New camera for christmas...

Thinking about ungrading. Using a fuji point and shoot job at the moment. Hoping to move up a league or two. Waterproofness not essential to me. Probably go for aquatex bag or something. Drawn to the panasonic lumix dmc-fz8. Looking at lots of USA reviews on it. Seem good. Anyone any experience with it? What are pixmania like to deal with? There package deal on this camera and the must have accesories seem dearer than buying the bits seperatly. Maybe im missing out on something.. As usual, any advice will be gratefully recieved!

Hi Dave,
I find this to be a good site, they do a buyers guide, independent camera reviews and when available user reviews. The only problem I have with it is seeing the price differences between the US and here. :evil:
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/?tag=promo.dc

I hope it's a help and you find what you are looking for.
Derek

If its any help Dave, I have the Lumix DMC FZ7 and find it a really nice bit of kit. Does more than I can ever hope to figure out. The fz8 is its replacement and seems to be, design wise, almost identical. However, there are some important changes to the spec of the fz7. If the FZ8 is an improvement on this then I can only say go for it.

Have a look at this.... http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz8/

New panasonic just ordered lads! Let you know what i think after i spend a few years learning how to turn it on :lol:

they are really good cameras have leica lenses and sensors which are brilliant.

Sony Cyber shots are better!!!

sony :lol: :lol: :lol: tv,s yes cameras :? fuji do far better for a quarter of the money canon for me foolproof well nearly anyway :lol:

I got an Olympus µ 790 SW. Havent got to use it underwater yet but its coping well with the really cold weather in france at the mo. Goes down to 3m without out a water case.

Try to beat this!

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well lads i have been using a Fuji finepix A330 for a few years now and can not find no faults with it, has everything in it and fairly easy to use ( once i got the hang of it :lol: )

You could work cyber shots blind!!! 8)

i got a canon PowerShot A540. excellent camera. good for fish because on auto it focus on the predominant/largest object in the screen which hopefully is the fish.

4x optical zoom, 6 mega pixel, and not a bad price. highly recommended.