A failed attempt of buying the best Digital Camera under Rs. 10000 - 15000 (USD 200 / 250 / 300 / 350)
This is a rare incident to occur with me, that I come back empty handed when I have went to purchase some thing.
Todays aim was to purchase the best available Digital Camera (Digi Cam) under budget Rs. 10000 to Rs. 15000 (USD 200 - USD 300) from any vendor, like Sony Cybershot / Canon Powershot / Nikon Coolpix or even Kodak.
There are plenty of models available under this budget, some of the widely used models are,
Canon SX 100 IS - Price @ Rs. 10000/- (USD 200)
Canon A720 IS - Price @ Rs. 7500/- (USD 170)
Canon S5 IS - Price @ Rs. 14500/- (USD 320)
Nikon Coolpix P5100 - Price @ Rs.12500/- (USD 270)
Nikon Coolpix P50 - Price @ Rs. 8000/- (USD 190)
Nikon coolpix S550 - Price @ Rs. 10000/- (USD 190)
So what has went wrong ?
Our vendor is kind enough to allow us to play with the device, kind of try before you buy approach !! So though I am no where close to an expert in term of photography and camera review but even with my naked eye, I felt very disappointed after clicking few pictures with all these above mentioned models.
On paper, all of them have great image sensor / super cool lenses and all that crap, how ever in reality none of them are even close to beat the image quality of a 5 MP older model Cam like Nikon 5200. Few months back I have seen Nikon S51C @ Rs. 9000/-, and purchased one, which looked me to once again an logical option with 8 MP sensor, where as seems Nikon has discontinued that product also.
I am quite surprise to see that a camera in range of Rs. 15k, which is considered to be make shift replacement of a low end DSLR, such as canon s5 is is also not able to take better picture than Nikon S51c !!!
Unfortunately, I am forced to stop my self from purchasing a model as all seems to be waste of money, if you have to buy some thing under this budget then it should be either Black models of A720 IS or Nikon P5100 however which is bit costlier than available other options.
White body of these product (A720 IS) are made in china, once again a very disappointed performance compare to the Black body of A720 IS which are available as Made in Japan).
To obtain more details about the available models, please visit Nikon or Canon web site.
P.S
Some may wonder why not Sony / Kodak is been considered in my list ?
Well, personally I never like sony product as they seem more show off rather than performance, and really over priced !! Same with Kodak however I have given few of their models a try also, but hard to get Kodak without paper hence, price is really an issue as it would be far better to spend Rs. 23000/- for Nikon DSLR D60 rather than buying a Kodak digi cam at Rs. 19000/-
Punnyabrata said
am August 23 2008 @ 2:00 pm
Very strange you didnt include the Fujifilm Finepix S5800/S800 in that list…I think for a techie like you you should rise beyond the reservations of the brand fascination which is a rather weird characteristics the general Indian customer. I have recently bought the Finepix S5800 after thorough research and found it marginally better than the Canon Powershot SX100 and even the Panasonic Lumix TZ 3/4 in terms of features offered, looks, handling and as a whole complete package. Further, it’s a clear winner when you compare the prices among these cameras as the Fujifilm S5800/S800 is a compact lens prosumer camera which comes fully feature loaded with decent picture quality for as low as Rs.7800/- (US$ 181) with bill & warranty.
sandeep said
am August 23 2008 @ 8:39 pm
hello Punnyabrata,
please can you guide where you bought this.
thanks
sandeep
Punnyabrata said
am August 24 2008 @ 10:54 am
^^ I bought it from ebay.in (seller : J K Camerazone, Chennai)
sandeep said
am August 24 2008 @ 11:28 am
hello,
thanks for the response. can you also elaborate whether the warranty and the bill given is for and by fuji india, and was the product brand new and sealed, as here in delhi no body was able to offer this at such price
thanks again
Punnyabrata said
am August 24 2008 @ 6:01 pm
It’s a brand new camera which came in a sealed box with 1 year Dealer’s warranty. I’am pretty happy with the camera..to see more pics go to the following links:
http://www.orkut.co.in/Community.aspx?cmm=54128914
http://www.orkut.co.in/Album.aspx?uid=8041324376702612563&aid=1217935691
http://www.erodov.com/community/showthread.php?t=10530
http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260269427243&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=016
sandeep said
am August 25 2008 @ 8:31 am
thanks a million
sabret00the said
am August 25 2008 @ 7:03 pm
you’re more than welcome bro…
harsh said
am October 20 2008 @ 6:20 am
Could you please tell me from where have you leasted these products. I mean I visited ebay and found Canon SX 100 IS priced around 14000. From where can I buy them in price you mentioned?
Punnyabrata said
am October 20 2008 @ 6:17 pm
the camera that you would find in ebay is the SX110 which is 9MP and it costs close to 13.5K(http://listings.ebay.in/_W0QQa10244Z10425QQa14ZQ2d24QQa25563ZQ2d24QQa95730ZQ2d24QQa95902Z96090QQalistZa25563Q2ca14Q2ca10244Q2ca95730Q2ca95902QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQdfspZ1QQfromZR2QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQga10244Z10425QQgcsZ1420QQpfidZ2797QQpfmodeZ1QQpriceZ1QQreqtypeZ2QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZQ2d100QQsaobfmtsZsifonlyQQsbrexpZWD3SQQsocmdZListingItemListQQssPageNameZWD3SQQ_trksidZp1723Q2em144)