Types of camera

[E. Vroom]

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[peter j. fitzpatrick]

In reply to you Phil I have purchased some compact flash media that was badged as sandisk but later found out it was a good copy of the real thing
It's from 2001 and the files have corrupted
This is quite a common problem with so many copy's of decent media going round I now tend to buy my c f cards from a high street chain rather than auction sites
I also contacted sandisk and they are " well aware " of this problem
Regards
Peter

[Phil English]

Yes, if you store your files on a dodgy portable device, the device may possibly fail. But my point is that digital files held on hard drives will not suffer from degradation over a period of time, unlike prints and slides.

Brgds
Phil

[ChasB46]

Re hard drives /storage the perceived wisdom is that a hard drives life is between 3 and 5 years only. A bit of Googling will confirm thuggish. An example http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/qual/specLife-c.html OR http://www.data-recovery-tools.net/faq.html#faq-dlp-lifespan

[Alan Green]

I originally used an Olympus OM10 (and maybe got 1 good photo out of 36 !) but was then introduced to bridge cameras. Suitable impressed I purchased a Panasonic FZ18 and then on to a Panasonic FZ38.  This model has now been continually superseded by models, FZ45, FZ48, FZ100, and FZ150.  I discussed the possibility of upgrading with a member of staff at the local branch of Cameraworld, and received the advice " If you are happy with what you are using, why change ? "  By my own admission, I am an amateur at photography and understand none of the " technical " terms. I am relatively happy with the images that I take and can only fault the bridge camera in poor or low light conditions when, I am told, the smallish size of the sensor (compared to a DLSR)can have an adverse effect. If any others have experience of the latest Panasonic models, I would be interested in knowing.