Bright Mega Pixel I'm looking for a new digital camera, not SLR but the next best thing.?
i love SLR cameras, but don't like the bulkiness and hassle of carrying extra lenses with you.
I'm looking for a new digital camera, with rechargeable battery, at least 5x zoom, 5+ mega pixels, MASP manual settings as well as automatic point and shoot, and that takes bright clear photos.
iv found a few but they take too long to load between photos.
can anyone suggest any?
looking for about the size of a Kodak EasyShare Z1015 IS, or slightly smaller.
You've obviously done some research so you'll know that no compact can match an SLR. The sensors in compacts are just so tiny. They're also trying to squeeze in too many pixels so they get a big number to put in the advert. There are lots of cameras around now that are struggling to equal the image quality of models they replace.
But I think you know that seeing as you said 5+ rather than 10+.
I'm going to wave the flag for the camera that I've got - the Panasonic Lumix FZ18. The 18x zoom may sound a bit much, but once you've tried it I think you'll be hooked. It has been updated slightly and the latest model is the Lumix FZ28.
It has the manual settings that you're looking for. It's similar in size to the Kodak you mentioned. As far as I can see the FZ28 just has a 10MP sensor instead of the 8MP of the FZ18. Not too many pixels I hope. Panasonic seem to be reasonably sane. This is a review for the FZ18.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz18/
If that doesn't appeal, dpreview.com is a good place to hunt around for alternatives.
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