[marketpantry]

What are your thoughts on it?

http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsu...syshare%20z950

i paid 130 for it

[Trottel]

I have a Z915, the model just below it. I've played with the Z950 a lot, and it fixes everything that I think is wrong with the Z915. The only P&S that I feel are clearly better is the Canon S90 or S95, or the Nikon P5/6/7000, but they cost a whole lot more. The only downside is the lack of a viewfinder, either optical or digital, but very few compact cameras come with that anyway. Overall, an excellent deal you got there on an excellent camera.

[marketpantry]

Originally Posted by Trottel

I have a Z915, the model just below it. I've played with the Z950 a lot, and it fixes everything that I think is wrong with the Z915. The only P&S that I feel are clearly better is the Canon S90 or S95, or the Nikon P5/6/7000, but they cost a whole lot more. The only downside is the lack of a viewfinder, either optical or digital, but very few compact cameras come with that anyway. Overall, an excellent deal you got there on an excellent camera.

Why do those cameras tend to only have 3.8x optical vs my 10x? that seems pretty cheap on their part.

[Trottel]

Originally Posted by marketpantry

Why do those cameras tend to only have 3.8x optical vs my 10x? that seems pretty cheap on their part.

The sensors on those cameras are far larger than standard compact cameras though they are still a bit smaller than those of DSLR's. To get the same kind of zoom the lenses would have to be huge.

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Originally Posted by marketpantry

What are your thoughts on it?

http://store.kodak.com/store/ekconsu...syshare%20z950

i paid 130 for it

I was unable to get a Z-series for $130 back in November, 2009.

I wished I could, but my M1093 seems to be doing fine.

[marketpantry]

crap... the olympus stylus 9000 is 99.99 on ebay right now.