best sub £100.00 digital camera??

chelleyb

I recently broke my digital camera, :mad: it was a samsung and pretty easy to use.

I am looking to replace it, I have £100.00 maximum to spend!

Its basically used for pictures of kids, holidays, parties etc. Nothing fancy although daughter does love to pose!

I have seen these ones with face recognition that look quite good, but worried it may be too complicated.....

Does anyone have any advice as its a minefield?!?!? :eek:

thanks :beer:

cc25

I think a Canon A480 would suit very well. It is available from several places, but Argos happen to be selling it for a good price, £69.99, in red or black, 45 customer reviews, mostly 4/5 star. It is easy to use, and gives good results. It even has face detection, and will take movies with sound! I have had several Canon powershot cameras over the years, and have been pleased with all of them.



A 2 or 4 Gb SD memory card is essential (the 32Mb card supplied will only hold a few photos). Also 4 rechargeable AA batteries plus charger (camera only uses 2, but you can keep 2 others as backup), will be useful, and will save on buying replaceable batteries all the time. A case will help keep the camera clean, and protect it when not in use. You should still have change from £100! The camera specification is :-

• 10 mega pixels.
• Body material metal.
• 3.3 x optical zoom.
• 4 x digital zoom.
• 32Mb memory card.
• 2.5in LCD screen.
• Digital anti-blur, motion detection and auto ISO.
• Face detection - 9 faces.
• Continuous shooting, 0.8 shots per second.
• In camera red eye fix.
• Takes memory card formats SD, SDHC, MMC, MMCplus and HC MMCplus.
• Movie capture with sound.
• Cables to output to TV supplied.
• Maximum ISO range 1600.
• 15 scene modes.
• Self timer.
• Built-in flash.
• USB (mini-B, MTP, PTP) connection.
• Accessories in box 2 x AA alkaline batteries, 1 x AV cable (AVC-DC300), 1 x USB interface cable (IFC-400 PCU), 1 x 32Mb SD memory card, Getting Started guide, camera user guide (on CD), Canon digital camera solution disk 4.0.
• Simply point and shoot for great results.
• Weight 140 grams.
• Depth of camera when shut 3.11cm.
• Size of camera (H)9.21, (W)6.2, (D)3.11cm.