getting a new camera this week

[dave4]

I am going to get a new camera this week. Just need to decide which one.

any help would be great. looking to spend about £300 use it mainly for animals, landscape and pics of people.

have seen this one
http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/d...ylus+sp-550+uz

is there anything better?

Hope you can help.

dave

[allymac123]

Looks good to me! I only just replaced my >2yr old Olympus C-770 with a Canon 400d DSLR in January and up till then it served me pretty well. That SP-550 looks a lot better than my C770 so I'd imagine it would be a pretty good alternative to a DLSR. Its zoom range seems pretty incredible with a pretty good wide angle and ridiculous telephoto. The main problem I had with my C770 was it was pretty crappy in low light (clubs etc). Don't know what that one will be like though I do notice it doesn't have a hot shoe adaptor for an external flash if you were were wanting a decent flash. My C770 did do night shots fine though (tripod mounted).

[dave4]

thank you for that is there any other camera i should consider for about £300 or is that the best camera for the price.

[allymac123]

Truthfully I have no idea about the competition of those types of camera's I'm afraid.

[Lawrenzini]

New I'd be tempted by this:

http://stores.channeladvisor.com/ipo...K?sck=47430563

Alternatively a 2nd hand 350D or Nikon D50

One on the forums earlier, D50 with

Kit lens
50mm f1.8
Sigma 70-300 APO DG Macro
and 2gb sd card

All for £350

[allymac123]

If your talking DSLR remember you need to factor in the cost of lenses (telephoto etc). If going down DSLR route you might aswell go full hog and get a Canon 350d for ~£350

[Pirate!!]

Ahoy!

Look at these: Panasonic DMC-FZ7, FZ8 and FZ50. I have the older FZ3 and an Olympus E500 dSLR. The Olympus SP-550 looks just fine.

Also consider Sony DSC-H5.

I only mention the Panasonic's as the SP-500 is also a 'bridge' or 'prosumer' type camera.