Why You Should Buy a Point & Shoot Camera in 2023 

It looks like one of the latest iterations of the W or WX series But you can read it out of the exif data if you check a photo, i would be interested as well (im looking since some weeks on good deals on CCD point and shoots) I personally found longer ago my first camera, a Sony DSC-P100, and revived it with a 16GB memory stick i found for 10$. Those days in 2004/2005 i was happy with a 32MB card that came with the camera and a "pro" memory stick with 512MB which was already expensive as hell these days. Now seeing i can record 999(+) photos vs 12 photos on a 32MB card (or about 200 on 512MB...) and also for the first time longer video on this camera (4 minutes in 640 fine on 512MB card...), wow. Im also very impressed by the zeiss optics, this little, small lens and 1" CCD sensors results are not too bad, sure 5.1MP are... limiting, but the images look nice regarding to look, colors and 3d pop, even a bit crop is possible! My cheaper (30-200$) DSLR zoom lenses have less 3d pop! Since a while i have also purchased a cheap P200 (7.2MP, sucessor to the P100/120/150), its the camera i have nearly always with me, while the high quality (magnesium alloy body!) P100 is in the vitrine. I have since i reactivated my P100 not the need for "better" gear, instead i want to experiment with the older gear. This "downgrading" all began as i got into vintage lenses which replaced for many things my much newer and often better lenses.

Point taken that it really doesn't matter, but for those who have to know, I'm about 90% certain it is a DSC-W830. There is nothing special about it aside from being pretty compact & lightweight and being far more expensive used than it was when it was new.

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What a stool. Bo d o h

Yes. It is DSC W830

What a nice way to say it hehe ❤❤❤

exactly what ive been doing! dumb phone, but still wanted to take good pics. nice

I agree. I also like older cameras (and use a Canon PowerShot) because my phone fills up with photo and video and gets to the point that I can barely use it for anything. That’s happened to me 3 times already. I’d rather hold the pics and videos on an SD card.

I'm literally charging up my old Motorola smartphone as I'm typing this. Wanted something with Google maps + podcasts but it is basically useless/slow for anything else. My laptop is a very well-built and upgradeable Thinkpad from the mid 2010s and I'm buying a quick draw case for my Panasonic Lumix P&S camera.

I doubt it, but we’ll see haha

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Haha

Usually how it goes.

It happened with the canon sd1000…

It’s how it all started, right? When I was a little boy, by mother had a Polaroid One-Step or something similar that she’d take shots with. Seconds later, we were all standing around the white square watching the image fade in. It was really exciting and mesmerizing to me as a little kid.

Thanks for that, that’s the general consensus I’ve come to and it’s good to hear it from someone with so much experience.

Thats only a reasonable argument if you dont have the proper camera ready set up to shoot and in your hands. As someone who is into wildlife since a while, i make sure that my camera and settings are ready for those moments, sadly im not, mostly. Where he is absolutely true, and which makes a difference. I would never take my mirrorless daily outside if i dont use it 90% of the cases anyways. Meanwhile, my 2004 point and shoot i reactivated and cleaned, i can take with me everywhere in the pocket and get a shot i would have missed otherwise. Sadly this benefit also goes for smartphone cameras which will likely produce better images than a old point and shoot.

Interesting. I would have assumed inspectors would prefer the smartphone camera because they can quickly send the images to whoever needs to see them.

Totally agree with you!

At what cost? A thumb movement cost

Which camera did you buy?

or quality cell phone

plus those cameras you mentioned are pricey and techie

@@RyanKorea I couldn’t find an affordable X100 and I don’t like the GR. But I found a RX100V which I really love for a great price so I got it. No regrets at all !

Am a fixer in the Maldives and once got to experience the beauty of the RX100 - it's superb. Sharp, compact and trustable!

Yes! Fujifilm XE4 with the 28mm kit lens. Pocketable, super sensor, awesome combination of fully auto or advanced controls.

@@jaydoraiswami4762 Reason price?

@@jaydoraiswami4762 No that cost more then my DSLR

@@jaydoraiswami4762yes! I have the XE4 with the 27mm pancake, and it is great and easy to carry around!

​@@jaydoraiswami4762 I have the Fujifilm X-E4 and also love this point and shoot cameras. Is different.

Would you recommend getting the DSC-WX100 for beginner photography?

Thanks man!

You are missing the point. That's already a hi tech, hi resolution point and shoot. The idea of this digicam movement is to use the old tech CMOS sensor and not go beyond 10MP. You won't get that filmic aesthetic.

@@gregmarcus3064 relax brah, noones is going to die for that

​​@@gregmarcus3064all small P&S cameras are dying out these days due to smartphone cameras getting better and better, so personally i think a small 'high-tech' P&S also doesn't miss the point

For me, optical zoom (I'm not sure if all point and shoot cameras have it) is the one reason, I'm using one. Plus, what yoy said not having to be another jerk with a smartphone camera. 😃

I prefer stabilizing with a better position and support, leaning the camera on to a tree or wall or at least supporting the hand on the feet or body. As long your body is moving while standing or breathing, you cant really hold still good enough, at least thats what i experienced with my small point and shoot (and no stabilizer, anno 2004, Sony P100). either a tripod which defies the reason for a point and shoot, or somewhere supported on a bench, small gorillapod,.. For the sake of "is it possible", i screwed this 20 year old point and shoot on my guided/tracked telescope during a astro session and tried some wide angle shots at 38mm FF equiv. and it worked pretty amazing since the camera followed the telescopes movement. I was limited to 30 seconds exposure time (no bulb mode or remote shutter...) and a super slow processing speed but the results were amazing for such an old and small camera.

Me, too. I have an iPhone 14 but started playing around with my old Nikon Coolpix s570 a few months ago. It's a lot of fun.

i love bridge camera waiting since 2015 for canon sx 100hs 100 optical zoom shame only nikon have guts to reliase nikon p1000

Can you recommend a cheap camera for concert videos

That’s awesome! And hey here’s the thing, resolution isn’t everything! Most of the time you can tell when a photo is taken on a phone and in my opinion, that look has gotten stale. When you see photos obviously taken with older digital camera, I think they stand out and garner more interest.

I mean it depends... for basic stuff such as landscape or just having a camera with you, yes, thats why i love my Sony W830 point and shoot as well. But when i go out for lets say a hike in the woods and i can expect wildlife... no way i would take such a tiny point and shoot and mess around, then i would just accept i dont have the gear and watch/enjoy the scene. So in this case the proper camera is a must have. In fact... the hike in the woods example again... as often i use my Canon RF 800 F11 lens (F11 aperture!) because its light, can be used handheld for everything,... nope, i have to step up the game in that scenario for a faster, long tele lens which is just hefty by design. I guess your friends have a reason to take the cameras with them, whatever it might be