Crabs, at $650, why wouldn't you just buy a real DSLR (and don't say cause this comes with a 12x zoom)? You can get a Nikon D50 with a 17-55mm for around $550 these days. Spend the extra $100 on a 50mm 1.8, and you've got yourself a real camera system.
Real camera... Don't kid yourself. This is an amazing piece of equipment. When was the last time you bent over carying a camera and a bank of lenses through a low tunnel or tried to scale a wall carying the same. If I have one complaint about this camera it is that the wide end of the scale is a little shy 35MM. As a result I will be carying one accessory lens, But that lens will not require that I open the camera and subject the CCD to dust. I love it.
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Crabs, at $650, why wouldn't you just buy a real DSLR (and don't say cause this comes with a 12x zoom)? You can get a Nikon D50 with a 17-55mm for around $550 these days. Spend the extra $100 on a 50mm 1.8, and you've got yourself a real camera system.
Real camera... Don't kid yourself. This is an amazing piece of equipment. When was the last time you bent over carying a camera and a bank of lenses through a low tunnel or tried to scale a wall carying the same. If I have one complaint about this camera it is that the wide end of the scale is a little shy 35MM. As a result I will be carying one accessory lens, But that lens will not require that I open the camera and subject the CCD to dust.
I love it.