First post, by pentiumspeed
My old camera Panasonic DMC-ZS6, is wearing out and dust getting in between lens from lot of use, and is 12MP and was good cam back then but not quite not good at macro, came out in 2010. The alternative camera I've found is pretty good but quite old is Canon Powershot SX100 IS with 8MP, sensor size is 1/2.5" Type CCD.
What I really like is high end cellphone such as S21 Ultra or S22 ultra to compare with. Took very clearest pictures and pretty good in low level lights and macro shots but those cellphones is expensive and best I have is iphone 11 but fussy to use, and not ergonomic as take one on short notice. My daily driver is Samsung S8, again getting old and not as good, again, not ergonomic too.
Wanted to buy another used but good digital camera, that does not break the bank, under $300 CDN or so.
Features to replace the old, the new requirements:
16MP or higher with larger CCD panel hopefully. APS-C or Micro 4/3. I'm willing to drop to 10MP-12MP to keep price under control and get the large sensor size the goal. This compares to these two cameras their sensor size DMC-ZS6 has is 1/2.33" and Canon Powershot SX100 IS with 8MP, sensor size is 1/2.5" Type CCD. S8 and iphone 11 uses very small sensor sizes hence the issues I had too due to noise in low-light situations and poor macro.
OIS
low light tolerance
Macro
Optical zoom highest possible but not important.
Can be proconsumer, or high end. Canon or Panasonic, but you can recommend other excellent quality brand as well. If I have to buy lens separately, that's fine.
Cheers,
Great Northern aka Canada.