Hitachi cameras? what do you think of them?

Question

I am very close to buying an Hitachi camera.
Im not looking for a professional camera or anything, just a digital camera that will do for concerts etc.
Is it a good make?

I was thinking of this one
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5592908/c_1/1|category_root|Photography|14419436/c_2/3|cat_15701379|Digital+cameras+and+packages|14419441.htm

Answer 1

Unless you're in the front row, then the 4x optical zoom won't really be up to the job (and just forget digital zoom altogether).



"More megapix does not a better camera make."



I'd be happier with down to 6MP but with 10x optical zoom.



If you can stretch the budget:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5592544/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CPhotography%7C14419436/c_2/3%7C15701379%7CDigital+cameras+and+packages%7C14419441/c_3/4%7Ccat_14419441%7CDigital+cameras%7C14419442.htm



Or, if you really want a compact one:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5591215/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CPhotography%7C14419436/c_2/3%7C15701379%7CDigital+cameras+and+packages%7C14419441/c_3/4%7Ccat_14419441%7CDigital+cameras%7C14419442.htm

Answer 2

Hitachi is just not a major manufacturer of photographic equipment. They are a heavy industry, they make big diggers and TVs and stuff. Not high precision optics.



The only six mainstream manufacturers that design make high quality optics in house are Canon, Fujifilm (now working in coorperation with Hasselblad), Leica AG, Nikon, Hoya/Pentax and Olympus. Sony outsource their lens design to Carl Zeiss AG of Germany (who make the worlds best medical microscopes), and Panasonic acquire OEM lens design from Leica. So only when you have precision optics will a camera have any chance of being remotely good.



Next concerts are usually aren't the best lit places and using a flash is totally useless. Until this year only the best SLRs (such as Canon 5D II, Nikon D3) have been able to really perform high ISO wizardry, but Fujifilm has rocked the boat a little by producing the EXR sensor and fitting it to two of it's compacts, the F70EXR and F200EXR. Canon have followed suit with the G11 and S90, but they are aimed more at the enthusiast.

Answer 3

Hi,

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