Hello,

I am looking to buy a camera for general use around the house, for family outings and holidays. I want the camera to take good quality photo’s and print size to be fine up to roughly the size of an A4 page.

The camera must be able to take good movies, not just high definition, but with good quality sound and high fps so that fast movements are captured. (I will be using this camera a lot to take movies to upload onto youtube and there will be lots of fast movements that I want captured).

The cheapest I can find these cameras for is £260 (+£20 for the card I want) for the Sony (NET: £280), and £218 (+£10 for the card I want) for the Panasonic (NET: £228).

As price for me is a factor, if you can include that in your decision/answer that would be appreciated.

One last note, there is an other camera that I looked that, which is the Casio Exilim FH20 which I can get for just £190 (NET). The reason I am not sure whether to buy this, is because the quality of pictures may be lower. However, as one of the main reasons I am buying a camera is because I want good video recording capabilities, if you think this is a good buy let me know and tell me why.

Many thanks for any help and contributions!

W1S3B0Y,

PS: Link provided showing direct comparison between the two camera’s: http://www.camera-catalog.com/compares/popular/panasonic_lumix_dmc-fz38_vs_sony_cyber-shot_dsc-hx1
PSS: If someone could also explain what makes a lens good and how exactly ISO works, that would be a great help also! Thanks again!

A Sony camera is the best possible for fantastic snap shots.