Best buy for a novice?

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I will open by confessing my interest in photography is limited to, so far at least, holiday snaps.

My hobby of beekeeping has now also taken the form of a website where I am trying to achieve certain aims I winna bore you with.

To further those aims I want to take some short videos next season and to take some macro shots as well as my general on holiday type pictures.

I have roughly £400 to spend, and have looked at the Fugi XS1but there is no thread to attach anything to, so I "hae ma doots" on that one. My old camera was a Fugi so that was partly my thinking that I would be familiar with the controls.

So any help with suggestions welcome please.

PH
 
I think that's a 'bridge' style camera with a big zoom. Is it a camera styled like the xs1 you want or would something more compact with a shorter zoom fulfil your needs?
 
I found the thread on the Fugifilm x10 and that looks as if it is just the thing for me. :)

PH
 
The X10 is a nice camera. Have a look at the Panasonic LX7 and Sony RX100 as well though. :)
 
Sorry, but the Fuji X-S1 does have a threaded lens collar - ø62mm to be precise.
Or were you muddling up your X10s with your X-S1s?

£400 opens a lot of doors depending on which route you want to take.
Sony RX100
Olympus XZ2
Pentax Q10
Pentax K30
Fuji X10/XF1
and the whole gamut of pre-owned DSLRs from Sony, Nikon, Canon, Lumix, Pentax with a kit lens to hit the ground running.

Depending on video quality aimed at achieving, Sony is a very obvious starting point.
Pentax, until recently, was doing odd resolutions below 720p, the top resolution they catered for.
That said, for the vast majority of viewers, it's all they need, as they probably don't sit close enough to benefit from the extra info 1080p provides.

Ultimately, the best buy will be the one you like in your hands and that feels right.
With that said, take a trip to your local Jessop's and Currys to see the various ones mentioned in each post above, and spend time online reading blog reviews and the better professional ones, but don't get fixated on what DPReview concludes or (doesn't) awards badge wise.
From all that, you'll find yourself leaning towards a couple, which one will be the camera you feel is best for you now, and allow you to explore it and photography/videography as you learn and understand more.

Whatever you do, don't rush your decision through desire to have a new toy - take your time and think things through/over before you jump in.

I wished I'd received this advice recently before latching on to the Sony A65 as the one for me, even after visiting Jessop's!
That's why it's going, with its 18-250, and being replaced with a Pentax K5 - might hang on to the Fuji X-S1, as I do like it. Probably familiarity with the breed having come from Panasonic FZ10 and FZ50 ownership.

So, good luck with the hunt, and keep us abreast of how you got/get on.
 
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