Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
I have a canon S100, same general form factor as the other S series cameras and it fits in a little bento box with plenty of room for snacks.
I don't understand how taking a picture *while riding* would be easier with an optical viewfinder? How the heck are you going to look through that thing while riding? ANyway, if you're actually moving, just aim and hope for the best... oh, and take a bunch of shots.
After my nth nikon coolpix just died for no good reason, I stopped buying nikon compacts. I've bee very pleased with the image quality in my s100 and my wife's panasonic lumix. Cell phone pictures have come a really long way but if you want to print one (or display on a large computer monitor) a compact camera is still superior.Megapixels have gone past the point of stupidity - sensor size is more important to your final image quality. I saw a phone ad the other day for a cell phone camera that had 41 megapixels? Good grief.
The best cell phone cameras have just about pulled even with point and shoots.
http://www.evocative.cc/can-the-ipho...int-and-shoot/
Thus, if you've got an Iphone 5, or similar, there's not much of a case to get a basic point and shoot like a Canon Digital Elph, or a Nikon Coolpix.
Stepping up to a slightly larger camera, like your S100, gives you a bigger sensor, better image quality, and better controls. Thus IMHO, for taking pictures with a device you can keep in a jersey, it's either a smartphone, or a higher end compact, with the basic point and shoot just about ready to go the way of the dinosaurs