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Ok the mrs wants a new Compact camera and does not like the Panasonic LX5 ive been using so that LX5 is going since I am happy with my lovely OMD :)

What compact shall i get her in the price range of £150 - £200 could stretch if possible if meaning getting a better picture quality..

X10 she said too big.

I love to get the Sony but too pricey
 
Hi, I have just bought my wife a Sony dsc hx-20v! It was £250 in jessops but picked it up off of amazon for £230 + you get £40 cashback!!
 
That is one of the ones I just been reading up on. Is it that good?
 
I've been doing a lot of reading on compacts lately and considered the following:

Sony RX100 - Looks good but too expensive
Sony HX-20V - Great images and features, however I know I'll crop and I don't like the watercolour style when I zoomed in (check some on flickr)
Canon S110 - Again looked good but I wasn't sure about images
Panasonic LX7 - Ticks all the boxes bar for I would have liked GPS and more zoom, but this is the one I'm going for - less that £260 imported
 
Went to shops a little while back.....

RX100 - Nice IQ, doesnt handle great without a grip, hesitation when changing aperture, sloooow at the long end, poor MFD.

LX7 - Best handling, lots of nice manual controls, fast lens, smaller sensor.

X10 - Nice handling, zoom ring instead of flappy thing, smaller sensor.
 
What about the Olympus XZ-1, nice fast lens, Good Image quality and its great at Macro
 
rookies said:
That is one of the ones I just been reading up on. Is it that good?
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Couldn't tell you yet as I've not given it to her! But from the test shots that I took in the shop against other cameras of the same price, the Sony looked the better quality!!
 
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