Superzoom compact recommendation needed

[nigel_b]

I've just had a bit of a windfall, well Southern Electricity returned £250 of my money they had overcharged me via direct-debit ("its the computer sir") so this enforced saving plus another, say £50 making £300 is finally available to purchase a top-pocket superzoom compact for wildlife and landscapes while walking and to take to Crete on holiday this year.

Anyone got any recommendations please?

[Lancashire Lad]

Hi Nigel,

If you are specifically wanting something which will easily fit into a pocket, then I can't help.

But if you are looking for a top notch brige type superzoom, then I would have no hesitation in recommending both the Finepix HS10, and it's more recent successor the HS20.

Regards,
Mike.

[nigel_b]

Thanks, I'll take a look at those two.

Pocketable, well that's an aspiration rather than a requirement.

Dearly beloved is hankering after an FZ38 but apart from being light does not fit my bill for portability so yes I am specifically looking at compact, maybe along the lines of TZ20 although I do not understand how one company, Panasonic in this case, can come up with so many cameras all looking alike and needing Bletchley Park to tell us what the model designations mean.

While I'm flowing, does anyone have the TZ19 from Currys or know anything about it? It appears to be a TZ20 without the GPS and thus ideal?

[Za]

Hi Nigel,
I bought one of these Canon Powershot SX210IS Digital Camera in Black - Jessops - Digital Compact Cameras just to keep in my top pocket and its fairly sturdy, and has 14x optical zoom. Might be worth a look, and you will still have money left over.
Za

[nigel_b]

Thanks for that, I'll check it out.