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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 19:36:34 GMT
I just got an award at work and I can choose from a fixed selection of gifts. It's the usual collection of fancy pens, leather goods, 'designer' watches and household stuff that would get shoved in a cupboard and forgotten. Max value looks to be about £300.
The only three things that interest me (because I don't have any of them) are:
1) A Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 f2.8 bridge camera.
2) A Panasonic HC-W580EB-K camcorder.
3) A Parrot AR Drone 2 Power edition.
I'm leaning towards the FZ200 and the reviews I've read seem to be fairly positive.
Experience and opinions welcome.
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Post by bromptonaut on Sept 14, 2016 20:05:40 GMT
I'd go for the Lumix camera too.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 14, 2016 20:12:18 GMT
I just got an award at work and I can choose from a fixed selection of gifts. It's the usual collection of fancy pens, leather goods, 'designer' watches and household stuff that would get shoved in a cupboard and forgotten. Max value looks to be about £300. The only three things that interest me (because I don't have any of them) are: 1) A Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 f2.8 bridge camera. 2) A Panasonic HC-W580EB-K camcorder. 3) A Parrot AR Drone 2 Power edition. I'm leaning towards the FZ200 and the reviews I've read seem to be fairly positive. Experience and opinions welcome. I now have a panasonic Video Camera, two levels up from that offered, but basically the same the body. But how often do you need a Video Camera, and its quite big to lug around. The Drone? rules and public opinion on drones makes them near enough unusable. Got the be the Lumix. |
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Post by WDB on Sept 14, 2016 20:14:51 GMT
I can't get excited about bridge cameras, although plenty seem to manage it. I briefly fondled an LX80 at Heathrow today and was very impressed - then an OM-D E something and liked that too. Proper cameras, with as much lens as you need and no more. Bridges seem to be all about paper statistics and bugger the performance - plus that's a lot of glass to lug around for the occasional opportunity to use it. And I can't see you getting anything special for £300.
Video camcorders are surely as relevant as typewriters these days. And I don't even know what a Parrot Drone is. It's presumably not a parrot; is it a drone?
I know I'm not helping. Sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 21:25:04 GMT
I can't get excited about bridge cameras, although plenty seem to manage it. I briefly fondled an LX80 at Heathrow today and was very impressed - then an OM-D E something and liked that too. Proper cameras, with as much lens as you need and no more. Bridges seem to be all about paper statistics and bugger the performance - plus that's a lot of glass to lug around for the occasional opportunity to use it. And I can't see you getting anything special for £300. Video camcorders are surely as relevant as typewriters these days. And I don't even know what a Parrot Drone is. It's presumably not a parrot; is it a drone? I know I'm not helping. Sorry. It's Hobson's choice WDB. The Parrot is a low-end hobby camera drone. |
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Post by Rob on Sept 14, 2016 21:53:29 GMT
I'd not get any off your list. What else can you get? Something your wife might like?
When I got an award with £250 earlier this year I was able to convert it to a gift card that could be used towards a holiday. I get another £300 in a few weeks because of how long I've worked there but that's some form of vouchers for sure.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 8:11:27 GMT
If it was those three only, I'd take the camera.
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Post by crankcase on Sept 15, 2016 8:28:12 GMT
Nothing there floating my boat much either - camera is best shot, as it were.
What else is on the list you DON'T fancy? Maybe we can talk you into one those.
I should add we have a Lumix in the family that got passed about, because the point-and-shooters found it "too complicated" and the rest of us found it "too limiting", so for us, a bridge camera didn't quite hit anyone's sweetspot.
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Post by Alanović on Sept 15, 2016 9:28:46 GMT
Which one would fetch the most cash when you sell it on eBay?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 19:14:58 GMT
Nothing there floating my boat much either - camera is best shot, as it were. What else is on the list you DON'T fancy? Maybe we can talk you into one those. I should add we have a Lumix in the family that got passed about, because the point-and-shooters found it "too complicated" and the rest of us found it "too limiting", so for us, a bridge camera didn't quite hit anyone's sweetspot. Well, the other stuff on the list are things like Montblanc pens, wallets and credit card holders. Leather laptop bags, Samsonite luggage and carry-ons. Various ladies jewellery and handbags. Men's and women's bikes, a BBQ, a couple of Sonos 1 speakers, a Denon HEOS 5 speaker and a bunch of household tat like cutlery and decanter sets. Oh, and a cuddly toy Bruce. The FZ200 is beginning to look like a reasonable holiday camera. 25-600mm zoom at a fixed f2.8 in a single package with a fair bit of manual control. I have stopped taking my Olympus DSLR kit on holiday because a) it's too heavy and b) it's worth too much to leave unattended if we're snorkelling or walking up and down the beach. Amazon gift vouchers would have suited me much better. |
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Post by Humph on Sept 15, 2016 19:21:24 GMT
What, erm, not that, well, you know, um, just curious, so to speak, erm, bikes are on there?
Note to self, do not need another bike even if Internet contact was selling one...😉
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2016 19:29:16 GMT
What, erm, not that, well, you know, um, just curious, so to speak, erm, bikes are on there? Note to self, do not need another bike even if Internet contact was selling one...😉 Claude Butler Elite R1 or a Sabina for the ladies. |
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Post by WDB on Sept 15, 2016 22:44:39 GMT
You can't have too many Sonos Play:1s.
The rest of the list looks like what was probably in the catalogue I didn't open in the flight I've just got off.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 16, 2016 5:58:38 GMT
Ah the in flight catalogue. Does anyone buy anything from that?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 15:10:19 GMT
If I wanted one of them, then I would get that.
If I didn't really want any of them, then I'd get the drone.
...because I'd buy a camera if I wanted it at some point in the future, but I probably wouldn't ever buy a drone.
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