melanie.ylang
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- Australia
Hello all,
With friends around me snapping away with their S8 (and even as far back as S4) phone cameras, I am often left with that Gah! taste in my mouth when I see how well their shots turn out. I don't really want a fabulous smartphone camera, as it would be too easy to stop carrying my 'good' cameras (currently only micro four thirds), but I have been wondering about a compact to equal the latest Samsung JPEGS. While I acknowledge that shooting in RAW will give more flexibility in PP, I'm really only interested in shooting JPEG - laziness dies hard!
I have previously had, and enjoyed, Olympus XZ1 and XZ2, Fujifilm X10 and X30, and generally the JPEGS were good SOOC, but don't pop like the Samsung files do. I love having an articulated touch screen, which the XZ2 had; recently I tested a Ricoh GR, which is on my one-day list of cameras to own, but it lacks these two things.
I tend to buy (and re-sell) cameras second hand, so am only looking to invest up to $250 for a used camera. Hit me with your recommendations!
Cheers,
Melanie
With friends around me snapping away with their S8 (and even as far back as S4) phone cameras, I am often left with that Gah! taste in my mouth when I see how well their shots turn out. I don't really want a fabulous smartphone camera, as it would be too easy to stop carrying my 'good' cameras (currently only micro four thirds), but I have been wondering about a compact to equal the latest Samsung JPEGS. While I acknowledge that shooting in RAW will give more flexibility in PP, I'm really only interested in shooting JPEG - laziness dies hard!
I have previously had, and enjoyed, Olympus XZ1 and XZ2, Fujifilm X10 and X30, and generally the JPEGS were good SOOC, but don't pop like the Samsung files do. I love having an articulated touch screen, which the XZ2 had; recently I tested a Ricoh GR, which is on my one-day list of cameras to own, but it lacks these two things.
I tend to buy (and re-sell) cameras second hand, so am only looking to invest up to $250 for a used camera. Hit me with your recommendations!
Cheers,
Melanie