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If you can get a nice GoPro, the still shots are amazing with the fisheye lense. This has been reduced in size:

 

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/399377_2323573263385_1671232824_1537612_445124148_n.jpg

 

Should be able to pick a 2nd hand one up for 150ish I would of thought.

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Any Canon Powershot would be a good compact IMO, but it wouldn't be especially quick at shooting flash shots. Most if not all compact cameras take a while to charge the flash between shots. My Powershot takes maybe 3 or 4 seconds between flash shots: is that sort of time acceptable?

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Thanks mate :) She's all dirty now as are most supra's due to the rubbish weather.

 

Im sure if u IT'S YOU NOZ...CARRY ON get a second hand one you could grab up a decent camera. Il admit sometimes the fisheye doesn't always take the clean shots I want, I try and use a standard camera as well. Save up for an SLR you won't regret it, thats what Im doing. save save :)

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Not wanting to highjack the thread but seeing as its on cameras and getting some input

i thought i'd chip in :D

 

Have a look here formatzero http://www.jessops.co.uk

 

Im also looking at a new camera but moving up from the little digi cameras and want something a little more high tech

with good changeable lenses, good zoom etc

 

Any thoughts on whats not to complex to use but is good at what it does.

Image stablisation and re chargable are a must

 

Nikon seem to be up there and Jessops have some good deals on at the moment

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550D is fantastic, the Nikon equivalent will be equally fantastic.

 

The great thing about these cameras is they can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be. I tend to stick to "P" mode so that I can take over some options but I only use manual when I really have to. I tend to stay away from full auto.

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My Canon Powershot A620 can take flash photos once every 2 or 3 seconds: I've just timed it. :)

 

Im also looking at a new camera but moving up from the little digi cameras and want something a little more high tech

with good changeable lenses, good zoom etc

 

Any thoughts on whats not to complex to use but is good at what it does.

Image stablisation and re chargable are a must

 

Most of my knowledge is with Nikon (and a bit of Canon but much less so) but all DSLRs I know have re-chargeable bespoke batteries, offer image stabilisation and can be very point-and-shoot if you want them to be (i.e. auto mode). Bespoke batteries last much longer than, say, rechargeable AAs and it's one of the things that you get when you move from a compact to an SLR.

 

Decent Nikon entry-level DSLRs are the D3100 and D5100. Canon will have very similar offerings which are just as good. I would stick to one of those two makes. Other makes exist and you might get better bang-for-buck with those, but Nikon and Canon have been making quality SLRs and lenses to go with them since the old king died.

 

One thing I will say about entry-level Nikons: they don't have an autofocus motor incorporated into the camera body. The autofocus functionality relies on a motor being present in the lens (modern lenses tend to have a motor). This works well and gives fast, quiet autofocusing, but means that although older lenses can technically be used with the camera body, they won't be autofocusing. I'm not sure if entry-level Canons have the same issue. As I said, not really a big deal unless you think you'll be buying older lenses, and that tends to be enthusiast territory.

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My Canon Powershot A620 can take flash photos once every 2 or 3 seconds: I've just timed it. :)

 

 

 

Most of my knowledge is with Nikon (and a bit of Canon but much less so) but all DSLRs I know have re-chargeable bespoke batteries, offer image stabilisation and can be very point-and-shoot if you want them to be (i.e. auto mode). Bespoke batteries last much longer than, say, rechargeable AAs and it's one of the things that you get when you move from a compact to an SLR.

 

Decent Nikon entry-level DSLRs are the D3100 and D5100. Canon will have very similar offerings which are just as good. I would stick to one of those two makes. Other makes exist and you might get better bang-for-buck with those, but Nikon and Canon have been making quality SLRs and lenses to go with them since the old king died.

 

One thing I will say about entry-level Nikons: they don't have an autofocus motor incorporated into the camera body. The autofocus functionality relies on a motor being present in the lens (modern lenses tend to have a motor). This works well and gives fast, quiet autofocusing, but means that although older lenses can technically be used with the camera body, they won't be autofocusing. I'm not sure if entry-level Canons have the same issue. As I said, not really a big deal unless you think you'll be buying older lenses, and that tends to be enthusiast territory.

 

Thanks Steve excellent info, i'd definitely want autofocusing.

 

I'd kind of narrowed it down to Canon or Nikon :)

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Thanks Steve excellent info, i'd definitely want autofocusing.

I wouldn't let the issue put you off entry-level Nikons: I own such a Nikon (and I can autofocus with all my lenses), I'm getting into photography a bit more and I'd still recommend them to others. It's the sort of factor that can help you decide if all else is equal.

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Same price in Jessops :)

 

It's not the same, not that obvious though. :p

 

Jessops is: £174.95 including £35 cashback from Panasonic, You pay £209.95 today and then get £35 back

 

John Lewis is: £174.95 excluding £35 cashback from Panasonic ,You pay £174.95 today and then get £35 back

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