think this is a good feature,I meanis it really working?
Can I adjust the canon in a way that I also can take pictures with backlight with it?

Thanks again for helping, I myself don't know enough to decide.

[robbo]

One of the gripes about the A530's LCD screen is that it's hard to see in bright sunlight. Look at Steve's review of the camera for relevant info on this.

I buy a camera for picture quality. I can still take good pictures with the A530 despite the limitations of the LCD.

I, too, would strongly recommend the Fuji F10, if you can get it for $199. Yeah, it uses xD cards, but you can get a 512 meg card for less than 40 bucks, and it takes great pictures.

[rey]

I would suggest you move up to the Canon A540 (if you can). It has bigger LCD and Shutter and Aperture Priority modes.

Peace.

[Treesy]

Ok, I'll go to a shop and look for both canons. Maybe I can see how big the differences are between the530 and 540.
Is the picture quality a lot better of the 540?

I'll also look at the Fuji, but I don't think that I'll buy it because of it's cards.

But what do you think about the Panasonic DMC-LS3EG-S? I didn't find a review yet. But it has optical image stabilisation.

Thx

[rey]

In case you haven't seen it yet, check out Steve's Best for other options:

http://www.steves-digicams.com/best_cameras.html

[Treesy]

Hello again

Iread many informations about the A530 and 540 again.
I also read Steve's reviews several times. Because of that, the A540 seems to be the better one to me.

But then I saw the Casio EX Z 120 and I really liked the way it looked.
And it has more Megapixel. What do you know about this camera? I read Steve`s review. It's not as perfect as the one of the Canon but since the Casio is far more slim I thought it could be another choice.
Does anyone have this camera or knows more about it? Do you think it's also as good as the Canon?
Please help!

Treesy