RoyReed
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It's small for a DSLR, but still much bigger than a point'n'shoot.
People who shoot photos with their lens hood on backwards
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Thanks for the recommendations!
Can you suggest any particular models?
So far the A5000 looks pretty good but the more recs the merrier I guess.
Many thanks
The only one I have direct experience with is the Canon SX40HS (35x zoom, equivalent to a 840mm lens), which is pretty long in the tooth now, so you may want to look at more recent models, which may be more advanced, or those from other manufacturers. You could probably pick one up pretty cheap on eBay though.Thanks for the recommendations!
Can you suggest any particular models?
So far the A5000 looks pretty good but the more recs the merrier I guess.
Many thanks
The thing to bear in mind though is that super-zooms are basically just point-and-shoot cameras in a DSLR-esque body with a long zoom. The sensor is still minuscule, so they won't perform as well in low light, nor give you depth of field options, as either a DSLR or a mirrorless camera.
fractionMan
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Older Samsung nx system cameras are cheap second hand, compact, easy to use and fit the bill IMO.
Brainaddict
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The value for money you can get with cameras seems to be increasing at an amazing rate. I bought the Lumix LX7 a year or so ago and was chuffed with the quality you could get for the money these days. This looks even more impressive. Probably next month there'll be something better.
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hiraethified
That's not true. Some of the new generation of superzoom cameras have larger sensors (such as the FZ1000 and RX10's 1 inch sensors).
starfish2000
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Ive just found this discussion, read the first & last pages...wow, weirdly intense!
The NX3000 is available for £200 with a pretty nice compact lens. I bought one just after Christmas, mostly to get hold of the bundled copy of lightroom. I was intending to sell the rest on ebay (the body, camera & flash go for more separately), but ended up trying it out & was impressed by the results. My Dad ended up buying it off me after seeing the pictures. High ISO results in particular were very impressive; put my Olympus E-P5 in the shade, sigh.
e2a: & that's not an older model. It's bang up to date & uses the same sensor as their higher-end cameras
fractionMan
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Is that the 20-50mm one? Its tiny
16-50, i think.. but yeah, it's very small (a little less tiny when turned on/extended, but still very little, & unexpectedly good given it's size)Is that the 20-50mm one? Its tiny
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hiraethified
What's the aperture range? A lot of those super compact zooms are super sluggish.
fractionMan
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it's a csc, but yeah, the aperture range isn't going to win any awards. Saying that, the cheapest f2.8 constant zoom lens around is probably twice the cost of that camera and lens combined.
3.5-5.6 which is pretty average for a kit zoom imo. Combined with the usable high iso, it seemed fine for taking photos in fairly low light.
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hiraethified
I'm afraid I'd find that next to useless in the winter - in fact I recently sold a similar lens as I found it too slow to be practical.
Yeah, can see your point of view. Was it the Olympus kit zoom you sold?
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hiraethified
Yes. It was neat little lens but I found it too frustrating to use.
For me the biggest annoyance with that lens is having to open it before you can use it. I just want to be able to turn the camera on & be ready to take photos, not some tedious 2-stage process (3 stage i suppose, if you include taking the lens cap off).
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
FridgeMagnet
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I know what you mean. I was trying to get some shots just on a dim afternoon in Parliament Square at the long end of my Panasonic kit zoom—which is otherwise a really good lens, really sharp and quick to focus—and even at 3200 I was getting speeds of 1/30 or less.
I really lust after the Panasonic 12-35 f2.8 but that's £6-700 minimum
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He was amazing.I miss Bungle - he always livened the place up.
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I'd love to hear his views about what has happened to the rail network since the pandemic.He was amazing.
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The dude was a fucking legend.I miss Bungle - he always livened the place up.
He's still the only poster on these boards who's ever driven me properly, tearing my hair out, shouting at the screen, bonkers.
Sadly missed
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More like *fanny* la rouge!
The dude was a fucking legend.
He's still the only poster on these boards who's ever driven me properly, tearing my hair out, shouting at the screen, bonkers.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I'd love to hear more of his views on train ticket appsI'd love to hear his views about what has happened to the rail network since the pandemic.
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