There Are 4 Camera's I'm Trying to Decide Between - Please Help

[jeremy916]

Please see the comparison page here of all 4:

http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/came...2342-2473.html

It's between a Samsund TL110, Samsung PL200, Panasonic DMC-FP3AB Lumix and a Canon PowerShot SD1400. I don't know much about camera's. I've always used Fujifilm, but only have had 1 good camera with them and it broke easily so changing brands.

On a side note... I go to a lot of concerts. So I need a camera good for low lighting and lots of motion going around. In addition, good video would be nice too. When I say good video, I'm not too worried about video quality versus sound quality on the video. Usually when I take my camera to a concert the sound is so loud that it turns out muffles and unlistenable. You can't even understand which song is playing or anything.

I'm a n00b when it comes to digital cameras, so please help.

[SmartWombat]

YOu said:
1) I need a camera good for low lighting
2) and lots of motion going around
3) good video would be nice too
4) I'm not too worried about video quality versus sound quality

I'd say none of those, then.
The big problem is the sound quality.
Then the low light performance on almost any compact camera in that price bracket will be terrible.

An Olympus E-PL2 might be suitable - what's your budget?
I have the E-P1 and the sound quality is OK, the new E-PL2 has a microphone input which should give great sound, and it's smaller and lighter.

[jeremy916]

Unfortunantly I am on a budget and I need to keep it between one of those 4 cameras. Minus the video side of things, what is the better camera to get between those 4?

[SmartWombat]

The Canon. The f/2.8 lens collects more light so it's more suited to working in the dark.

[Anbesol]

Also something to keep in mind, any point and shoot camera on the market has a variable aperture lens. What this means to you is that it will be able to achieve the fastest shutter speed when not zoomed in at all. If you are in a low-light setting, the widest zoom angle will work best. Also note the range that the aperture varies, in accordance with the zoom. So an f/2.8-4 on a 4x zoom (for example) will be much faster than a f/2.8-5.6 on the same range, when zooming. These numbers are always posted clearly on the front of a lens, they even put them on disposables. It may sound confusing but its actually pretty simple and straightforward math.

Hope that helps.