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Replacement for FP 4900 Zoom
Hi,
I am looking to upgrade from a 4 year old Fuji Finepix 4900Zoom which has gone missing and wonder what to go for. The short list appears to be: Fuji S7000 or S20 Pro Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 Nikon 5700. I am leaning towards the Nikon as although now getting on, I think it still cuts the mustard even when compared with the newer competition - with only the lack of an AF assist and lower res movie mode as the only noticeable shortfalls. Grateful for any views. TVMIA. |
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Rob wrote:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 Nikon 5700. I am leaning towards the Nikon as although now getting on, I think it still cuts the mustard even when compared with the newer competition - with only the lack of an AF assist and lower res movie mode as the only noticeable shortfalls. Grateful for any views. The 5MP images from the 5700 are excellent, and the camera is currently good value for money. However it does lack the image stabilisation of the FZ20 which is most effective and gives you about three stops in shutter speed. Conventional wisdom for hand-held operation is that for a 280mm lens (like the maximum zoom of the 5700), you need a shutter speed of at least 1/280s. Image stabilisation allows you to hand-hold the camera at about 1/17s instead, and this allows photography in much lower light levels. Add to that the f/2.8 aperture of the FZ20 (compared to the f/4.2 of the Nikon 5700) which allows even lower light-level operation and better bokeh (out of focus) effects. I have a Nikon 5700, but we bought a Panasonic FZ20 as an upgrade for my wife's Nikon 990. Very pleased with it. (Other cameras you might want to consider are the Canon S1 IS if you are happy with 3.2Mp, and the Nikon 8800 if you really /must/ have 8Mp, although the 8800 has a small maximum aperture). David |
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