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Anonymous
>>247377 I was the guy with the big lengthy advice, so if you don't remember what I said:
At the bridge camera level, at the moment only Panasonic and Ricoh are worth looking at, and your best bets are the LX3 or Ricoh GX200. They make other good cameras- the FZ series on Panasonic's side, IMO the best being the older FZ8 and FZ50 models depending on use and preference, and the GR series on Ricoh's- but for various reasons these will probably be less suited to your needs. The FZ series will probably fit better in your hand (they're not flat, they're shaped like SLRs), but on the flipside will be bulkier and harder to hide if you need to. The GR series has one fixed lens, which would normally be better, but it's 28mm equivalent, too wide for an only lens for most people, especially beginners. Otherwise they're the same as the GX series, which have a zoom lens, oh and an EVF for 100% accurate TTL framing, like on the rear LCD, but without having to hold it in front of you like a dipshit.
Everyone else has either given up on bridge cameras or vastly compromised them.
If you do go for an LX-3, when you get it find a more moderate wide and a normal step on the zoom you like, and buy shoe finders for those. Much better than holding out the LCD in front of your face. Panasonic makes one, but it's inexplicably only for the widest end.
Voigtlaender makes good shoe finders, they're for sale in North America at http://www.cameraquest.com/voigtacc.htm.
If you're elsewhere, I'm not sure if there's somewhere closer. There probably is. You're from the UK, right?
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