Mo

Hi Phil,

letsgodigital is probably the cheapest and has most models in stock.

Have a look at the Sony DSC P71, 3.1 megapixel for £269. I know it's a little more expensive but read the reviews, it may be worth the extra.

Previously mentioned websites have this listed at £300+

[Edited by Mo - 11/5/2002 9:02:42 AM]

salsa-king

as above.
want a decent digital camera to takle pix to put on my web site...must be good quality pix though.
might be nice if the camera had a few seconds (15-30?secs) of video too.

want to spend around £200...no more than £250 though!
also don't want something like a house brick!

http://www.qed-uk.com/?i=0ZNqsV00mGuS&vp=3&bg=265
are these ppl a good place to buy from too? hav you seen them b4?

i've heard Kodak are expensive for the 'cards'!!

Phil

eboyling

The Canon A40 is an excellent camera for the money. Its about 200 quid now. It takes 30 seconds of video (before writing to the card), has a x3 optical zoom and is 2.1 Megapixel.

DP Review is an excellent website to look at.

Edward

suba

have a look at www.empiredirect.co.uk. they got the canon A40 for £189.98!

also check out www.internetcamerasdirect.co.uk.

Ross Taylor

2 days ago I picked up a Fuji Finepix 30i...

2mg pixel, 20 sec video clips - Also doubles as an mp3 player!

It's a *quality* piece of kit, and I'm rather chuffed with it

Cost £240 , and that included 96mb work of smartmedia cards, and a usb card reader...

Cheers,

Ross.

Scotty Boy

check out Digital Depot

Will match any price. Just a very happy customer

salsa-king

thanks peeps, but stil don't know what to go for!

i'll look over these web links you posted for me thanks

Phil

BL

Phil

Cheapest place around is www.digital-cameras.com

But best thing is choose a digital camera from any internet site, phone them to make sure they have it in stock, then go to your local Jessops. They have a price match policy & will match even internet prices as long as they have it in stock. At least they wont go bankrupt!!!

Hope this helps.

Bob

salsa-king

good idea

salsa-king

spooky...i was only thinking about you today and if you still had your car...as not seen you about for so long...was it Donno last year??

I'll check it out..

gregh

I'd go for the Canon Ixus, from the website mentioned previously

Canon IXUS V3 3.2 megapixels
EXIF 2.2
2x optical zoom, 35 - 70 mm (F2.8 - F4.0)
Digital zoom 3.2x
Shutter speed 15 - 1/1500 sec
Movie files capture - Large: 640 x 480, Middle: 320 x 240, Small: 160 x 120
Direct Printing
ISO 50 - 400

Our Price £339.00

so the older ones are cheaper, ie the V2 is £269 here

http://www.digitaldepot.co.uk/canon_ixus_v2.htm

I have a now 2 year old 2mb pixel Ixus and it's great, sample piccies that has been resized and compressed



[Edited by gregh - 11/6/2002 12:58:59 AM]

Mossman

Digital Ixus looks good! Gorgeous design.
Mossman

chiark

Salsa,

I've bought from QED. They're a branch of miller brothers. To be honest, I've had better service from practically every other internet retailer that I've used, plus returns is a nightmare according to a friend...

Walk into Jessops, they'll pricematch, plus you can play with the cameras that you're interested in.

The Ixus V2 looks damn tempting... I'm after a camera for my wife for christmas, and I think that might just be the one... Was considering the Fuji F401, but this looks goooood!

ChrisB

I've had the original Digital Ixus for over two years now and had some great photo's out of it, so the Ixus v3 would be high on my list.

Sample pics (resized down from 1600 x 1200)




Alternatively, PC Pro recommend the Canon Powershot A40.

"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."

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/labs_sto...meras&issue=98

MartinM

I'm desperately trying to get an Ixus V3, but no-one has them in stock (incl. DigitalDepot)

Anyone know where there's one in stock???

ChrisB

I've just checked with a couple of big trade distributors on the V3.

One is showing 12/11/2002, the other 13/11/2002 as stock ETAs.

Looks like they are still filtering into the channel.

MartinM

ChrisB

...so any chance of me buying straight from one of your 'friendly' trade distributors next week then?

ScoobyJawa

finepix 2600 or 2800 or 30i mate!

salsa-king

the canon does look good at £208....but the write up does put it down a bit against the others.
i'd still like to take video+sound if possible.


what camera did MDB have?

Phil