A What Camera thread

[Killer2005]

I've finally decided to bring myself into the 21st century and get myself a decent camera. Whilst I'm no serious photographer, I do like to take a nice picture and my iPhone doesn't quite do the job.

I'm probably looking at a budget of around £125+, any suggestions?

[Fastra]

I've just bought this for my daughter (probably a little overkill really):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001T0GZPO/ref=...

... it was £125 when I got it at Christmas though, and while its fantastic in most things I find the battery life not too clever! Amazon reviews are actually quite useful too.

A good source of reference is this site:

http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/digital-camera-revie...

I think he's pretty much an independent so has no bias.
Using his 'camera selector' and searching in the £100 - £150 range it seems his highest ratings are around the 83-85 mark and are:

Canon IXUS 95 IS

Canon Powershot A1100 IS

Panasonic DMC FS15

Panasonic DMC FS25

HTH

[Killer2005]

Cheers, I shall go for a browse

[BlueMR2]

If you want an SLR and can muster a bit more money then i could do a deal on my 350d in the classifieds for a fellow Yorkshire member.

You could check it out on the Hillclimb Sunday if you go, or i could possibly bring it to the Monday meet if you are interested.

[Killer2005]

I wouldn't mind one, but I'm not into Photography enough to warrant spending loads on a camera

[rlw]

For £125ish you can have my Canon 300D/18.55mm kit lens/2 batteries/2 x 1GB compact flash cards/Loewepro bag/manuals& discs.

It might not be the highest spec these days but as a starter its pretty unbeatable - no marks, works perfectly and I will be in East Keswick next weekend if you are interested.

[Killer2005]

Anyone have the Fuji Finepx S1600?

Linky http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fujifilm-FinePix-S1600-Dig...