Digital camera - around £70-£80?

womble374

Hi I am looking for a digital camera for my teenage son. We have about £70-80 to spend, and are looking for a decent MP, optical & digital zoom. What do people recommend at present?

Thanks for reading, and helping us choose, there is so much out there

John_Gray

To cut down on the range of factors you should note:
1) forget entirely about digital zoom; it has almost no value whatever (read up on it if you don't believe me!)
2) most modern cameras capture more than enough pixels, unless you want to print at A3 size or bigger
3) optical zoom can be very useful, but 3x isn't much of a zoom. Think around 8x or 10x - if you really need to zoom properly. (Well worth getting someone to show you their high-zoom camera).
4) consider if a wide-view camera is of interest

As you say, there are even more models than for PCs/laptops/netbooks/...

[Deleted User]

You will not get a 'big zoom' (i.e. bigger than x3) for this price range, so its best to forget about that. Personally i'd go for something from a reputable brand - like the Nikon L20 or the Canon A480

http://www.staples.co.uk/camera-and-photo/digital-cameras/powershot-a480-digital-camera-black
http://www.camerabox.co.uk/product1.asp?ProductID=6938&gclid=CLGaiLnAxp4CFag65QodD20lqg

From the sample images i've seen in reviews, i'd go for the Nikon myself

Hadrian

I bought a small cheepo 6 meg camera a few years ago. I recently needed to take some pics of a large room partially lit by sunlight but mainly quite dark, without flash. I accidentally printed them out as A3 pics. Under a mag glass I could see no pixalations. They both came out superbly. My point is this; manufacturers are running out of things to put on cameras now and are 'upping the megs' to ridiculous heights, I've seen 12 megs!! Do not simply by a camera because of advertised megs, 6 or 8 max is adequate, even for A3 prints.

[Deleted User]

I've got an old Canon Ixus; it's 5mp and still produces some amazingly nice photos

Some of the bigger manufacturers are now dropping the megapixels, since it reduces your noise levels.

Bikertov

Make sure the camera has a rechargeable (Li-ion) battery. Normal disposable will last 5 minutes, and cost you a fortune over time.

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womble374 wrote: »

looking for a decent MP

Hadrians megapixel point is spot on. More megapixels mean more problems and worse pictures especially at this price range. I wouldn't be looking over 8 megapixels except perhaps for a few decent make cameras such as Canon or Panasonic where 10 is OK.

zee_2

kodak has 'refurbished' site ,just bought my third camera as a gift , all brand new ,shipped UPS ,WITH full g'tee
delivery 3 days
http://shop.kodak.co.uk/store/ekconseu/en_GB/home
for sd/sdhc cards try , 7dayshop.com
both postage free
also morrisons have great offers on sd/sdhc cards just now

KxMx

I have a Fujifilm FInepix A850, my first digital camera, and i'm more than happy with it. Does everything I ask well and takes great pictures.

fiddiwebb

A good priced Canon Powershot A1100 here...............

http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/552507/canon-powershot-a1100-is-digital-ca