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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / UK Photography / November 2004Advice wanted on digital compacts
My ex-wife wants to get a digital compact camera for Christmas and is thinking of paying about ?100. She wants a simple camera that she can take out when her SLR would be too big. Lens quality and the ability to focus is more important to her than features, software, or number of pixels. I haven't got the time to read all the reviews so any advice that allow a choice between about 3 cameras which I could read about in more detail would be very useful TIA Roger >My ex-wife wants to get a digital compact camera for Christmas and is >thinking of paying about £100. She wants a simple camera that she can take [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >choice between about 3 cameras which I could read about in more detail would >be very useful You cannot hope to buy a decent digital camera for £100. At £150 you might have a chance, especially if you shop around. At £200 you will have a reasonably wide choice of decent cameras. > You cannot hope to buy a decent digital camera for £100. At £150 you > might have a chance, especially if you shop around. At £200 you will > have a reasonably wide choice of decent cameras. A glance at http://www.pricerunner.co.uk brings up a surprising range for less than 100 pounds. Two that look promising are: Kodak EasyShare CX7300 3 mpx 60 quid no zoom. Nikon CoolPix 2200 2.0 mpx 98 quid 3x zoom. Both have their limitations, but as point & shoot cameras, it'd be hard to go far wrong for that sort of money. >> You cannot hope to buy a decent digital camera for £100. At £150 you >> might have a chance, especially if you shop around. At £200 you will [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Both have their limitations, but as point & shoot cameras, it'd be hard >to go far wrong for that sort of money. If you think those cameras are decent, I guess we will just have to agree to differ. >>>You cannot hope to buy a decent digital camera for £100. >>Two that look promising are: >>Kodak EasyShare CX7300 3 mpx 60 quid no zoom. >>Nikon CoolPix 2200 2.0 mpx 98 quid 3x zoom. >>Both have their limitations, but as point & shoot cameras, it'd be hard >>to go far wrong for that sort of money. > If you think those cameras are decent, I guess > we will just have to agree to differ. It won't be the first time. However, in the context of cheap point and shoot cameras, I'd be interested to hear why you consider these two less than decent. A colleague is very happy with his Easyshare 3700, which is a pretty close relation to the 7300, though he payed a lot more than 60 quid for it. I have a Nikon 4300 for student use and bought an 885 for another colleague, both of which are related to the 2200 (same lens?). They're not going to set the world on fire, but do everything we ask of them with complete reliability (so far). > > You cannot hope to buy a decent digital camera for ?100. At ?150 you > > might have a chance, especially if you shop around. At ?200 you will [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Both have their limitations, but as point & shoot cameras, it'd be hard > to go far wrong for that sort of money. Thanks for the advice. Roger >My ex-wife wants to get a digital compact camera for Christmas and is >thinking of paying about £100. She wants a simple camera that she can take [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Roger My back-up camera is an olympus c-750uz, in my opinion a hugely underrated camera, I'm not sure of the current prices of them now or their second-hand value. Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)  Signature___________________________________________________________ "Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be" - Edward Weston. www.markvarleyphoto.co.uk - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/markvarleyphoto ___________________________________________________________ > My ex-wife wants to get a digital compact camera for Christmas and is > thinking of paying about £100. She wants a simple camera that she can [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > that allow a choice between about 3 cameras which I could read about in > more detail would be very useful Do a search on www.equipmentexpress.co.uk for under 100GBP. Once you've decided on the advertised features that you want you might have a (very) short list to ask about. SignatureJohn Cartmell john@ followed by finnybank.com FAX +44 (0)8700-519-527 Qercus magazine & FD Games www.finnybank.com www.acornuser.com Qercus - a fusion of Acorn Publisher & Acorn User magazines |
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