£200 digital camera, did I mess up?

Wakinglimb · 24 Mar 2006 at 22:29

I had £195 worth of high street camera supplier insurance replacement vouchers to spend. I got all excited and spanked them all on a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8.

I've got it home and had a fiddle, it seems very nice, but could I have done better with my vouchers had I made a more considered purchase? Have a few days in which I could return it if I have messed up, what do you think?

james.miller · 24 Mar 2006 at 22:32

i think you could have for £200 yeah. First camera that springs to mind is the fuji s5600. 5mp, 10x optical. Fantastic cameras

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05072802fuji_s5200zs5600z.asp

Wakinglimb · 24 Mar 2006 at 22:38

Sorry should have said, wanted/want something pocketable.

SDK^ · 24 Mar 2006 at 23:01

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX8 is a great compact. It's the only small camera with an Image Stabliser to help reduce image blur.

I vote to keep it !!!

Wakinglimb · 24 Mar 2006 at 23:10

Thanks for the input. It was a tough choice (in store) between this and the Sony W50. Really liked the look and feel tbh, but now I'm home I have that jitteryness I should have had in the shop!

MacX · 24 Mar 2006 at 23:15

SDK^ said:
I vote to keep it !!!

I do to! If you want a good small compact, you've now got one.

Vegetarian · 25 Mar 2006 at 00:17

I like canon or nikon cams myself - Prob tilting more to nikon at the mo.

ChroniC · 25 Mar 2006 at 12:33

nice camera, but personally would have chosen the w5 just for the manual settings allowing a bit more creativity, but if just taking snaps then its good.

Joe T · 25 Mar 2006 at 12:47

Defo keep it mate.

Attu · 25 Mar 2006 at 13:13

Nice camera and worth keeping but i would have got with a Fujifine pix F10 or if you could find it in your price range an F11.

Andy

Wakinglimb · 25 Mar 2006 at 15:50

ChroniC said:
just taking snaps then its good.

Currently I'm in that bracket, so it looks like I've made a decent (or lucky) choice.

Thanks for the replies guys