Good camera under £160 for wildlife photography?
I have looked at Fuji s1730 and Nikon L110 and would like some suggestions like these 'bridge' cameras. Ideally 11MP + and 720p recording. Thanks. If not bridge a digital camera thats fits these capabilities would be fine. Also having panorama feature would be good.
1. The 11mp won't help you unless you are printing large pictures around 15 feet or more.
2. The 720p is only for video recording, has nothing to do with photography.
3. I believe your budget is quite limiting.
4.panorama and wildlife photography are at polar opposites. (i.e. Panorama functions need a very wide focal length. While wildlife photography needs a very long focal length. In 35mm terms, you want a lens that reaches 10mm to 500mm.)
Justification:
a wide angle like a 10mm is what you need for panoramas. It will allow you to take a large scene and compress it into your photo.
A long lens, like the 400mm or better yet 500mm, is needed because animals are naturally afraid of humans. A long lens will allow humans to stay far away so the Animals won't get startled.
Conclusion
Consider this in DSLR terms… The camera itself will cost around 350 pounds. The 10mm lens will cost another 700 pounds, and the most affordable wildlife lens, (Sigma 120-400mm) will cost 700 pounds. For a grand total of 1700 pounds. For the minium equipment required. (Personal note: I realize that the 10mm lens I suggested is not a true panorama lens. But it is wide enough to give that desired effect)
A website with a lot of useful reviews and search functions
www.dpreview.com
A quick search lead me to these cameras (on the more affordable end)
http://www.dpreview.com/...kon_cpp500
http://www.dpreview.com/...film_s4000
However, these cameras might not be well suited for panoramas. You may need to take a series of photos (on Manual setting only to maintain tonal and light values) and stich the pictures together in some post-processing program.
"Good camera under £160 for wildlife photography?"
There's no such beast.
An entry level camera (dslr) will cost you around £350. Really for proper wildlife photography then you would need at least a mid range dslr - around 5-600 quid
A good fast 300mm telephoto lens will cost you over 2 grand.
That is quite apart from the rest of the gear you will need to do "wildlife" photography.
Now if you are going to snap animals in zoos or your pets then sure, go for a p&s or "bridge" camera.