Camera help!

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dan_i

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After looking at peoples pictures on here, I'm sure there are a few knowledgable folk. I'm looking at buying a new camera soon, but I'm unsure as to what I really want/need.
I wanted a DSLR to get some good quality pictures of my car (one of the main uses), but I'm now off to New York in December (YAY!) so I'm thinking that I should maybe get a compact one which will be much easier for shooting city pics. I've had a look at the specs of the compact ones and they seem to be good, but I dunno whether i'll get the really fine, colourful pics I'm after?
The other thing is price, I think a high spec compact will be about 250 quid, whereas the cheapest DSLR's start from about 300 quid, dunno whether it is worth it.
I almost completely use my camera for car pics and holiday type pics (scenery, cityscapes etc.), but I like to get loads of fairly quick pics, not one for standing and playing with settings for ages (impatient!).

Advice/Help would be much appreciated. Ta.
 
I'm not a camera geek but I have a Panasonic Lumix TS7 and love it.. 12x optical zoom is excellent for a compact camera and the pictures are excellent quality. Looked at their 3/4 DSLR (G1) but has no movie mode (mine does HD video, great for trackdays) so haven't bought one.
 
Sony A200 is available at 280 quid. That's what I have - pics are available in the meet thread.

Or there's this for 278 - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Olympus-E-420-D-SLR-Camera-10MP/dp/B0015IMFY0/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1251108168&sr=8-11

Both much better than a standard compact.
 
Andy said:
I'm not a camera geek but I have a Panasonic Lumix TS7 and love it.. 12x optical zoom is excellent for a compact camera and the pictures are excellent quality. Looked at their 3/4 DSLR (G1) but has no movie mode (mine does HD video, great for trackdays) so haven't bought one.
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Andy, can you bluetooth pix & vid's with the lumix? :?
 
nope.. that would annoy me tho i think as the filesizes are pretty mega for bt.

im used to just whipping out the memory stick these days and grabbing the files.

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bought second hand with the aero side skirts also fitted above, for £500 :thumbsup:

Now go back to topic! Gonna have a thread about mine when I've finished messing with it 8)
 
I went on a trip to England, Wales, and Ireland a couple months ago, and did a lot of camera research before the trip. Like you, I wanted a DSLR, but didn't want to lug it around everywhere for a couple weeks. I settled on the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 (referred to as TZ7 in Europe). It's a great little camera. Small enough to fit in my pocket, but it is feature packed. It has a big 3" LCD screen, solid construction, and a 12x optical zoom. It also takes HD video with stereo sound. I bought it for $350 when it first was released in April, and I'm sure you can get it for less than that now.
 
Kdawg said:
I went on a trip to England, Wales, and Ireland a couple months ago, and did a lot of camera research before the trip. Like you, I wanted a DSLR, but didn't want to lug it around everywhere for a couple weeks. I settled on the Panasonic Lumix ZS3 (referred to as TZ7 in Europe). It's a great little camera. Small enough to fit in my pocket, but it is feature packed. It has a big 3" LCD screen, solid construction, and a 12x optical zoom. It also takes HD video with stereo sound. I bought it for $350 when it first was released in April, and I'm sure you can get it for less than that now.
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yep, same one as i'm recommending then. Cracking camera indeed.

Having said that, you can get a DSLR for the same money, so it's a tough choice. The HD video swung it for me. :thumbsup:
 
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