Hi Nick, welcome to the forum
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Originally Posted by Nic2k83
Does the TZ10 fit the bill between a compact point and shoot and a DSLR?
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In short, no. The TZ10 is a very good camera (one of the best all round compacts you can buy I reckon) but it doesn't fill the gap between compacts and SLRs. One of the problems with manual modes on compacts is that they're rarely much use. For example, many of them have an aperture priority mode, in which you can select the aperture the camera uses and the camera works out the rest. Thats great but you often only get 2 aperture settings. Thats pointless. And hugely frustrating.
But, the job of filling the gap iis done by "bridge" cameras - they bridge the gap. A couple of examples are the
Fuji HS10, the
Panasonic FZ45 and the
Canon SX20.
In effect, they're just more advanced versions of the TZ10 but they do have advantages such as better (and more useable) manual and semi-manual modes, bigger zooms, more advanced customisation, manual focus etc.
They do have their own downsides, one of which is that they are larger than the compact ranges of cameras (some of the largest are like a small DSLR) but overall these are much more useful cameras and the ideal starting point for someone who wants to learn.
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Originally Posted by Nic2k83
One final point, I'm going to a rock concert in October and will be quite some distance from the stage, I'm hoping to film some video using the TZ10 with its long zoom, but how would the photos come out?
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Impossible to say without more information. Are you indoors or outside? If you're outdoors whats the ambient light going to be like? How far back? How well lit will the stage be? These aren't just related to the TZ10 but all digital cameras!