which camera?

ive been wanting to get a good camera for some time now so my parents just gave me money so i could get one in the sales.
im between 4 cameras right now, fuji S5600. panasonic DMCFZ7BB. fuji S6500FD and fuji S9500.

does anyone have/had any of these?? if so how good are they??
need to be able to take good action shots (i.e. of border collie running around and motorbikes moving, stuff like that)
but also good stills shots etc

this is the 4 im talking about on a comparision table at pc world...sorry if im not suppose to put links lk this... just doing so, so ppl(with more camera knowledge) can look and tell me which they think is best. thanks

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/sto...1&direction=UP

I have the S5600, and love it dearly. It is automatic enough when i want or need to take a quick pic, and yet has full control over aperture and shutter priority for more controlled pictures. Indeed, the christmas pic of Willow in the competition was taken with it...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/3...407f1d02_o.jpg

And the quality is good.

Dixons/PC World seem to still have them in stock as well.

Not tried te big brother 9600...too much money for me, and I realy don't need 12M pixel yet, the image size must be huge!

Other useful points, it runs on standard AA cells, so you can get replacements in a hurry if they go flat. It is very light, and very quick to start up, and the lens is a 10x optical zoom, and of very hugh quality.

Hope the above is of some use to you

Gaz

Snappy Christmas!

Thanks Gaz
WOW thats a great pic, Willow is sooo cute aswell.

the S5600 was the one i was looking at orignally.
the price dont matter so long as its under £300(got alot of xmas money) will probs just go with the s5600 then but will have a futher look around on some sites before jsut to keep mum happy

A friend of mine had a Panasonic DMC Z5 and its ace, the one you mention is a newer better version, has a super image stabilizer on it.
Dawn.

Hi I got the Fuji Fine Pix S9500 as a Christmas Pressie Bought at PC world for £279. £50 off but bought the bigger memory Card for it . The few times I have used it so far It seems to be good for no red eye and when they move quickly It is 9.0 Mega Pixels and 21.4X total Zoom.- 10.7 Optical amd 2.0 Digital. uses AA Batteries. I am not very technical with these things so can only say what results I have got and so far they are good. I prevously had and still have a Fuji FINE pIX 204 which is probably now obsolete but I loved that one which is why I went for another Fuji. Hope this helps.

Would you consider going for a digital SLR ?

ive looked at some but not just now, maybe in the future. as i want to be able to take vids on the camera.


thanks borderdawn and lovezois.
lovezois do you have any pics you could send me? just so i know what they turn out lk, ill pm you my email just incase you can

me and my mum are just about to go to glasgow (stupid marks sale)
so we're going to have a look around in the camera shop and see how much they sell them, will probs get one 2moro sometime, as i dont want to just rush and get one

Hi I have emailed you pics can I say the one I have is an SLR Digital and does video too.

For that price you'll get an entry level DSLR (Digital SLR) although the megapixel count may be lower than a none DSLR at the same price.

Remember the megapixel count is just how 'detailed' the camera can record the whatever 'quality' image it takes. With a higher quality sensor and optics the DSLR will be capturing 'better' images.

You also have the advantage of being able to use different lenses, filters etc

Thanks everybody... i just got the S6500fd, i just got it cos it was a pretty good deal free 512mb memory card and a leather bag for it,
already taken tons of pics lol
but the computer has decided that it dosent like any memory cards so will have to try my one in my room 2moro