Canon S80, Sony DSC-N1, Canon A620 or Sony Cybershot P200

I recently had a tragic accident with my sony cybershot P200 (dropped
it) and am now in the market for a new camera. I would like to hear
your opinions on the above. I'm very interested in the Canon S80 and
hear great things about it, but I have owned a Canon S400 in the past
and every single picture I took had red eye - I HATED IT!!!! The sony
cybershot (due to the location of the flash onthe camera) had zero red
eye, but it was inconsistant - some pictures were very very clear and
others had soft edges or under/over exposure occured. Overall I was
happy with the P200 - and it seems to be my cheapest option - but want
to see if anyone has any experience with the Canon S80 or Canon A620.

Below are some links to the reviews I've read:
Canon S80: (Best Price $449)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_s80.asp

Canon A620: (Best Price $359)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_a620.asp

Sony P200: (Best Price $299)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscp200/

Sony DSC-N1: (Best Price $499)
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sony/sony_dscn1.asp

Let me know which one you guys would purchase?

 

That GREAT!!!
Send me news, please:

 

News on what?

 

I recently bought a Canon A620. I can't speak for the others, but I
looked at several cameras before I chose the A620, and discounted them
for reasons of price, or not having manual modes.
The A620 has so many features my head hurts. I can't imagine another
compact camera being much better than this.

 

I'm in exactly the same position as you (except I didn't drop a P200!).

I've narrowed it down to the S80 and the A620. I like the S80 because of
the extra wide angle of the lens compared to the A620 but I like the A620
because I can use AA batteries when in the field. I've heard of people
having problems with the S80 front and battery doors which worries me a
little. Also, the S80 is about a third more money at the moment.

My head says to buy the A620 but my heart is going to go for the S80 and it
may just be the 28mm lens that does it for me.

 

It looks like he's posting email addys in an attempt to get spammers
to notice them; usually this is done to someone not liked.

 

The n1 has less to grip if you dropped the p200 it has great features
although no filter ring adaptor, viewfinder, easy tv hookup without 70$
adaptor, cheap AA, wide angle, S80 has better manual controls, but
screen is small.

 

I'm always looking for longer lens on A95, so I would prefer A620. You could
invest in a wide angle supplementary lens for the A620.
Dave Cohen

 

Well, I didn't exactly drop my P200 - it was knocked from my hands.
After looking at another review website I have found that both the S80
and A620 have red eye problems. If it comes down to it, I'll buy
another P200 just to avoid the redeye, but I have not seen any reviews
on the N1 yet that mention red eye. Since the N1 is also a cyber-shot,
I'm thinking it probably won't have red eye problems. Below is the
redeye examples I found for the S80 and A620:

A620:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_a620-review/redeye.jpg

S80:
http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/powershot_s80-review/redeye.jpg

The S80 isn't as bad, but the reviewers said it is a constant problem.
The image quality and lack of red eye on the P200 has made me decide to
try to N1 - I will let you all know how it works out.

Thanks

 

I ended up going with the P200 and got it for $265 off eBay. I
couldn't pass up the deal. If I had went with the DSC-N1 I would of
ended up paying $600+. I figured I go with the P200 as a point and
shoot and save up for a Canon Rebel SLR.

Also, I saw a few pictures taken with a N1 online, and it contained the
dreaded red-eye - which I HATE! The p200 produces red-eye free
pictures 98% of the time - I love it!!!