Spec me £250 camera

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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For my birthday I'm after a new camera.

features I'd like-

Great image quality, especially in low light (graininess and colours)

wide lense (not really sure what I mean here, I don't know enough about camera to know the technical term, but at "zero zoom" i'd like to be able to fit a lot of real estate in the image)

10x zoom +

Bonus Points for rechargable battery.

That's about it really, I'm not fussed about different modes and what not. I have been considering this, what are your thoughts?
 
Hi Almoststew

I have been ding a fair bit of research lately as I have bought a new camera. From what I have read that camera you linked to may not be very good in low light as it has a small sensor.

I bough a Fuji XF1 as it has decent low light capabalities. It is no good for you unfortunately as it doesnt have a 10x zoom. It does have a lens which starts at 25mm which gives that "zero zoom" feel.
 
Bridge cameras are terrible in low light because of the small sensors they use in order to enable such a compact lens.

You need an interchangeable lens camera in order to get a combination of a large zoom lens and a large sensor. However you will not find that combo for close to £250.

You will be looking at £300 for a body like an Olympus EPL-5 or Nikon D3200 with 3x zoom lens, and then the same again if you want to add a 10x zoom lens.
 
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I'm sorry but 10x zoom is a pointless thing to mention. 10x zoom could mean 10mm to 100mm or 100mm to 1000mm!

I'd generally recommend avoiding bridge cameras though.
 
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I went for the Canon 1100D kit in the end on the basis that it is a more popular brand = more guides and tutorials, and more lenses. The lense is covered in ***** finger prints so I'm after a lenses cleaning kit- can any recommend one? Are the give quid sets on eBay to be avoided?
 
You can just use the same type of cloth as you do for glasses.

Janesy B said:
I'm sorry but 10x zoom is a pointless thing to mention. 10x zoom could mean 10mm to 100mm or 100mm to 1000mm!

I'd generally recommend avoiding bridge cameras though.
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Well if he says he wants it wide at the wide end, and given that there are only so many 10x zoom lenses, I think we can confine ourselves to the conventional choice of 18-200mm.

Maybe 18-135mm if needing something cheaper though.
 
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