Where to buy camera

utajoker · 26 Aug 2013 at 07:59

I'm going the Trafford centre in manchester today to hopefully pick up a Panasonic Lumix FZ200.

It will prob be bit more than online but I'm going to try get a memory card and bag thrown into the deal.

If I can't get one today, what online retailers are trusted?

Also how much storage will I need for a 20 day holiday?

Thanks.

PhotoPixels · 26 Aug 2013 at 08:52

Any of these; http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/Panasonic/Panasonic-Compact-Cameras/Panasonic-Lumix-DMC-FZ200

utajoker · 26 Aug 2013 at 16:20

struggling to find it in stock anywhere!

think ive managed to get it from currys delivered to my nearest store tomorrow for £400. went thru quidco and should get 7% cash back.

found these Kingston UHS-I Elite 16GB SDHC Memory Card for £10.99 at a store near me. how many shots do you think i will get on one?

will 2 be enough? we will be traveling for nearly 3 weeks.

King4aDay · 26 Aug 2013 at 22:44

utajoker said:
how many shots do you think i will get on one?

RAW size ~14mb, JPEG ~5mb.

Assuming there'll be some space wasted by formatting but you should still get ~1000 RAWs or 3000 JPEGs per card.

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_dmc_fz200_review/image_quality/

I don't know why I wasted 2 minutes googling that for you really, you could have done it yourself considering how awesome your sig seems to think you are

Genoma · 27 Aug 2013 at 21:30

I would recommend you get a UV filter / lens guard, especially for a bridge since if you damage the only lens you have attached to it, it's game over

utajoker · 28 Aug 2013 at 06:40

Genoma said:
I would recommend you get a UV filter / lens guard, especially for a bridge since if you damage the only lens you have attached to it, it's game over

Been doing some reading on this. It seems 50/50 yes/no.

I will keep the lense hood on tho.

Any one else think its a good/bad idea?

King4aDay · 28 Aug 2013 at 10:41

Yes to hood, no to filter, unless you go for a very high quality one (B+W etc) and test it for impact on IQ.

D.P. · 28 Aug 2013 at 15:15

Don't bother with filter for such a camera

Columbo · 28 Aug 2013 at 15:49

Indeed, a U/V filter is an utter waste of cash. The elements in the lens are already treated for U/V light anyway so it will do exactly nothing.

Additionally the last thing you need for such a small sensor is something to degrade the image further such as a crap piece of glass on the front of the lens.

Just keep the hood on and don't plan on dropping the camera on it's front element much.

Genoma · 28 Aug 2013 at 20:38

I wasn't recommending the filter, I was commending protection for the glass. Do you really think IQ would suffer with say a Hoya Pro-1 in the front?!