Best high ISO / low light point and shoot?

rokklymrokklym Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
edited July 7, 2009 in Cameras
Anyone have any experience with point and shoots that have good high ISO capability (and good image quality)? I'd like to leave my DSLR's at home sometimes.
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  • rokklymrokklym Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
    edited July 7, 2009
    I'm leaning towards a Panasonic LX3 right now, but a G10 might also be a possibility since it would be easier and quicker to purchase. I might have to put my unused Olympus E520 on the market to fund it though.
    www.lonewolfstudios.us
    Olympus E3 w HLD4, E520, E510 11-22mm, 50-200mm,35mm macro, 14-42mm, 40-150, FL50R & FL36R
    http://rokklym.smugmug.com/
    We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life,to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment no matter what.
    - George Santayana, "The philosophy of travel"
  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited July 7, 2009
    I'm rather happy with the FujiFilm F40fd in low light, high-ISO situations. The newer F200EXR gets pretty good reviews and has a better lens.

    The Canon G10 is a lot of things but I don't think that the high-ISO performance is that great. It does work nicely with appropriate use of flash.
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  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2009
    rokklym wrote:
    I'm leaning towards a Panasonic LX3 right now, but a G10 might also be a possibility since it would be easier and quicker to purchase. I might have to put my unused Olympus E520 on the market to fund it though.

    From my research teh LX3 is best in class iso. I's zoom is wider but shorter then the G10 and image quality appears similar between those at lower isos.
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  • rokklymrokklym Registered Users Posts: 77 Big grins
    edited July 7, 2009
    ziggy53 wrote:
    I'm rather happy with the FujiFilm F40fd in low light, high-ISO situations. The newer F200EXR gets pretty good reviews and has a better lens.

    The Canon G10 is a lot of things but I don't think that the high-ISO performance is that great. It does work nicely with appropriate use of flash.

    I always liked those Fuji F40's. My local Best Buy store had them for a while but Theirs were F40SE's, I could never find out what the difference was, since the SE had face detection also.

    I'll look into that F200EXR. The LK3 is still on the top of the list though, unless I can find something decent used first.
    www.lonewolfstudios.us
    Olympus E3 w HLD4, E520, E510 11-22mm, 50-200mm,35mm macro, 14-42mm, 40-150, FL50R & FL36R
    http://rokklym.smugmug.com/
    We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life,to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment no matter what.
    - George Santayana, "The philosophy of travel"
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