sub £100 digital compact

[davidd]

We have set ourselves a £100 each limit on christmas, I was thinking about buying my wife a...

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BKXP74/ref=br_lf_li_1_2/026-7760302-2106862

She is after a simple point and press compact, anyone used one of these or able to offer a decent alternative?

Thanks

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[te51cle]

Don't forget to add in the price of a memory card and possibly batteries too.

[simpo two]

This may sound odd but for £99 I'd rather have fewer pixels and more basic image quality. ATBE (all things being equal) you'll get better low light performance and less noise. I have a now-obsolete Olympus Mju300 (3.2 Mp) for my 'shirtpocket' camera and whilst it struggles at A4, it's otherwise fine:

[davidd]

Oh yes, it does not have to be 5 mp, just needs to be good!

D

[simpo two]

OK, have a browse at www.dpreview.com then

I would look for 4Mp (3Mp will do if you're only planning 6x4 prints) and 3x optical zoom as the basics.

[beano500]

Mrs Beano said there was someone advertising on the tellyvelly for a 5 Megasaurus camera and a an HP printer package for ..... can I remember now??? ...oh, about £130-140.

Course it might be complete parc, but if there's a nice little price war before Chrimbo it won't do you any harm!

[pete_w]

simpo two said:

This may sound odd but for £99 I'd rather have fewer pixels and more basic image quality. ATBE (all things being equal) you'll get better low light performance and less noise. I have a now-obsolete Olympus Mju300 (3.2 Mp) for my 'shirtpocket' camera and whilst it struggles at A4, it's otherwise fine:

Blimey, how long did it take you to colourize that one? Nice outcome thou'



>> Edited by pete_w on Friday 11th November 23:45

[HankScorpio]

Got this in a mail shot today:

www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10278260&pid=2&tid=465

My first digicam (in about 98/99) was a Kodak brick that did (I think) 800x600 on the best settings!

[simpo two]

HankScorpio said:

Got this in a mail shot today

I don't like this bit: 'Supported Battery 2 x AA'. Go for Li-Ion if you can find it.