Digital Camera Bargain!?!?!

deanos

I really think you will be hard pushed to beat this deal at Dixons for £66 , a well known brand and high quality lens, dont forget the price of memory cards SD is way cheapest 1gb for aound £11 & 2gb for £20, XD+Memory Stick are most expensive.


http://www.dixons.co.uk/product.php?sku=155213

Patr100

Looks a good deal - I have a Canon - you won't be disappointed.

lightisfading

Praktica are a well known brand :P they've been making camera gear for a long long time.

Shame they're crap (IMHO!)

Some good offers at Jessops:

Olympus Mju 600 - £149.99

Panasonic FX9 - £149.99 (can't find it on the site but should be able to get in store) ... amazing camera.

Olympus FE170 £99.99

I would say though, buy in a real shop rather than online, so you can actually have a play with the thing first. Different people like totally different cameras, and its well worth getting something you're comfortable with, that you feel confident working etc.

lightisfading

CAT-THE-FIFTH wrote:

This camera is pretty good:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmf30/

The f30 is brilliant I only didnt mention it because you're looking at about £200, a bit over the OP's budget?

nololly

Olympus SP350 for £152 at jessops. - use code VC10 from jessop's home page for 10% discount to get this price. free delivery within 24hrs

getmeoutofhere

deanos wrote:

I really think you will be hard pushed to beat this deal at Dixons for £66 , a well known brand and high quality lens, dont forget the price of memory cards SD is way cheapest 1gb for aound £11 & 2gb for £20, XD+Memory Stick are most expensive.


http://www.dixons.co.uk/product.php?sku=155213

Does anyone have this model, and is it any good?

clawson44

Digital cameras can be quite high in prices, so I would suggest maybe an online wholesale store. You can order it online and have them ship it to you. One place I have used is https://www.digital-camera-superstore.com
Hope that helps.

Patr100

getmeoutofhere wrote:

Does anyone have this model, and is it any good?

I have the 3mp version . See my earlier comment.

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dazco

OP.
There appears to be a lot of people on here saying " what about this one what about that one"

I would listen only to the people who have the camera, and I tell you why.

I had ( still have ) a Kodak dx4530 that took really good photos. This broke down after 18 months with a very common problem with this camera that costs as much to fix as the camera is worth. I hated Kodak.

I then decided that I needed a camera so investigated a lot what was available ( I investigated the Kodak purchase a lot ) and got good reviews on here about a Samsung 7mp camera that was available using a ripoff way of getting it. So I paid not so much for this camera but it is rubbish. It was meant to cost 199,I think, but I would not give 12.99 for it. It has a bad delay, it cannot photo purple, the flash is crap and the software takes over your computer.

So listen to people who have the camera.

A camera may sound nice but it is down to how it performs

StockportGerbil

Hi!
OK - someone above recommended the Panasonic DMC-FX9, I've had one for four months now and am happy with it. It has replaced my aging 'size of a brick' olympus which had been alright.

The pictures it produces I think are pretty good, the anti-shake feature means I get fewer blurry shots than the olympus, it will comfortably go in my pocket and the large bright LCD screen is wonderful. I don't know about how good the software is that comes with it as I haven't installed it - the olympus stuff was horrible... The lag between pressing the button and taking the photo is still there - if you pre-focus it's pretty good though, but again even if you don't it's a step forward over my old one.

I'll probably have some shots on photobox taken with it if you want - let me know and I'll dig out a URL.

HTH

Kevin