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Had a Panasonic Lumix around 5 years old, cost around £200. Flash stopped working , and very slow when you press the button before it takes a photo.

Can anyone point me in the right direction please for a lightweight camera, good for mountains & scenery , with a quick response time. Cost limit is probably around £350 ish new.

Is it worth getting wifi built in, does it download photos straight to a PC?

In reply to ianghogg:

Bought a Fuji XF1 for my wife as they are very cheap right now (I paid £129) and it is not only beautiful but it takes very nice pictures and I am jealous. Does great point and shoot but has full exposure control and does RAW too.

In reply to Ross McGibbon:


Out of interest where did you get it for that price?


Chris

In reply to Chris Craggs:

That's (for example) current price at Curry's
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/cameras/digital-cameras/compact-digital-camera...

In reply to Chris Craggs:

Currys. Am trying hard to resist one myself. Just got a Panasonic Lumix G3 from Currys as clearance for £150 (bargain!)as my birthday present before Xmas and seriously considered an XF1 as an alternative when they were £260 in Jessops.
I really don't need two new cameras do I.......?
I can always borrow the wife's - so long as I don't dent it!

In reply to Blue Straggler:

I looked at Amazon earlier today and their lowest price was around £190 - now it is there at £129.99 - which is weird!

Chris

In reply to ianghogg: Which give the Canon 255hs top marks at 81% plus there's 30 cash back VIA canon.

Think this trumps the Fuji fx1 imho

In reply to Chris Craggs:

They misjudged the market I think and are having to clear £360 cameras at £130! If they had put a viewfinder on, they might have had a winner.

In reply to Chris Craggs:

Did you go straight to Amazon in the first instance, to check price?
I always Google them and then you can either click "Shopping" or, often, the first page of hits will show a useful result (there were plenty at £129.99 but they were "unknown-to-me" web suppliers, but then I saw Curry's). This is not in any way a dig, but hopefully helpful: it took me about 30 seconds from reading your query on here, to posting "Curry's" in a reply

Reviews of the XF1 seem a bit mixed though I think people are obsessing about the "twist the lens to turn on and off".
I am "casually" in the market for a new compact but I am not too bothered about how "pretty" it looks. XF1 doesn't looks destined for much rough-and-tumble. But it DOES look nice!

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Yes, I usually start with Amazon then WEX, though I usually try and buy from Harrison Photo Video in Sheffield.

I'm not in the market for a Fuji. I bought a Sony RX100 in Andorra last year and am very happy with it as my 'portable' camera. Always like to keep a finger on the pulse though ;-0

Chris

In reply to Chris Craggs:

You got any old tat for sale soon?