I just bought a New Sony Cybershot

[telephoneman]

T30. Payed with both and the T30 is far sexier, feels better in the hand, and comes in super sexy black ....ummmmmmmmm

[TractorBoy]

I want the black one, but no shops have it in stock. Only silver.

I can get the black online, but am having problems. (see other thread)

[Ginza]

It's only my personal opinion but with the T30 I think the silver looks better. It's kinda traditional digi cam colour to me but then I again I haven't seen either in the flesh, just going on the pics above and reviews.

[Nate]

Originally Posted by TractorBoy

OK, i'm buying myself a digi compact tomorrow.
Do I go for the T30, or the Nikon S6?

Opinions please!

Ta :D

I have the Sony DSC N1 and its absolutely mint!!!

The T series of Sony's cybershots is also great (had a T9 temporarily) but the one thing with them is their lack of manual controls, thus I went for the N1 with full manual exposures etc.

If you want a point and click then either the T or N series are great. If you want something thats going to allow you to become a little more adventureous in the future (i.e as your skills develop) then I would say the N1 is your best option due to the manual controls. The 3" toutch screen is also nice and the shots are close to best in class.

See review; http://www.megapixel.net/reviews/sony-n1/n1-gen.php

I personally wouldn't go for the Nikon as I know 2 people that have had one and sent it straight back due to poor picture performance.

Some of the reviews have been non too favourable either, think its quite a mediocre cam but I have no first hand experience to back that up sorry

There was a new Fuli F30 with iso's as high as 3200 but its quite a bit thicker than either the N1 or T30, also its been a bit of a let down in terms of image quality in comparrison to what people were expecting.

I'd say go Sony, they seldom make a bad camera. If you want simplicity as well as manual controls get the N1, if you want simplicity in a slightly smaller shell, get the T30

[telephoneman]

@Nate...

Dont need all the funkiness. Its a point and shoot. Its for fun.

For the serious work we get the 350d out

[Nate]

The N1 is a good compromise if its your sole camera and you don't have say an SLR, you can push it a bit further than a standard point and shoot.

I agree though, if you have a SLR and simply want a point and shoot, although I still think the N1 is a great choice, there are slightly smaller and cheaper models on the market and the N1 loses points on both those counts I guess (size / costs).

[telephoneman]

For me with the T30 size and form factor were the winning issues.

[Nate]

Exactly, bit slimmer, prob a bit sexier etc.

I nearly held out for it TBH but as I only planned to have one camera (not all as flush as you buddy, mr two cam's) ;), so I just thought having that little bit of added functionality for my eventual photographic progress would be good.

Lets face it, (I hate being a brand fanboy) but pretty much all of Sony's compacts are lovelly and mostly all take superb pics ;)

Would love a D-SLR eventually though. Probably a good idea to get the 9k house deposit out of the way with first though lol

[Ginza]

I think I'm going to go with the T30. N1 looked a bit bulky and the touch screen a bit fiddly.

[getti]

I have a Olympus Mju-800 and its GREAT!.

8 megapixels and the super-macro is great