^^ approve and approve...

Thanks, I took many photos of that artifical falls until I got this good one. Inspired by Peter's on last page.

Second picture is from my trip to Hong Kong last year.

Edited April 20, 201214 yr by Cankin

My friend is in Hong Kong right now.. the iphone photos out the hotel window don't do it justice.. thanks.

Gear aside, there not many days in a year that there are no smog or fog in HK

My current digital P&S is starting to act up a bit so I'm looking for something new.

I have a Canon S90 now, and I am leaning towards the Ricoh GR-IV as a replacement.

Can anyone out there think of an alternative for me? My criteria are as follows - in order of importance.

Small - I want something that will fit in my pocket. A little bigger than the S90 is OK, but a G12 is too big.

VERY good image quality

FAST AF/low shutter lag

Very close close focus

I don't *NEED* a zoom lens, but I'm not really opposed to one either. I value the close focus more highly than zoom.

Any suggestions?

I know next to nothing about fancy cameras, but as far as P&S goes, my wife's Olympus XZ1 has incredibly fast focusing and looks spectacular in close range. Given the images I can get out of it, I'm sure it'd be incredible in the hands of someone who knows how to use it!

Edited April 20, 201214 yr by El_Doug

Have little to offer, but from just going through some testing myself I'll toss out the likely obvious - figure out how important your commonly used features are as a dedicated external switch/button v. menu system. Fortunately jumping in and out of macro is usually external (like on GR-IV). One thing I've learned from the LX5 is how much time I can save with external controls even in a P&S.

I still love my little s95.

I'm going to throw in a vote for a fuji x10. While a wee bit thicker than the s95, it focuses closer than the s95, shoots faster, better iq, slightly better dr. You could shoehorn it into a really big pocket...

The X10 has issues with the white blobs and the controls are annoying.

Im thinking the X10 is also larger than I want. Fitting in an average pocket is pretty important.

My S90 may have a little more life in it than I thought, so I'l just keep rolling it around in my head.

Ari, you are welcome to try out my LX-5 if you want.

I don't know how much different the s95 is from the s90 but I'll have it with me in nyc in a few days if you want to play with that also.

Ari, do you need RAW?

Ari, do you need RAW?

And depending on workflow dual RAW/JPG record? Nice to not have to decide prior.

Ari, you are welcome to try out my LX-5 if you want.

I might take you up on that. Interested in a weekend day photo walk?

I don't know how much different the s95 is from the s90 but I'll have it with me in nyc in a few days if you want to play with that also.

I think they are pretty close. I looked around a bit and the Ken Rockwell review says that the S100 is way faster. Ken Rockwell likes nikon, he must be right

And depending on workflow dual RAW/JPG record? Nice to not have to decide prior.

Would prefer both.

Im overly comfy with mostly using JPG and resorting to RAW when necessary.

I was thinking about buying the s95 or s100, but was not sure which one. I then started looking at the X10, and somehow ended up buying the X100. The LX-5 looks interesting as well. If I had some extra cash I might buy a LX-5 to use as a secondary travel camera. It would be nice to have a zoom. I would go with the X10, but all the problems I read about it having scared me off.

Edited April 21, 201214 yr by TruBrew

Ari ... I'm pretty happy with the s100 for walk around. Quite a nice step from the s90 in the same package. Have seen recently for as low as $374 via DealMac from Abe's and others.

Neighbor's son at f/1.2

DZ3C1463 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Edited April 21, 201214 yr by Jon L

^That shot will mean a lot to him & his (now & future) family, many times, for many years to come.

Edited April 22, 201214 yr by jpelg

Nikon 6mm f/2.8 fisheye for sale.

http://www.graysofwestminster.co.uk/products/secondhand.php?cat1=3&pg=1

A different kind of waterfall...

Edited April 24, 201214 yr by crappyjones123

2-light setup, speedlite camera left and one behind bottle facing camera.

DZ3C1584 by drjlo1, on Flickr

Mentioned to my brother once ages ago and now he got me this

Billingham Hadley Large