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I want a Megazoom Camera but don't know which one I'd like.

by horsefreak82622 Dec 7, 2009 9:37AM PST

I love taking pictures, but don't want to go professional. I was looking at all kinds of megazoom cameras like the Cannon SX120, Olympus stylus 9000, the nikon L100. But they all have something bad about them. I need advice on which one is better. I would like it to have great picture quality, and options to go manual and Auto. the cannon sounds like the best one, but they say its slow. I take pictures of animals if the timing isn't right I might lose the shot. I need help they all sound the same. that in general megazooms are just bad cameras.

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Megazoom

by snapshot2 Forum moderator Dec 7, 2009 10:20AM PST

Their are several great megazoom cameras.

There are two categories of big zoom cameras.:

The super zooms (15X to over 20X)
The Compact zooms (about 10X)

Here are comparison reviews of each group:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q109superzoomgroup/

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/q209grouplongzoom/

Then there are the budget zooms (about 10X)
Kodak Z915 and Fujifilm S1500

The Nikon L100 does not have the manual controls you need.

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