Looking for a bridge camera £150 ish?

kelou

Hope someone can point me in the right direction, we are looking for a bridge camera under £150ish, and the hubby has come up with these....

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/categories/Compact%20Digital%20Cameras/products/Fujifilm/Finepix%20S2970%20Digital%20Camera%20in%20Black%20-%20Only%20at%20Jessops-80342/Show.html

or

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArgosComparison?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002901&categoryId=&langId=-1&returnToURL=%2Fwebapp%2Fwcs%2Fstores%2Fservlet%2FBrowse%3FstoreId%3D10001%26langId%3D-1%26ID72%3D26695350%26c_1%3D1%7Ccategory_root%7CPhotography%7C14419436%26c_2%3D2%7C14419436%7CDigital%2Bcameras%7C14419441%26c_3%3D3%7Ccat_14419441%7CBridge%2Bdigital%2Bcameras%7C26695350%26compIdsList%3D1501069091_1501069085%26compIds%3D1501069091%26compIds%3D1501069085&compIds=1501069091&compIds=1501069099&compIds=1501069085&orderedIds=1501069099_1501069085_1501069091_

Is there anything in particular we should be looking for? Any advice welcome!

davehills

Have been looking too...

The Fuji's I have looked at had poor reviews compared to earlier models (Fuzzy/Shutter lag)

The Nikon looks far better, available in red, too!

kelou

Thanks for that, I had heard that Nikon was a better brand. Will do a bit more looking!

flashg67

SD has a Fuji s2950 and is more than happy with it although I've only got my compact camera photos to compare it to. Our local Asda has them for £120 at the moment

ariba10

Fuji s2950 is £104.99 on Amazon.

albionrovers

Bought this today ...

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002901&langId=-1&productId=1501069091#pdpFullProductInformation

kelou

Yes thats the one we went for in the end too! Seems like a good deal.

airbus330

If you can pay a little more the Panasonic Lumix cameras are outstanding. Had one 4 years (largely the same -HD) and am regularly stunned with the results. Optic quality is everything.

kelou

Hi, we had the panasonic before, it was quite old and didnt seem that great, hope this one is better! Now after a cheap case for it, they seem so expensive.

kez_s

Is the Nikon one pretty straightforward? My brother has asked me to help him as his 13 yr old daughter has asked for this model for Christmas after seeing my SLR and she loves it, obviously he's not going to spend £600 for one like mine but is this a good starting out camera for a 13 yr old with an interest in photography! She's obviously done her research as I rate Nikon very highly and my SLR is a Nikon. I just don't know too much about bridge cameras.

cajef

kez_s wrote: »

Is the Nikon one pretty straightforward?

It is really a point and shoot automatic with a long zoom as there are not many manual controls, but this is made up for by the quality of the lens and pictures, I would advise buying some high capacity rechargeable NiMH batteries as depending on use it can get through ordinary AA's quite quickly.

At the price with the Nikon quality it must be a bargain especially for a young first time user.

http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/nikon_coolpix_l120_review/