Cowabunga
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Yes, it is a superb camera but because it is so customisable it does require work to learn how to get the best out of it. It is so satisfying to get the pictures out of it that you really want, that it is worth the effort.
Trouble is that if you get another brand you will have to go back to nearly the beginning of the learning curve again. Not quite, because a lot of what you have learnt about this camera can be applied or adapted to other brands, but they all have their own 'character', including different menus and functions to be found in different parts of the menu.
Assuming that you have been re-embursed for most of the purchase price of the camera and lens, then the world is your lobster again. You could choose another G6 with that lens, which is pretty well superb, as you know. Or a GH3 or a FZ1000 superzoom, which all will be familiar to you because they have a very similar control system and menu, although the FZ1000, acclaimed as it is, does not have a touch-screen LCD.
Or you could choose any other camera you fancy. Some people like a change, but be prepared to be disappointed at their versatility after using the G6.
Bargain camera of this week is the Canon EOS-M which is available only at Argos at the price of £199 with a 18/55 3x zoom lens [similar to a 14/42 zoom on the G6]
In my opinion this is a crap camera, although it might be an ideal spare camera.
Trouble is that if you get another brand you will have to go back to nearly the beginning of the learning curve again. Not quite, because a lot of what you have learnt about this camera can be applied or adapted to other brands, but they all have their own 'character', including different menus and functions to be found in different parts of the menu.
Assuming that you have been re-embursed for most of the purchase price of the camera and lens, then the world is your lobster again. You could choose another G6 with that lens, which is pretty well superb, as you know. Or a GH3 or a FZ1000 superzoom, which all will be familiar to you because they have a very similar control system and menu, although the FZ1000, acclaimed as it is, does not have a touch-screen LCD.
Or you could choose any other camera you fancy. Some people like a change, but be prepared to be disappointed at their versatility after using the G6.
Bargain camera of this week is the Canon EOS-M which is available only at Argos at the price of £199 with a 18/55 3x zoom lens [similar to a 14/42 zoom on the G6]
In my opinion this is a crap camera, although it might be an ideal spare camera.
, but it is better than risking my better cameras in nasty conditions]. Only £80 and really quite useful at times and for older children, although it is not a toy by any means.