Originally Posted by
skycomag
At the risk of being a camera snob, it's my suggestion that very small compact cameras like Kodak Easy share, (or Canon Digital Elph's or similar) don't make much sense anymore in a world with very capable smart phones. I have a very tiny Canon ELPH that stays in a drawer because it's not any better than my IPhone.
They don't offer capabilities above a good smart phone, and they have significant limitations compared to the "enthusiast's compact" class. The biggest difference is image sensor size. The very small comact cameras may offer high mexapixel counts, but they do it with much smaller image sensors, which means inferior picture qualitiy particularly in low light.
And they don't offer useful controls if you want to shoot other than in an automatic mode.
So again, if you want a basic camera, taking pictures in auto mode, use a Smartphone. If you want a more capable camera that will do more than oyur smart phone, step up a class.