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what's the cheapest and highest Optical Zoom Camera on the market ?
...but also offers Image Stablisation. I need the big zoom for Nature Photos
but have a very limited bank balance :-) any help is much appreciated guys . Also a price in Canadian Dollars would also help greatly :-)) |
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Dick Splodge wrote:
..but also offers Image Stablisation. I need the big zoom for Nature Photos but have a very limited bank balance :-) Canon S1 IS may be the most economical "stabilised zoom per dollar"? David |
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Dick Splodge ohreally wrote:
..but also offers Image Stablisation. I need the big zoom for Nature Photos but have a very limited bank balance :-) any help is much appreciated guys . Also a price in Canadian Dollars would also help greatly :-)) The cheapest decent one is probably a 3.2 megapixel Canon S1 IS with x10 lens or the Minolta Z3 (x12, 4 megapixel). Now the Lumix FZ-20 is out you might find cheaper FZ-10s (x12, 4 megapixels, but a much nicer quality than the Minolta Zs - more comparable to the A series) out there. I like the Minolta Dimage A series cameras a lot but the Zs feel cheap and the pictures from them aren't anything like as crisp. pete -- "there's no room for enigmas in built-up areas" |
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thanks guys I'll look at those ones you mentioned
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Look at the new Panasonic FZ3 which has a 12 X optical zoom, image
stabilizer, and is a reasonably small and compact size. John |
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js wrote:
Look at the new Panasonic FZ3 which has a 12 X optical zoom, image stabilizer, and is a reasonably small and compact size. John Looks like a decent "entry level" ZLR if you can live with the relatively low resolution of "only" 3 megapixels. If your budget runs to one of these or an S1 IS then I'd certainly compare them back to back... Physically, it has slightly smaller LCD screen, and hasn't got the manual focus ring of the FZ10 or FZ20. Plastic body that's smaller and considerably lighter than the other x12 stabilised Panasonics and a less impressive flash (and no shoe for an external one) But it has got the same beautiful lens.... I think if you want a ZLR-type camera mainly for shooting outdoors in daylight, generating images to put on the Web or for small prints (6x4, say), this could be enough for the job... the lens is by far the best bit of the pricier FZs and this is a cheap way of getting hold of it. pete (*very* happy FZ10 owner) -- "there's no room for enigmas in built-up areas" |
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sounds great !! thanks
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BTW - are you able to add another zoom lense to all these cameras to make
them even more powerful ? |
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blimey noMEANSno wrote:
BTW - are you able to add another zoom lense to all these cameras to make them even more powerful ? Yes.... Raynox do quite a full a range of wide-angle and telephoto converters (Panasonic also do some of their own). With the biggest Raynox teleconverter (I think x2.2) you're able to get out to about 900mm-equivalent, which is scary enough for anyone, I'd say (I can't - yet! - see any need to go beyond x12/420mm, but I suspect spooks, ornithologists and a few other kinds of specialist might feel the need!) pete -- "there's no room for enigmas in built-up areas" |
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thanks Pete :-)
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