Advice on a new Camera

[Justin]

Currently using a little compact camera, Samsung *** and I've never really got on with it very well. I've always been a point and shoot photographer, never used anything other than this type of camera.

I'd thought about going back to a simple Kodak C143, around £50 but wondered if I might benefit by spending a little more.

Just looking around and found a couple that interest me.

Fuji Finepix S1900
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

Canon Powershot SX130
http://www.jessops.com/online.store/pro ... /show.html

I like to be able to get the camera out and take a photo without having to spend forever setting things up but I'm interested in learning (a little) more about photography.

Hadn't intended spending a fortune but I'd appreciate some basic advice please.

[John G]

Hi Justin,
I've got a Fuji bridge camera similar to the one your looking at (earlier model) - really happy with it. Its nowhere near as good as a dslr for image quality but the zooms good and it take decent photos.

Cheers John

[Justin]

Just looking on eBay and found the Canon for £118 and A Fuji S2800 for £140.....being careful not to push the price up though!

[AdamB]

I got (and still have it) a canon Powershot many years ago Justin and it was a brilliant little camera. Then a few years ago I had to buy a camera for work, so I went for the latest powershot model available at the time. I didn't think it but it was even better!

Great quality cameras in my opinion and I still use my old one every now and then for this and that.

No experience on the Fuji I'm afraid.

Some reviews here though Justin - both did well:

Canon: http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/ ... is_review/

Fuji: http://www.testfreaks.co.uk/digital-cam ... pix-s1900/

[smitch6]

i have the powershot sx20si and i will say the quality of it is amazing
got it off ebay from digigod
brill ebayer arrived next day even on a saturday as i needed it for the sunday
and the zoom is wow and quality of the pics

the only downside to it is it can't take lenses, so your stuck with whats on there, which is as far as a standard lense goes
really good, but for close up stuff and wide angle etc no good
i have seen an adapter in usa for it so you can add lenses but haven't got it yet, i did think about selling it and getting one that takes dif lenses.
but for what i use it for it isn't worth it, not too heavy compared with lots of cam's and i also got a bag out of asda for £10 that fits perfectly

[John G]

I had a Canon powershot A80 and was never impressed with the image quality then one day the screen packed up. Also got a canon video camera for my 40th that packed up after 3 years of very, very little usage. Due to this I'll never buy canon product again - some people swear by them though!

[draig]

We've always been Olympus fans, son has the older E10 and Chris the E20. Their current range are good aswell, may be worth a look.
A good site for cameras (we got our little Olympus Miu from them, and they were very good, didn't take money until camera was in stock)

http://www.equipmentexpress.co.uk/

draig

[Paul]

the only downside to it is it can't take lenses, so your stuck with whats on there, which is as far as a standard lense goes
really good, but for close up stuff and wide angle etc no good

not exactly smitch
if you talk about this camera:


then it has 20x zoom from 5-100mm so it means is VERY wide on short end of this lens also very bright as well so good for low light conditions if you dont want to ruin your photos with flash.

[smitch6]

yep thats mine
is it a good one then?
cos i keep thinking about getting a dif one

[Paul]

I dont know if its good. it all depence what you need it for. if you want to use it for family snaps etc i am sure it will do the job perfect!