Hmm, what about a new camera?

Digital camera is one of the things I love to shop for. Even more than a car, I guess. I'm sure I'll read more reviews and test for a camera, as I did for a car.. :)

First big dilemma: SLR or compact.

Since I am not, and I never will be a professional photographer, and I will probably never buy those big extra lenses, because I just don't wanna carry them around, I am leaning towards a good compact camera. There are some pluses also for SLR, but I want a camera which can always be with me, not too heavy, and after all, not too complicated.

Though, I like how those professional cameras look, specially Nikon D80..

So, after I excluded all ballast, I've come down to these 2 cameras. They both have good reviews, zoooooom and many manual settings.. And, also they look like professional :)

Oh, and my camera must be able to make good movies, that's a must. (none of the SLR cameras is able of recording movies )


Canon PowerShot S3 IS


Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30

Actually before I only considered brands like Olympus, Nikon, Canon.. classics. But this Panasonic, hmm..looks great.