Alright then. These are my responses to the questionnaire. Answers in bold.
What's your budget?
Around 20000. I can stretch it by a couple of thousand if I am getting a good camera.
Camera type?
DSLR or Point and Shoot
Frankly, I feel a DSLR is overkill for me. Would prefer point and shoot. However, I must add that I am going on a holiday soon with my family and these travel zoom cameras were interesting. Any tips? Also, are travel zoom cameras just point and shoot?
Body Style?
Compact or Bridge (bulky)
Would prefer to be compact but slightly bigger is fine. Definitely not huge like a DSLR
How much zoom do you want/expect?
As I said, I will be going on a holiday (to Leh btw) so more optical zoom would be nice. Intrigued by those 20x and 30x touting cameras. The one I have now is just 3x optical zoom lol
Do you care for manual exposure controls?
Not particular but wouldn't mind if they are there. Don't mind adjusting a shot for a few minutes before taking the shot
What will you be shooting with this camera?
Will you be shooting mostly indoors/low light and/or action/sports?
In the very short term, outdoor shots as I will be on holiday. So outdoors, action and all. But generally it is both outdoors and indoors, lots of light and low light
Video?
Not really. Even I shoot videos, it will be a couple of minutes at the very maximum.
Do you have any particular model(s) in your mind?
No biases but I have seen on the Internet, the Sony DSC-HX60V, Canon's SX50HS. And apparently, SX260HS is dead. That model I had seen in Digit's Top 10
Any brand preference? Like/dislike
Would prefer Sony or Canon but I will go with whatever is good
From where will you be buying?
Online/Local store
Wherever I get it!
Any other features you need?
Viewfinder, Image stabilization, Continuous drive/burst mode, Wifi, External flash, mic jack, HDMI, Remote, GPS, Articulated screen, Weatherproof, Extra frills like Panorama, HDR etc, battery type...
Well I guess at 20k, most cameras have all these?
Anything else you would like to tell us?
Suggest a good one please I currently have a Sony DSC-W70 from 2006!
