View single post by richw
 Posted: Sat Dec 22nd, 2012 16:40
richw



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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I bought and charged on Fri, I'm in Adelaide for the weekend (visitong Jac's family) and I brought the Sony and Fuji leaving my Nikons at home.

First thing - couldn't get the Fuji to work at all - I think the battery is duff and I left my spare in the car at airport, so very glad I had the Sony and the Fuji stayed at the hotel.

The Sony was $728 from the Sony store. I also bought the optional screen protector $19, and leather case $99. I think the case may have been a mistake as it adds a little bulk, but it still fitted nicely into my cargo shorts pockets with case which the Fuji will only just do without a case.

I haven't checked the output on a computer yet (travelled very light for the weekend) but so far I love the Sony. It's everything I hoped the Fuji might be but didn't quite make it. It's small enough to slip into my jeans front pocket, it's fast to focus, the controls are all very accessible and quick to use and it can focus and shoot better than any other P&S I have ever used (and the Fuji).

The only downside is no optical viewfinder but we did a wine fields tour of McLaren Vale yesterday in bright summertime South Australian sunlight and I had no problems at all seeing the image on the LCD, although I do find that composition on the screen works a bit differently in my head somehow?

All in all so far I am very happy with my purchase, if the images stand the test of analysis on the computer then I would go as far as to say I have found the P&S I have been looking for, the camera to always carry with you when you would otherwise go out without.