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I've previously recommended my Nikon D80 + Nikon 18 - 200 lens as being a fantastic combo. However, I've just borrowed a pro photographer friend's Nikon vr 80 - 400 lens. WOW!!!
Can I afford it? More importantly can I afford whatever my wife 'needs'?
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I have owned a Panasonic FZ30 super zoom for about 18 months and very happy with it.
Recently grabbed a "bargain" on Ebay. Brand new Olympus E510 with 2 lenses for £355.
At first I was not convinced as I need 3 different lenses to do the same job as the Panasonics 35 - 420 zoom. Also the screen does not flip out and twist like the Panasonics.
I then took some test shots of the same scene with both camera's. The rsults from the Olympus were far clearer and sharper. Looks like I will now be investing in another lens and a backpack to carry everything in
Trevor
p.s. Anyone want to buy a Panasonic FZ30 ?
Hi Trevor,
Yes I'm very interested in the FZ30. How much did you have in mind? What have you got with it?
Save yourself some money and get photoshop. Pick out the bits you want for your picture of the internet, glue them together and every picture is exactly how you wanted it to be. Magic.
But most of the time we take pictures as an aide-memoire. The exact scene that is stored ( pretty deep ) in our memories is re-loaded because the exact lighting and location *we* experienced is recorded.
Then there are the grand kids.
And *that* moment only you have experienced.
What we don't really need is technical perfection, thank goodness.
Pusser - yes you are being childish, but I like it. Keep it going.
Thanks to all for your input - the replacement camera needs to be bought soon, as the Sony has just very recently started to act up; the focus intermittently goes AWOL, and it sometimes refuses to start (cursing and threatening to bash it seems to help ). It's also eating batteries, quicker then I can load them.
Yes I'm very interested in the FZ30. How much did you have in mind? What have you got with it?
Thanks, Gareth
Hi Gareth
It is in its original box with all manuals, software, leads, charger etc. extra's included are second battery, 2 X 1GB SD cards, polarizing filter, UV filter, lens hood and case. One recently went on Ebay for £165 without the extra's so make me a sensible offer.
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Yes I'm very interested in the FZ30. How much did you have in mind? What have you got with it?
Thanks, Gareth
Hi Gareth
It is in its original box with all manuals, software, leads, charger etc. extra's included are second battery, 2 X 1GB SD cards, polarizing filter, UV filter, lens hood and case. One recently went on Ebay for £165 without the extra's so make me a sensible offer.
Trevor,
I've been keeping an eye out and seen them recently go for between £125 and £160, with varying kit.
How about £150 delivered? Sounds fair to me if its in as good a condition as it looks.
I bought my first SLR in 1967, and have had several over the years. I still have 2 Pentax MX's and numerous lenses - all worth nothing. Some years ago I ventured into the digital world with a Canon compact, and have now moved up to a Canon Ixus D850, about size of a packet of fags, fits in my shirt pocket, and is always with me (well, nearly always!). In consequence I have taken masses of photos that I would never have got with the SLR because a: I hadn't brought it with me or b: I had the wrong lens on at the time or c: it was in my rucasc and by the time I had got it out the picture had evaporated.
Knowing I had to photograph a friend''s daughter's civil partnership ceremony this year (Friday, so I hope the weather improves) I bought a DSLR, a Nikon D40. In so doing I got ripped off by Nikon's cashback scheme - how was I to know that giving cash back was the last thing on their mind? However, it performs well, and the controls are intuitive, as they should be. The point of all this typing is - the results from the 2 cameras are indistinguishable.
Would I buy a DSLR if I wasn't doing a wedding? NO!
And for those who are going to ask why I bought the SLR, the wedding photographer needs a certain amount of "puff" to get people to pose - and a tiny compact doesn't cut the mustard. (and to be fair, there other advantages, but none that overtake the compact's versatility
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