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Posted on September 4, 2011 at 00:34:01
Frihed89
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I own a Panasonic DMC TZ7. It worked great for us until the shutter cover failed, after two years.... annoying.

What is a good substitute for this camera? It must be compact, have a good telephoto (magnification), with an easy point and shoot mode, HD movies, reasonable macro-mode, for outdoor and indoor use. It's mainly a travel/family camera. The pic quality on the Panasonic is fine.

I understand the problem I have is very common for the Panasonic. I wonder about other cameras in this class.

I am willing to pay up to about $400 (in the US).

Yes, I have searched the camera sites until I am blue in the face, but user reviews are always mixed between: it's fantastic and it sucks.

I hit upon the Nikon S9100 and S8200, which had some good reviews, but a lot of negative user reviews.

 

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RE: Lost and Need Help, posted on September 10, 2011 at 08:44:22
Grinnell
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Look at Canon's P&S line.

 

RE: Lost and Need Help, posted on March 2, 2012 at 21:33:53
Joe M
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Sounds like the answer is Canon's S95 or the newer S100

 

RE: Lost and Need Help, posted on March 6, 2012 at 06:28:55
Grinnell
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If yo can find a P&S that shoots RAW files. They will also shoot jpegs but once you start using RAW you will move up in control and quality

 

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