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Originally Posted by sybir
Was just reading there now 
s602 is starting to look better. Any reason not to buy one? |
It's really a toss up between the S602Z/Pro, S5000Z and S7000Z. The 602 will probably be the cheapest, and seems to be the "fastest" as far as taking and recording pictures. But the image quality on the SuperCCD IV that comes on the other two is superior. The 5000 has a better optical zoom, but the 7000 has the better lense overall. I like taking long exposure night shots, and I wish I had the SuperCCD IV, plus the menus/software on the two newer cameras is a lot more user friendly, not to mention the higher resolution (although I generally take only 1MP or 3MP images anyway). However, if you're taking pictures at a race event, then the 5 pics/second and the quick response time of the 602 is awesome. Also, IIRC the 602Z takes the best movies, 640x480 or 320x200 at 30fps w/ sound for as long as you've got memory... but they're uncompressed .AVIs so 15 minutes of video is like 500MB. :shock:
It's definately a hard decision. Honestly, the best thing to do is to get a 602Z for the quick and dirty shots, and a P2 DSLR for the high quality images... the P2's only about $2000, and then you need buy a lense.
