New camera!

[chrisje]

Right guys, seems like theres plenty of members so im loooking for a bit of help.....:roflmao:

what im after is a digital camera for around £200 from either currys, argos, pc world, dixons, or woolworths.

im not too fussed on the pixels but i want a VERY good lens to capture some truly good shots of the scenery.

Reason im asking this is im going to Thailand in 5 weeks and it looks amazing, and from how much its cost me already (and i havent even got there!) i know its going to be something i wont be able to do often, so getting high quality pics is a must.

Thanks in advance,

An excited chrisje :woot2::woot2:

[DuVeL]

Have fun on the trip. I believe Toxteh (son of Blunt) is also on a worldtour amongst those regions.
 
Got to say that my favourite brand is Canon and especially the Powershots.
They're not to expensive but make great pictures, I'll see if I can add some pictures of my skiingtrip last week so you can see what I mean.
 
EDIT, here's one I took 2 years ago with a Powershot (hope the link works);
http://hyves.nl/index.php?l1=ut&l2=photo&l3=show&media_id=44646944&media_secret=_Flb

[chrisje]

thatd be great, thanks dude, youre most helpful :thumbsupsmileyanim:

[Luminance]

go for the Lumix
 
The dixons here in holland has the lumix .... FX-3 or something (i know its 10.1 megapixels) wich is around 219 euros
 
gr Lumi

[T-Bag]

Lumix is a good spec camera, with a nice lense on it. Also I think Sony cameras generally come with pretty decent ones too.

[chrisje]

wicked, that pic you have duvel is pretty damn good. duvel is the super strong lager am i right? :eyebrow:

[DuVeL]

wicked, that pic you have duvel is pretty damn good. duvel is the super strong lager am i right? :eyebrow:

There's a few guys here on the forum that are actually really into making pictures (Whitey atleast) but they use more expensive cameras.
Mine is cheap but makes some really good pictures.
I might add some more tonight.
 
And yes, DuVeL as in the Belgian beer (although I'm Dutch). Got called a devil with a gun once while drinking and gaming. Gaming + my lovely Grolsch = Grolschhax TM. :flirty:

[BigFatCat]

Yes, my Powershot S3 is very good, and I've got a firmware update to enable shooting in RAW mode too.

I'd get a new semi compact with a stabilised 18x optical zoom. I played with the Panasonic in a shop in Vegas, I found it slow thought the zoom was good, there's also an Olympus in that bracket which I preferred.

I like the reviews here.

[Dr Sadako]

http://www.steves-digicams.com/

This is THE site if you want to have good reviews and comparisons between cameras.

[BigFatCat]

AHA! The good doctor beaten by 40 minutes!!:yahoo:

[Dr Sadako]

AHA! The good doctor beat me for 40 minutes!!:yahoo:

Wow he seems to like it. :norty:

[Jabbs]

I too am looking for a camera (but for work)...I like the Lumix cameras but will also check out the link - cheers peeps!:D

[DuVeL]

A few more pictures made with my camera last week;

 

 
And a picture made by King with my camera;

 
All pictures are amde with Auto-settings.

[chrisje]

duvel... what camera, canon powershot--- ?.. thats exactly what im looking for! :dribble:

what kind of money am i looking at for that? :g:

[DuVeL]

The Powershots are not that expensive.
Not sure which Powershot I currently have but the one I have probably can't be bought anymore as they keep updating the stuff.
Better check out the ones tht were given in the links.
 
Powershots are usually somewhere beween 140-200 Euros (I'm dutch so don't know the UK-prices) so they should suit your price.
 
Edit, just checked at a Dutchsite;
Canon Powershot A560 Serie ; 119 Euro. A580; 144 Euro.