I've been asked to recomend a digital stills camera for someone at work. I need to give three options for price (£200, £300, £400). I don't know much about these. Can anyone rfecoment any, or advise a website for reviews?

It needs to...

1. Be easy to use (point and click)
2. Have zoom funtion
3. Download to PC via USB
4. Decent quality pics

???

 

Oh yes, and it needs to be faily small as well, so she can fit it into her handbag

 

Go buy this month's "What Digital Camera", as there's an article called "cool pics for chicks" or something like that (I kid you not) where they give 6 women 6 different cameras, and swap 'em all around.

Group winner was the Fuji 401. 2MP, 3x zoom. Close behind was the Minolta Dimage X, which is being reduced to around 250 quid in various places now...

 

Any of the Fuji range will suit your budget.

a303 is good at £280



[Edited by Dougster. - 10/22/2002 12:31:38 PM]

 

New issue of PC Pro tests budget Digi Cams.

One of the Canon Powershots won the sub £300 category. Grab a copy and have a read

 

there is a new Konica 4 megapixel out for about £400 IIRC

 

Got to be Olympus Camedia C-220

 

Really depends what you're looking for. Personally, my budget was a maximum of £300 but that had to include a memory card. I had the choice down to three Canons - the Ixus v2, Ixus 330 and the Powershot A40. Most important thing to me was that it was idiot proof.I also couldn't be bothered with rechargeable AA batteries, so that left me with the v2 and 330. I ended up going for the v2 and am delighted with it (I would say that though).

I ordered through Cameras Direct and they delivered next day.

Hope this helps,

Gamm

 

Love my Konica KD-400Z. Think it fits the bill exactly.

 

Get a Hewlet Packard 812, 4.13 Mega pixels, new model with Pentax lens
and only £299 inc vat
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James

[Edited by jameswrx - 10/22/2002 8:34:01 PM]

 

Cannon 330RS 3MP, 128MB memory, spare battery, case etc £400 - dogs danglies

 

Canon Powershot A40
Bloody good camera
Zoom and Digital Zoom capabilities.

 

I got a Canon Powershot A40 too. Very pleased with it. And now under £200 with a 32meg card thrown in at a lot of places.

 

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/labs_sto...ue=98&id=33812

"VERDICT: Despite having just a 2.1-megapixel CCD, the Canon produced some of the best images in this category. With heavyweight features and a low price, it's a great buy."

"The PowerShot A40 defies the odds. How can a camera at this price include a huge amount of high-end features yet beat its budget rivals for quality hands down? We don't know the answer, but our advice is not to worry and to just go and buy it, because this camera is an absolute bargain."

Has sample pics on that link

Buy one of them for £200 and get a 128MB CF card from Dabs.com or Crucial.Com/UK and sorted.

 

Thanks for the recomendations. We already have a Canon A50, which has done the job nicely so far, so the A40 is a definite possibility.

Cheers