The ubiquitous 'what camera' thread..!

[Kuroblack350]

Hi all

Just looking for some impartial camera advice. At the moment we have a fairly mundane Sony Cybershot compact, and I'm looking to move on - although not quite into the SLR world

Ideally, I'd like a fairly flexible camera, something that excels indoors taking pictures of junior, and makes a fair job of the outdoors, air shows and that sort of stuff. Yes I suppose I'm after a jack of all trades! The Sony ok outdoors, but is poor with indoor shots with pics usually falling into two categories, 1) Way too bright, shiny faces etc. or, if I turn the flash off - too much shake and a picture that looks more like sci-fi than our 9 month old!

Picking up from another thread, I've been looking at reviews of this: http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/Products/LUM...

It's the Panny Lumix DMC FZ38... It seems to fill all of the boxes and be a step in the right direction?

Any thoughts folks?

[Riki]

Canon EOS 450D as a brilliant all rounder and will give great results

[dougc]

I have a Lumix FZ30.

Its very good and has served me well but now I want DSLR.

If you have the choice, I'd say save up a bit more cash and take the direct route...