DSLR to compact camera - Saxperience

Elliott · 7th February 2010, 18:44

Sold my 20D last week.

Dont use it as often as i should to be honest so let someone else take it.
Still got all the rest of my gear which im going to sell

But i still want a camera so im thinking of just buying a small compact one with decent spec. Anyone care to show me whats what?

Jungle_Jim^m · 7th February 2010, 18:46

if you want small then you cant really go wrong with a canon ixus series

Elliott · 7th February 2010, 18:47

oh right mate. well ill have to have a look into them. were is the best cheapest place to look?

Jungle_Jim^m · 7th February 2010, 18:50

you are best off looking for which model is most suited to you etc, maybe go into somewhere like jessops so you can have a play. then when you know what model you want have a look on here http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk and it will show you what the cheapest price is and where to buy it.

Elliott · 7th February 2010, 18:55

could you link me to a few half decent ones mate?

rushy_23 · 7th February 2010, 19:15

Ive used 3 versions of the "Sony DSC-W" series cameras.

The cybershot ones that come with the carl zeiss lenses. My missus is rocking the W140 which is fairly old now. But gives you very sharp and deep coloured images.

The W290 seems to be the most recent release:

Jungle_Jim^m · 7th February 2010, 21:07

how much are you looking to spend mate

Elliott · 8th February 2010, 14:57

Upto about 200 jim

Jungle_Jim^m · 8th February 2010, 15:34

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...6499/Show.html

is £189 if you use discount code WINTER10 (which is only £2 more expensive than the cheapest store on cameraprice buster but as jessops are well known its worth £2 for piece of mind)

silver version
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...6500/show.html

Elliott · 8th February 2010, 15:38

anything around 150ish?

Elliott · 9th February 2010, 11:24

what you rekon to this? http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...5948/show.html

Y4n · 9th February 2010, 11:46

FujiFilm Finepix's are brilliant because they are classed as bridge cameras.

Before going to a DSLR, I used to shoot with a FinePix S5800 and got great images out of it. It has functions like a point and shoot but also modes you see on a DSLR such as Manual, Shutter and aperture priority.

It's more of a button based camera rather than a dial so you'll have to prepare your shots earlier if you were to shoot subjects that require you to adjust settings quickly!

Edit: If you go on page 4 of my flickr page, the shots there are all from my old finepix

Jungle_Jim^m · 9th February 2010, 12:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elliott

what you rekon to this? http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...5948/show.html

it depends what you are after really mate, if you want something small then i would get a proper compact that you can fit in your pocket. if its big and you have to hold it all the time then you may as well have a proper dslr. You can get good pics on those bridge cameras but like i said it depends what you are after

don55 · 11th February 2010, 01:36

G10/11 to expencive i guess.

if you want compact, ixus.

if you still want some settings to play with and full manual mode then the Fuji bridges are great. i got my dad a second hand S5800 for £50 of ebay.