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faisalpandu

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Hi

I am looking for a Digital Camera in the region for £80. Could someone tell me the best one to go for for that price.

Faizal
 
We decided to get an older model camera and found a Nikon refurbished P 500 (from ebay for just over £80 from Nikon themselves with a full 2 year warranty).

It's 12.1 megapixel, has a hinged LCD for shooting at odd angles. Lots of settings to play with.
The biggest thing I was looking for was optical zoom, digital zoon isnt worth a crap.
The P 500 has a 36x true optical zoom, which is more than 90% of other cameras even brand new models. And was much better than the old Olympus D-SLR it was replaceing with a 200mm lens.
The lens is equivalent to a 22.5mm to 810mm super telephoto 35mm format lens.
It can also shoot video at 1080p @ 30fps and isnt limited to a specific time like some canons etc... It also does slowmo video @ 120fps in 720p. You can take a still image whilst recording video and it has a micro HDMI socket to plug directly into your tv.
It takes SD cards upto 64gb, but I'm using a 8gb Eye-Fi card because I can't be bothered to keep digging out the USB lead. I have a bettery charger and spare batteries.

I know it's not new but it has the same warranty as a new one and for just over £80 it has features that even £200+ cameras dont have.

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Here's some specs - Nikon | Imaging Products | Product Archive - COOLPIX P500
 
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Wow - that is an amazing deal. Was the camera OK? Any issues with the lens or shutter?
 
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