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Best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US)
In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with
image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the ability to set things manually would be nice. I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the same problem? In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams? Thank you in advance for all replies. -- For some strange reason those of us who are owned by cats ascribe motives to the cat that are more benign than the cat's real motives. For example if the cat gets in the way when we are trying to do something we say it is "helping". |
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Best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US)
Daniel Prince wrote:
In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the ability to set things manually would be nice. I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the same problem? In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams? Thank you in advance for all replies. Check out the buying guide over at dpreview: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp If you ask it for cameras with a street price $300, a zoom range from 38mm to 200mm, you get some choices. The two with the widest wide angle (35mm) are the Panasonic FZ3 and the KM Z6. They have the longest zooms as well, at 420mm. The Panasonic takes a proprietary battery and has about half the sensor pixels as the Z6, if that matters. If you want the wide end 28mm, you have to boost the price limit to $600 in order to catch the KM A200, with just a 200mm zoom, a proprietary battery, but a much larger sensor and possibly lower noise. With a 35mm wide angle, you'll have to back up almost against the fence to shoot your orange tree. There's an email address for "Scott" buried in the About Us page linked off the front page at Steve's Digicams. Have fun! Paul Allen |
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Best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US)
Paul Allen wrote: Daniel Prince wrote: In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the ability to set things manually would be nice. I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the same problem? In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams? Thank you in advance for all replies. Check out the buying guide over at dpreview: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare.asp If you ask it for cameras with a street price $300, a zoom range from 38mm to 200mm, you get some choices. The two with the widest wide angle (35mm) are the Panasonic FZ3 Two generations old and the KM Z6. Minolta sold their digital camera line to Sony. They have the longest zooms as well, at 420mm. The Panasonic takes a proprietary battery and has about half the sensor pixels as the Z6, if that matters. If you want the wide end 28mm, you have to boost the price limit to $600 in order to catch the KM A200, with just a 200mm zoom, a proprietary battery, but a much larger sensor and possibly lower noise. You can buy a just released Panasonic FZ7 for around $50.00 more from a variety of surces online. With a 35mm wide angle, you'll have to back up almost against the fence to shoot your orange tree. There's an email address for "Scott" buried in the About Us page linked off the front page at Steve's Digicams. Have fun! Paul Allen |
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Best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US)
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06...nasonictz1.asp
may be what you need. Gene Daniel Prince wrote: In your opinion, what is the best mega-zoom zlr under $300 (US) with image stabilization that uses AA batteries. I will probably use whatever camera I get in automatic mode most of the time but the ability to set things manually would be nice. I am thinking of getting a Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 but I wonder about wide angle pictures without the wide angle adapter. Its lens is supposed to be equivalent to 35-420mm. I have a film camera with a 38-70 lens and I have to back up against the fence to take a picture of my eight foot wide orange tree. Would the Z6 have the same problem? In the review of the Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6 on Steve's DigiCams it says in one place that the Z6 LCD display and viewfinder automatically brighten in low light conditions and in another that they do not. I have not yet found a place on the web page to send feedback. Does anyone know which is true about the camera's displays and how I can send feedback to Steve's DigiCams? Thank you in advance for all replies. -- For some strange reason those of us who are owned by cats ascribe motives to the cat that are more benign than the cat's real motives. For example if the cat gets in the way when we are trying to do something we say it is "helping". |
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