Camera Buying Help Please

[SPG]

Hi Everyone,

 

i am going on Honeymoon in the next 2 weeks and i was looking to buy my first decent Digital Camera (Compact-Not SLR) in a long time. I am basically looking at the following features/spec:

 

10MP to 16MP Max

14x Optical Zoom >

1080p HD Video mode

30fps movie Capture

Decent Lense (Carl Ziess, Nikkor,Schnider etc)

Budget £250ish

Easy enough for me and the Mrs to use.......i used to work at Currys (back in the day) so know nothing about real world usage of these item .

 

I would appreciate any help and advice.

 

Here are a few that i have noticed:

 

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80208/show.html?tduid=ab8f40a3a3b024e8a7f116ce49807cd3&url=http://www.jessops.com/online.store/products/80208/show.html

Thanks Sunny

[Lbm]

I enjoyed using the Panasonic FZ28

 

I think the updated versions are the FZ45 & FZ100.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-Lumix-14-1MP-Digital-Camera/dp/B003WOKU4W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1333639188&sr=8-2

[Lbm]

There's also this.

 

It's a little bit over budget but worth a look and a Google price search.

 

It's more compact, which your good lady might enjoy. And it's newer too.

 

I'm not sure if it does 30 fps movie capture, but does do 25 fps.

 

Any reason why you want 30 fps?

 

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMC-TZ30EB-K-Compact-Camera-Optical/dp/tech-data/B0073CD6AE/ref=de_a_smtd

 

 

or there is this for 100 sheets less:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-Lumix-TZ20-Digital-Camera/dp/tech-data/B004I1KOIK/ref=de_a_smtd

 

 

I don't work for Pany by the way. Just enjoyed the FZ28 a few years ago.

[caseys]

I'm with Rob (figuratively), Panasonic compacts are very very good.

[Mario]

Used to have an Olympus E420 which uses DSLR technology

I now use the new Olympus E-PM1 which is an very compact system camera which also uses DSLR, Full HD filming capabilities in 720p and 1080p,

12MP

3"lcd

12800 ISO

and lots of more tasty options. Really happy with it and the auto focus is amazingly fast, not comparable to the old regular canon D450 D500 series or Olympus E series.

[SPG]

There's also this.

 

It's a little bit over budget but worth a look and a Google price search.

 

It's more compact, which your good lady might enjoy. And it's newer too.

 

I'm not sure if it does 30 fps movie capture, but does do 25 fps.

 

Any reason why you want 30 fps?

 

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMC-TZ30EB-K-Compact-Camera-Optical/dp/tech-data/B0073CD6AE/ref=de_a_smtd

 

 

or there is this for 100 sheets less:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-Lumix-TZ20-Digital-Camera/dp/tech-data/B004I1KOIK/ref=de_a_smtd

 

 

I don't work for Pany by the way. Just enjoyed the FZ28 a few years ago.

 

 

Ohhh i like the look of that TZ30 and the price is only slightly over budget, Great shout. As for the 30fps o the filming side of things, i was really just putting out my thoughts, guess i will never really need even 25fps as 24fps is the norm for film.

[SPG]

Do you guys have any expeirence with the Sony G Lense's, and if they are any good in comparison to the CZeiss lense's which sony always used to utilise.