Compact Camera Recommendation Please

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My old compact camera broke a while ago. I can't remember the model but it was a Lumix something or other.

I am looking for a new one and hoped I could get a few recommendations that fullfill as many of the following criteria as possible (I've tried to put them in order of importance too. (1) being the most important):

1. Max cost of around £150. Less if possible.
2. As high megapixel as possible.
3. At least 8x optical zoom, preferrably 10+
4. 1080p video recording
5. As good night shots without a tripod as possible
6. As good flash as possible
7. Image stabiliser which hopefully allows non tripod use at max zoom (my old one couldn't do this so fair enough if new models still can't).
8. The smaller the better
9. Good close macro mode

I haven't done much searching yet but did like the look of the Nikon S8200 which I've seen for £145. I liked the Night Scene mode where it takes a brighter night photo by taking 5 photos and then putting them together. I have no idea how that works but the sample images look quite good.

Anything better/cheaper?
 
I'm going to assume that talking about point and shoot cameras on here is a no no. Fair enough. I'll ask elsewhere.
 
It is not a no-no at all. The problem is that this question gets asked on a daily basis and people are possibly losing interest.
As you have a fixed budget and set criteria it is just a case of doing the research and coming back with "I have got it down to camera X and camera Y, anyone have one and what do they think of them?"
 
Gunnzie said:
I'm going to assume that talking about point and shoot cameras on here is a no no. Fair enough. I'll ask elsewhere.
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It's not that it is a no no, it's that the majority have more advanced cameras and may not have an answer for you. :shrug:

For what you want, £150 seems a bit ambitious too, though it depends on what you mean by 'As good night shots without a tripod as possible'?

Generally all onboard flash are pretty poor, so again, what level of poor performance is acceptable?

1080 video is not that widespread at the lower end of the market, as is anything above 4x zoom for anything truly compact. :shrug:


That said, have a look for Fuji F500. It's been replaced in the Fuji line up, but Jessops were selling off their remaining stock for £100 a few weeks ago.


You could try the feature search at DPReview to try and see some options.
 
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