Is there a good modern-day equivalent of a Canon A70?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If you have a £200 budget get a better camera. The SX range are OK if you want a pocketable superzoom,but image quality is not as good as some as the more enthusiast focused compacts.

I have an S95 myself,which replaced a kaput S60, and it has very good image quality. The only issue is that unlike the G series,the S series tends to have less dials,which means they can be a tad fiddly.

All of these cameras use large sensors,have manual controls and wide aperture lenses:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...m-21/ref=nosim

http://shop.fujifilm.co.uk/fujifilm-...furbished.html

http://shop.fujifilm.co.uk/fujifilm-...furbished.html

The first two use dials too instead of fiddly buttons.

You did miss out on the Panasonic LX5 for only £240 though. That is a fantastic camera. The UI is different to cheaper Panasonic compacts due to the different control layout:
http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/...iewquarter.jpg

The TZ series are point and shot cameras and have buried menus.

The X10 is one of the nicest compacts I have used. The lens also uses a manual zoom which is pretty unique and it is built like a tank:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/fuji/imag...3-top-1200.jpg

It uses dials too.

All of these cameras were launched in the £300+ range.

The Olympus is pretty good:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/OlympusXZ1

[Marcos]

That Olympus XZ-1 does look good, it's annoying that people are saying the video is pretty rubbish and sometimes it loses detail in pictures.

Are we on the cusp of them getting all these things right? Maybe just hold out another year :-/

[kalniel]

That Olympus XZ-1 does look good, it's annoying that people are saying the video is pretty rubbish and sometimes it loses detail in pictures.

Are we on the cusp of them getting all these things right? Maybe just hold out another year :-/

Well the XZ-2 is the new improved model this year, but that's why the XZ-1 has fallen in price to within budget.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

TBF,if you use RAW+jpeg,you are covered.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Actually its a shame the Canon S95 has gone up in price. It does have some faults,mainly it could do with longer battery life and probably it uses slightly too many buttons,but it has decent image quality IMHO.









All the pictures are straight jpegs out of the camera with no adjustment. It is also one of the few compacts which has stereo mics too.

The XZ-1 uses the same sensor,but with a wider aperture lens,which is sharper AFAIK.

[Marcos]

Nice samples, thanks


I think I'll have to leave it this year and see the prices again in a year