Also going to the tipi fund will be my video camera.
I love it but still photography with my Nikon D3 is my real interest so that's what Im going to stick with.
http://www.trustedreviews.com/camcorders/review/2007/10/13/Panasonic-HDC-SD5/p1
There is a review there, I think it's a fairly honest one, not one that does nothing but gush about it.
I got the camera in January and have all the packaging, cables, charger, software and 4GB memory.
It's a full HD camera meaning a proper 1920 x 1080 resolution and it's VERY small and easy to operate with one hand. The image stabilisation is great as is the optical zoom range, managing to focus from about 2cm from the lens as well as a decent 10x optical zoom. It's got no spinning parts to get shocked or jerked and SD card memory is nice and cheap.
I genuinely do love it and want to keep it but I really want that new tipi!
The cheapest I have seen it online is here: http://www.purelygadgets.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=8532&wysiwyg=10 for £426.95 so I guess £300 is reasonable.
Oh, I also have a full copy of Pinnacle Studio plus HD edition going with the camera as I will no longer need it.
Cheers,
Joe
