Camera with Camcorder facilities

Jo4

My sister wants a camera which also has the facilities like a camcorder, so she can record things. She wants it to be small and not too bulky. She is willing to spend £150 - £200. Has anyone got any suggestions or recommendations?

She wants to get it in the next day or two.

Jo4

Can anyone help?

consultant31

I have a Sanyo Xacti and I love it. It's really small, easily goes in a bag or pocket, but the pictures and videos are great.

See them here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sanyo-Xacti-VPC-C40-Digital-Camera/dp/B000BH02GE

Jo4

consultant31 wrote: »

I have a Sanyo Xacti and I love it. It's really small, easily goes in a bag or pocket, but the pictures and videos are great.

See them here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sanyo-Xacti-VPC-C40-Digital-Camera/dp/B000BH02GE

How much does it cost? How many photos can you take with it? It stated you can use it as a camcorder for 60 minutes is this correct?

consultant31

Jo4 wrote: »

How much does it cost? How many photos can you take with it? It stated you can use it as a camcorder for 60 minutes is this correct?

I was lucky and got a good deal from eBay last year, but try
http://www.webelectricals.co.uk

where they sell one of the models (there are several different ones) for £219 with free p&p. (Sanyo VPCCA6 SD Card Camcorder)

Hope that helps

consumermonkey

Hiya, there is the Fuji s5700, just came out too. Offers movie recording onto XD or SD memory cards. At highest res, will record about 35 mins onto a 2gb card. 35 mins is a lot of home video.

7mp camera and 10x zoom too.

I have been going on about this since I got one a few weeks ago.

Jo4

consumermonkey wrote: »

Hiya, there is the Fuji s5700, just came out too. Offers movie recording onto XD or SD memory cards. At highest res, will record about 35 mins onto a 2gb card. 35 mins is a lot of home video.

7mp camera and 10x zoom too.

I have been going on about this since I got one a few weeks ago.

I have the S3000 although you are supposed to be able to record with it I never have. It is a good camera although it doesn't warn you that the batteries are going low, it just dies!! I have the camera since July 2003.

consumermonkey

I know what you mean about batteries. I use high capacity rechargeables and always got a warning with the old s3100 (currently on ebay - NOT an Advert, just commenting)

Mind you the video capabilities on the new s5700 is a lot better. Maybe not broadcast quality, but good enough for home videos.

Jo4

consumermonkey wrote: »

I know what you mean about batteries. I use high capacity rechargeables and always got a warning with the old s3100 (currently on ebay - NOT an Advert, just commenting)

Mind you the video capabilities on the new s5700 is a lot better. Maybe not broadcast quality, but good enough for home videos.

I use high capacity rechargeables but they still don't last.

consumermonkey

OK, just thought I would offer my thoughts.

By high capacity I mean 2600's which in my s3100 lasted for 5 days+ of my last big holiday where I took 500+ pictures and a lot of them with flash (60% or more with flash).

I would have been more than happy if a set had lasted me a full day, but was surprised day after day.

Jo4

consumermonkey wrote: »

OK, just thought I would offer my thoughts.

By high capacity I mean 2600's which in my s3100 lasted for 5 days+ of my last big holiday where I took 500+ pictures and a lot of them with flash (60% or more with flash).

I would have been more than happy if a set had lasted me a full day, but was surprised day after day.

I mean the same by high capacity as I thought they would last a while. Mine was charged, took 28 photos,some without flash, and now it is dead again.

Does the s5700 tell you when the battery power is getting low?