(Sorry about this..!) £100 point and click camera

[briSk]

Hello there.
I appreciate this might be a bit like someone appearing in general gassing and doing a what car about the best caravan tow car..but

Can you give me any pointers on the best 'point and click' camera i can buy for my wife for Christmas..?

after 6.5 years our trusty Canon IXUS has given up the ghost. in many ways she wouldn;t mind another canon but we're not that fussed.

so what's the best option up to £100 (well maybe a bit over).

ideally good battery life and ideally a decent screen. a lot of photos of gardens and inside the house (we're doing up) and the usual 'ooh look it's my friends' type photos. i might borrow it for car things but only static really and probably not very often so not really that fussed about whether it is that good at dealing with a 130mph 250 gt swb..!

thanks in advance.

[briSk]

this sounds alright..?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Panasonic-DMCFS3-Digital-C...

and i can get a case and a memory card all within budget!

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actually a bit dear i think.

this though..:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179281

..no that's crap apparently. looks good though..!

Edited by briSk on Tuesday 1st December 14:25

[craig_s]

Best advice I can give is that megapixels aren't everything. They only really matter when it comes to printing. I've got a camera with 6 and I can get A3 prints at a good enough quality for going on the wall.
A camera might have 12 million pixels but the they will be of lower quality than a camera at the same price with 8.
When looking at a camera, have a look on Flickr camera finder, it lets you see images taken by people with a specific camera.

[briSk]

craig_s said:

Best advice I can give is that megapixels aren't everything. They only really matter when it comes to printing. I've got a camera with 6 and I can get A3 prints at a good enough quality for going on the wall.
A camera might have 12 million pixels but the they will be of lower quality than a camera at the same price with 8.
When looking at a camera, have a look on Flickr camera finder, it lets you see images taken by people with a specific camera.

that's usefult.

i have been looking at a powershot one. at first i thought AA batteries was annoying but now think could be cood esp if in an 'emergency' so will ponder..