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Oh good. Chances are maybe the 650d will be slightly discounted soon. I see no reason to have the 700d in preference.

The art of getting the most out of low light conditions has been lost. In the days before digital I had a cheap East European camera that used either 100, 200 or 400 ISO film. That was it. I took...

The art of getting the most out of low light conditions has been lost. In the days before digital I had a cheap East European camera that used either 100, 200 or 400 ISO film. That was it. I took...

Just don't understand the "horrible IQ" comments about the ZS cameras, particularly the ZS15 or TZ25 which have better IQ than the ZS20/TZ30. Except in low light these two cameras produce vibrant,...

The XF1 takes fine stills but it has a major flaw: Video is spoilt by the extremely noisy manual zoom which also doesn't zoom smoothly but jerks in small increments for each zoom twist click, and...

The XF1 takes fine stills but it has a major flaw: Video is spoilt by the extremely noisy manual zoom which also doesn't zoom smoothly but jerks in small increments for each zoom twist click, and...

I think writing off video capabilities nowadays is a bit old fashioned. It might not be a priority for purists but being creative with video is a sound concept even on a point and shoot. While...

For what it's worth I tried both and found the T4i just more to my liking, particularly the touch screen, and images just seemed crisper, despite the Nikon's apparently better IQ. Maybe it is the...

Thanks for that. I'm grappling with the Sony recommendations in the thread, but unless I'm blind I just cannot see sharper images either in video or stills from the Sonys, and this is after...

Thanks again for the additional replies. I do understand the good comments about the Sony cameras for video. But, and this is not a technical analysis but a simple comparison from many vimeo...

Thanks for the replies, including the one above. I hadn't considered a camcorder, mainly because the 650d's high video bitrate seems higher than a lot of dedicated but possibly cheaper video cams....

This camera is capable of taking sharp, colourful and high standard images. The lens/on-off twist and pull mechanism is fine by itself but there are major design problems on its use for zoom which...

That's interesting. I've seen the RX100 and while I don't mind the controls, I just don't get the wow factor with either its pictures or video. I find the video particularly....lacking. It's...

I have a Lumix FZ200. Great for many things but grainy and poor IQ in low light (understandable given its tiny sensor) unless exceptional care is taken. I also have a Fuji Xf1 which takes very nice...

Thanks for that. I agree (looking at examples) the V1 has exceptionally good video for its specs, but I'm not sure how much manual control (if any) it has over this. It is a bargain price though. I...

Thanks for the above and preceeding comments. All very useful. I've used Vimeo quite a lot for comparisons. I didn't know that a 4/3 sensor could produced such variable video IQ as the Olympus...

Thanks for that info which is most useful. I think the confusion in my mind is that it seems ALL of the current Olympus line up have exactly the same four thirds chip, so unless there is some magic...

Fair enough. Principle interest is in best possible image quality for the price, followed by equally good video quality. Since the OMD E is actually more expensive than a well specced DSLR I'm...

Some fair points made. I didn't mean to appear lazy about research, but the naming and chronology of Olympus models are a bit confusing. For example the PL3 and PL5 look very similar but in the...

Short and sweet!