i am selling off my nikon film slr and lenses ( nikon f-80, nikkor 20mm af 1:2.8d, nikkor 50mm af 1:1.8, nikkor 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.5d if anyone is interested ) and looking to buy a compact digital camera, i dont want another slr.
the camera needs to have a fair degree of manual control, preferably with body mounted controls rather than menu driven, i dont like having to delve into menus when taking a shot, i prefer to twist dials and press buttons. i like to have some say in aperture and shutter speeds and exposure compensation and easy access to those features is important, and it must have a decent zoom range, wide from under 28, to at least 200 telephoto. i dont need raw.
i have a coolpix 8400, a terrific camera with a 24mm wide angle and lots of manual control, but its too slow, with shutter lag that causes me to miss lots of shots, and at 7 years old now its starting
i like the canon g-12 at 20,000b and the new nikon coolpix p7000 at 18000b, lots of manual features and a compact body, but 28mm is the wide angle limit on those two, and i would prefer 24mm.
the only camera that i can find that meets most of my requirements is the panasonic tz-10 at 16000 baht but the manual controls are mainly menu driven, but it seems to have everything else.
any other suitable cameras lurking out there that i should look at ?