Looking for advice on a Bridge

[krazy_horse]

For my sister's christmas present.

I have done a quick search on here, but couldn't find much.

Budget of £250-£300, looked at:

• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50
• Canon PowerShot SX10 IS

so far, any other contenders? Ideally like plenty of optical zoom, IQ and image stabilisation a must too as she is pretty cack-handed.

Most shots are taken in-doors so a low noise at high ISO would also be advantageous.

Am i asking too much?

Thanks,

Jonathan

 

[Wail]

, and I thought you wanted advice on shooting bridge (locations, etc.)

 

[Daysleeper40]

I am devoted to my Panasonic FZ8

It is however, an older model and there are newer versions that I have also heard good things about - FZ18 / FZ28 and I think FZ50. I'm pretty sure they are all within your budget - probably with a bit left over for a bag / memory card etc

 

[krazy_horse]

Thanks guys, the Panasonics do get a good write up...

Any others?

 

[puddleduck]

The Fuji bridge cameras are supposed to be quite good, and you might get a good deal with the Fuji refurb site right now with the 15% coupon I posted in the Supplier forum?

However while I know the Fuji S5 Pro like the bag of my hand, I know absolutely nothing about Fuji bridge cameras - have never seen or used one, and I've no idea if any of the S5 Pro "mojo" is in these things...!

 

[a1ex2001]

The Fuji bridge cameras are supposed to be quite good, and you might get a good deal with the Fuji refurb site right now with the 15% coupon I posted in the Supplier forum?

The Fuji bridge cameras are indeed excellent value for money, the only real negative is they are generally getting a little long in the tooth now and are lacking some very useful features like IS.