need a new camera

[Trustmeimadoctor]

i managed to loose my camera the other day while away with work it was a Sony DC-HX20V. So i need a new camera but have no idea what ones to look at, a half decent zoom would be good, great quality, low light performance i want to be as good as possible im not taking a tripod with me anywhere, manual controls, but also a very good auto performance (im not very good), 4k Video, slow mo would be good too.

i dont want it to be huge so no slr but it doesnt need to fit in a shirt pocket either budget up to about 500 ish

[DibblyDobbler]

Sony RX100 would seem to fit the bill

[Trustmeimadoctor]

DibblyDobbler said:

Sony RX100 would seem to fit the bill

funny enough i was just on that on dpreview looks like a good bit of kit!

[DibblyDobbler]

I don't have one but they are widely used by good togs on here

[Mr Will]

Since you are happy to go a little larger, take a look at compact system cameras as well. An RX100 is the best camera that will fit in a shirt pocket but if you can go a fraction larger then the various Sony/Fuji/Olympus/Panasonic compact system cameras will comfortably out perform it.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

just also looking at the rx10 and fz1000

[Mr Will]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

just also looking at the rx10 and fz1000

A lot of extra bulk for no improvement in image quality. Unless you need a huge zoom regularly then they are best avoided.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

the last one was 25-500 but a lot slower at 3.2 - 5.8 hence useless at night shots at all but widest while sat on a solid footing.

mainly it gets used on holidays they are mainly citys and the states i suppose at 20mp i have a lot of room to crop to in effect zoom.

not sure what amount of zoom i normally use i think mainly at widest.

[sgrimshaw]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

not sure what amount of zoom i normally use i think mainly at widest.

Check the Exif data on some of your images, it will tell you what focal length was used.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

will do tonight will pop have a look at the rx100 iv now

[sgrimshaw]

Sony RX100 is an excellent piece of kit, but to get 4K video, with slo-motion you'd be looking at the RX100-M4 which is well above the £500 budget, the M3 is just a bit over the £500 but no 4k etc.

[sgrimshaw]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

will do tonight will pop have a look at the rx100 iv now

Sony doesn't plaster the camera with it's model number so the M3 (and M4) looks similar to the M1 - useful if asked by the wallet inspector "and how much was that!" .. just show them the Amazon page for the M1

[Willy Nilly]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

just also looking at the rx10 and fz1000

I think you will find the latter is an old Yamaha motorbike and doesn't take very good pictures.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

sgrimshaw said:

Sony doesn't plaster the camera with it's model number so the M3 (and M4) looks similar to the M1 - useful if asked by the wallet inspector "and how much was that!" .. just show them the Amazon page for the M1

Had a look at the m3 didn't have the 4 unfortunately seemed nice not a lot you can do in John Lewis

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Thinking a6000 now with kit Lens + either sigma 19 or 30 and some old Minolta glass to play with

Wife wants a cost benefit analysis lol

[sgrimshaw]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Thinking a6000 now with kit Lens + either sigma 19 or 30 and some old Minolta glass to play with

Wife wants a cost benefit analysis lol

You'll need an adapter to use Minolta lenses, they're A mount, the A6000 is E mount.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

sgrimshaw said:

You'll need an adapter to use Minolta lenses, they're A mount, the A6000 is E mount.

Yeah will look out for a decent one