good point and shoot

[mrmacca]

hi all ,
my sister in-law asked me what camera she should buy for a holiday cruise around the greek islands she is going on , she is no professional but she wants a good camera but not a too expensive one , obviously i reccomend canon , but what make , give me a few suggestions.
dave

[Jon]

She'll need a wide angle available since the streets will be crowded and are very narrow. The SD800 IS has about as wide a zoom (28-105 35 mm equiv.) as you're going to find, as well as IS. Most, if not all, of the rest of the lineup start around 35 mm equiv.

[mrmacca]

cheers jon

[digicamhelp]

If she'll be taking a lot of photos from the ship, consider the SD700 with it's longer telephoto lens. SD800 (28 - 105mm/equiv) SD700 (35 - 140mm).

It's not a straight point and shoot but the Canon A710-IS is another option. It has a 6x zoom (35 mm - 210 mm zoom lens).

Whatever the prefered focal length, do get a camera with Image Stabilization. If she shoots from the deck, especially video, the continuous IS can be very effective.

[Jon]

I was in Greece last October; believe me, you want a wide while in some of those towns and you won't be doing an awful lot of (satisfactory) long tele shots. I was about 2/3 with my 5D and the 15-30 and 24-70 lenses to about 1/3 with the 20D and 70-200; most of those 20D shots were on the mainland.
Attached is a street in Mykonos, at 24 mm.

[bigman606]

Now I'm a bit torn (not to threadjack) as I'm heading to Jamaica this summer and wondering about bringing a 30D with 17-40L and the SD800. I'm tempted to just leave the 30D and putter around with the SD800 (dumping things to the P-3000 for storage). Maybe add the underwater housing for some beach/snorkeling time. Should I bring one or both?

[Olegis]

I'd take both. The DSLR is much more flexible with RAW (and better quality I guess) than the SD800.

[Jon]

I took DSLR(s) and the A620 to Greece. And used them all.

[bigman606]

Yeah, both gives me more flexibility. I know there's some gorgeous landscape/ocean scenery that I hate to miss if I left a camera back home.

[Mrselfdestruct]

I just bought a PowerShot A550 for $150 on sale at Office Depot. Its a pretty nice camera, and your aunt doesnt need a $300+ camera to take good pictures on vacation. The A550 is very impressive to me, great quality photos. It has a wide lens which would come in handy.

[Tut]

I'll put in my vote for the SD 800 IS. I just bought one for my wife and it is one sweet little camera.