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[tails_redux]

Thought it would be nice to take a few photos of things that folk paint on walls around here amongst the others peculiarities that I find. So, I'm looking for a pocket size, cheap and cheerful, point and shoot digital camera but don't have much of a clue about the things.

Recommendations ( or hand me downs ;) ) welcome ...

Comments

[meme_me]

I like the Cannon IXUS range, you wont go wrong with one of those, so easy to use. I have an old IXUS 60, I bet they are quite cheap on Ebay.

[r_is_for_rachel]

i love my fuji finepix and Andy bought one for his Dad, you can get them for less than £100

[kynon]

I have a sony DSC W-80, and it's pretty handy.

ION, I think I saw one of my friends on carckbook saying that they'd won a camera which they had no use for t'other day - I shall see if they've had any takers.

EDIT: Balls, camera's gone already. Sorry dude, good luck finding one though!

[tails_redux]

Not to worry, thanks for keeping an eye out.

[nollipop]

I'm keeping a close eye on this thread as I've recently got the photo bug again. If I see anything decent I will post it for you! I don't want to spend more than £100 quid but also want something Nolly (ie idiot) proof, as my lack of camera skills are pretty legendary.

[sarahloo]

Decide on (and list) the features you want (zoom, macro, flippy screen, movies, whatever) and then go and play with a few in Jessops. My best advice is a) stick to well-known camera brands like Canon, Nikon, Pentax.. Panasonic are very good too.. and b) don't buy one that takes AA batteries! :)

[tails_redux]

I think plain simple point and shoot, not right fussed about a zoom, macro or movies. Cheap, cheerful, functional, small and rugged are orders of the day.

Why avoid AA batteries?

[sarahloo]

They are unreliable and run out really quickly - the lithium type are much better. If you want small it'd probably only take 2 AAs which is even worse. We have loads of digital cameras at work and I HATE HATE HATE the ones that take AAs!

[sarahloo]

I had a tiny Pentax Optio camera which I carried every day for the last 4 years, Matt's got it now cos I upgraded, but I would definitely recommend something similar... there are loads of options out there though! :)