AK 
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
 Location: Aberdeen City 
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Wanting a new camera for just general stuff.... 
 
car crap, nights out. 
 
We have one of those Olympus Mju Toughs just now, 10MP, water proof, shock prrof etc. Its a few years old now. 
 
3 options around the £200 price range 
 
SONY Cyber-shot DSC-TX5 black  - http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/4912566/art/sony/cyber-shot-dsc-tx5-black.html - 10MP, HD Video, small and light, waterproof to 3m, 4x optical zoom 
 
PANASONIC Lumix DMC-ZX3 - black - http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/4872797/art/panasonic/lumix-dmc-zx3-black.html - 14MP, HD Video, really like our two old lumixs, 8x optical zoom 
 
OLYMPUS µ[mju:] Tough 8010 - black - http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/4654427/art/olympus/u-mju-tough-8010-black.html - 14MP, HD Video, 5x optical, a bit larger and heavier than those above 
 
 
any other suggestions? Something shockproof would be a bonus as Fiona is a spastic with cameras   Really liked some of our old RICOH's so i'll go check them oooot 
 
  
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Russ 
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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We have a panasonic lumix DMC FP8, 12mp,720p video, has optical zoon but contained within the body, so you stays mega compact, can post some pics if you wanna see the quality
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Steve 
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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panasonic luix, i have the tz8 use it to take the iamges in my hdr thread
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AK 
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
 Location: Aberdeen City 
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The panasonic is my front runner at the mo, but think Fee likes the Sony.
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Russ 
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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taken with our Pana AK 
 
then raped quality wise thanks to picassa web hosting 
 
[Edited on 24-11-2010 by Russ]
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Simon 
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
 Location: Oxfordshire 
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If I got another compact it would more than likely be one of the Olympus ones. I always end up taking them out on  night and then get dropped and thrown about, gone through too many now
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