Best digital camera for ~£100-125??

First of all, lucky git for going travelling, am very envious. However do enjoy yourself, you will love it.

As for cameras have a look at the Canon A75 currently at Boots for £99. However just seen its sold out. However all is not lost, you may be able to pick it up cheaply from Ebay as I know there are quite a few of them on sale. The A75 takes AA batteries, which may be useful when travelling as you don't have to mess around trying to find a power outlet to recharge your battery.

Another camera to look at is the Casio Z30 at 7dayshop. They are selling refurbed ones for £118 (they used to sell them for £99) http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=99937. Also have a look at Ebay for this camera. This is a nice little, very pocketable camera.

Another option, depending on where you are starting off, is to buy your camera while you are abroad. I did that when I went travelling, my first stop was New York and I picked my camera up there for cheaper than I would have if I had bought it in the UK.

I would go for one of the Casio Exilim or Pentax Optio models (Casio is based on the Pentax camera) - depending on how much you want to spend.

I have a Casio model (came out before the revised Pentax) and they have big display screens (2.5cm) not your poxy 1.8 and, importantly, they tend to be (depending on zoom) about 2cm thick - fit nicely in your pockets.

cloud_dog

p.s. one thing to remember is that Pixmania, 7dayshop, etc, are based outside the UK and therefore the cameras come with european electrical specifications. Doesn't cause me big problems but worth knowing. Also you will need a card reader to store your images on so that they are not only on the camera, or so you can take lots more pictures.

p.p.s. when I was looking I use to look through What Camera (I think) becasue at the back of the magazine they rate the camera, give you the plusses and minuses, but also give you all the relevant info, resolution, zoom, camera size, etc, etc.

Am very pleased with my Nikkon Coolpix 4100. £140ish delivered from 7dayshop (address above), including 256MB SD-Card, 4 rechargeable batteries and recharger with international mains lead. 4MP and optical and digital zoom.

Easy, compact and excellent results.

wolfman wrote:

Have a look on www.steves-digicams.com. He does very detailed reviews of a huge range of cameras. Before buying anything I'd recommend checking what he has to say.

There's talk on the digital camera forums that Steve is a little too eager to please manufacturers with his reviews..i.e. you see a lot of positive reviews there. So make sure you check those other sites too before buying.