Camera Advice

[A TIN OF SOUP]

Chaps, Bugs wants a new camera for her birthday in a couple of weeks,

She has been looking around a reading up and has decided that she does not want an SLR and is looking at the following,

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/77965/show.html

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/77965/show.html


Can any of you camera bods have a look and maybe give us some advice on what kind of camera to go for along these lines.

Thanks in advance.

[A TIN OF TWIGS]

I have two
Nikon 5700 and the nikon 8700.

They are cracking cameras and take nice sharp clear pics.

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80214/show.html


http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80212/show.html

The two links above are of the new nikons.

I'm a nikon man but the two you have linked too seem to be near on par.

[A TIN OF ITS-ME]

think the best person to see is Bilbo

he a camera bod and he works for Jessops....

so you could get a good price

[A TIN OF SNIPE]

They are both really good Soup! I spent a while looking at the specs and I can't decide .

I would edge towards the Panasonic

Bilbos the man :1 (97):

[A TIN OF BILBO]

The Nikon L120 that Twigs highlighted runs off AA batteries. Not the most popular option.

The FZ45 is very good, and is supplied with a lithium ion battery in the box, as does the he P500, which has the longest zoom range currently available on a bridge camera. Both will give you great quality photos.

They are quite large, so if you want a good zoom in a smaller body, the Panasonic TZ18 or TZ20 are excellent too.

TZ18 LINK (http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80676/show.html)


TZ20 LINK (http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80675/show.html)

The TZ20 has a £30 cashback on it - they send you a cheque afterwards.


I can only do a discount at staff price in my own store. The best deals otherwise are the online exclusives.


Bilbo.

[A TIN OF SOUP]

Ok Fellas.

We went and had a look at them today, and shell has decided that these are a litle large for genral use so she wants sopmething more compact and we are going to look at getting an SLR near crimbo,

The 2 she is now looking at are

Lumix dmc-tz20

or

Sony hx9


advice please?

[A TIN OF ZED]

SLR or not SLR :secret: :1 (97): :1 (77):

[A TIN OF BILBO]

The Sony is great. Go for that.

Bilbo.

[Joskyn]

This is what I have just got myself,Canon SX30 IS and with a 35x optical zoom (840mm equiv) & 14.1mp it really is a versatile camera.

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/78652/show.html

Took it to Cornwall for a test run and was well happy!

[Joskyn]

Go for the Sony if you have to go down that route as you can get a whole pile of stonking 2nd hand Minolta Lens for the Sony. SSony took over Minolta's Camera business. There is a small adapter for a few ££ to take al old Minolta and new Sony lenses.

[A TIN OF BILBO]

The HX9 will not take additional lenses.

The Canon is very good, but after chatting with Soupster on TS, he had ruled out the bridge cameras like the SX30 in favour of a pocketable sized compact.


Bilbo.

[Joskyn]

The HX9 will not take additional lenses.

The Canon is very good, but after chatting with Soupster on TS, he had ruled out the bridge cameras like the SX30 in favour of a pocketable sized compact.


Bilbo.

Got my Sony's mixed up, didn't look at which one it was, like a **** I assumed it was the NEX-5

Sony's are good,and the HX-9 at least has 16x Optical zoom....

[Joskyn]

Soup,

Try this camera, it is compact, but not a Bridge Camera and has 12.2MP

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/07/15/review_leica_x1_compact_camera/

Yours for a bargain @£1,425 !!!!!!

Joskyn.KIA.