I am looking for a go-around camera for my daughter. I am going to use this camera too. My list of requirements for the camera
- compact, smaller than dSLR
- good image qualitiy
- external flash with higher than 250 sync speed
- reasonably priced
It is not easy to find a relatively small camera that would produce reasonable good quality pictures, good zoom range, and external flash synchronization. There are many nice looking cameras that would give good quality noways. But external flash is apparently a rarity among them. Super-thin camera designs are very dense. It is understandable that they would not have any space to spare for a hot shoe, and some of them are too thin anyway. But bulkier prosumer-style dSLR looking cameras do not have them too. Isn’t is strange? You would think that they have plenty of room for a hot shoe or a PC terminal port.
Most of the dSLRs, are not going to sync with high speed, except Nikon D70 and D70s. I already have a D70. Olympus E420 is small, but sync speed of 1/180 sec. slower than on any other dSLR.
So, I reckon, my best bet is in the prosumer P&S and digital “Range finder” category. I decided to compile a list of not single lens reflex camera that can be used with an external flash. I am not sure which ones have electronic shutter capability. I know that most of the Canons would sync at very high speeds using CHDK hack.
Canon
- PowerShot G11
- PowerShot G10
- PowerShot SX20 IS
- PowerShot SX1 IS
- PowerShot SX10 IS
- PowerShot G9
- PowerShot S5 IS
- PowerShot G7
- PowerShot G5
- PowerShot G3
- PowerShot Pro90 IS
- PowerShot G1
Epson
- Epson R-D1x
Fujifilm
- FinePix S200EXR
- FinePix S100fs
- FinePix IS-1
- FinePix S9100
Kodak
- EasyShare Z981 (proprietary)
- EasyShare Z980 (proprietary)
- EasyShare P712
- EasyShare P880
- EasyShare P850
Leica
- Leica M9
- Leica X1
- Leica M8.2
- Leica D-LUX 4
- Leica V-LUX 1
- Leica M8
- Leica Digilux 3
Nikon
- Coolpix P6000
- Coolpix P5100
- Coolpix P5000
Olympus
- PEN E-PL1 (proprietary)
- PEN E-P2
- PEN E-P1
Panasonic
- Lumix DMC-G10
- Lumix DMC-G2
- Lumix DMC-GF1
- Lumix DMC-G1
- Lumix DMC-L10
- Lumix DMC-FZ50
Ricoh
- GXR
- GR-D
- Caplio GX200
- G600
- Caplio GX100
Samsung
- NX10
Sigma
- DP2s
- DP1x
- DP1s
- DP2
- DP1
Sony
- DSC-F828
- DSC-F717
