[NOTE: Will post more in English from now on for a number of reasons. First, it's for the obvious reason -- I want to write as much as possible in English. Second, is to facilitate the placement of ads in this blog. Apparently, writing in mixed-language confuses the Google ads crawler.]

Anyway, Mick, recently left a comment in his blog, asking if I can recommend a good digital camera at the price range of RM2,000 - RM2,500. I've also promised to post a review on which digital single lens reflect (DSLR) cameras I think would be worth buying.

To tell the truth, I don't quite know. It really depends on the photographic needs of a person.

If super zoom is what is needed, then the model I can think of is -- Sony DSC-H5, Sony DSC-H2 and Canon S3 IS. Either one is a good choice. The optical zoom range is 12x (35mm-420mm).

If you do a lot of low light photography or to capture night scene, then a camera with high ISO capacity is what you need. Fujifilm Finepix F30 is one of the camera which I think one of the best ISO performer. But it's not a zoom camera. The optical zoom is only 3x (36mm-108mm) and it's not a wide-angle camera.

If you want to capture scenery, then a wide-angle camera is necessary. Something that starts with a lens of 28mm or less.

A new model, Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd/S6500fd seemed to be able to do all that. It has a powerful zoom (10.7 optical) (300mm), yet able to capture wider scene (28mm) and at the same time, able to perform reasonably well at high ISO (more opportunities for low-light photography). The problem is, it has no image stabiliser.

So, in the end, it depends on the need. If you want a compact camera, then there's no way it was going to be a super zoom camera. In the end, if it was me, I prefer a super zoom camera with image stabiliser and that bring us back to Sony DSC-H5, Sony DSC-H2 and Canon S3 IS.

Harap reviu di atas dapat membantu. Semua kamera di atas berharga sekitar RM2000 atau kurang.