RoShamBo

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need a bit of advice here.
I am buying a digital camera for my wife for Xmas.
It must be really easy to use (point & click) & be able to print out pictures without the need of a PC (we have one but she cant even turn it on !!)
Would like it to print out onto normal pictures sizes on glossy paper too as we do like our photo albums.

Kodac do an EasyPic or something - anyone used one of these ?

Also dont want to spend loads of money - £350 - £400 tops.

Any recommendations ?

chinnybloke

Get a cheap point and click with CF card slot and then take the CF card into a photo dev place. You stick your card in, choose the pix you want printing and they do it for you.

RoShamBo

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Chinny

Good idea however the idea of printing them off at home appeals as I guess it would save money long term ?

Paulo P

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Get any camera and take your memory card into boots or similar and get the pictures developed. That's what I do and it's very cheap. You get something like 50 pictures for £5

Paul

Paulo P

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If you add up the running costs of photo printers/decent printers it will take an awful lot of pictures to break even It's more cost effective to get them done when you consider the additional cost of ink cartridges, paper etc.

Paul

RoShamBo

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OK then - suggestions for a really good digital camera thats really easy to use & £350-ish please chaps

Thanks !!

Ro.

Goochie

Fuji FinePix.

Duck_Pond

Have a look at the site Internet Cameras Direct (here) as they have all manner of cameras for sale, and show useful information about each.

If you order before 2pm (I think), it'll be delivered to you the next day.

I'd agree with the Fuji comment - a mate has one, and it is great. I opted for a Canon A70 though, as I didn't have £350 spare!

[Edited by Duck_Pond - 12/15/2003 11:36:12 AM]

Paulo P

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For that money you will get a really good one try places like these people. They are way cheaper than the high street shops but I can't remember their url

Digital First Ltd
Unit 12, Norths Estate Piddington
High Wycombe Buckinghamshire
HP14 3BE

Tel: 01494 883399

Paul

Paulo P

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found it

Check out the fuji on their front page

Geezer

IMO, the PC option is better and far more cost effective. Most pictures taken are fairly poor, and so are a waste of money when it comes to developing them. If you ise a digi camera, you can store them on your PC, and either delete the poor ones or just view them (on a much bigger format and satifying format than paper) whenever without the need for storing the damend things in boxes and searching endlessly for the ones you want to see!

I only only print off the ones that are really good, or the ones I want to frame or give to the parents (these oldies don't do PCs!).

I take ALOT of photographs, and there is no denying that digital is cheaper, unless you particularly like the tangibleness (made up word!) of paper photographs

Geezer

Diablo

LOL who's doing home **** then

Try Canon

Duck_Pond

Agree with Geezer on the poor pictures comment.

The LCD screen on the back of most cameras rarely shows that a picture is in focus properly (you can zoom right in to tell on some models), and the pc provides the option to manipulate / edit the shots anyway.

As for printing at home - I still prefer the quality from proper developers, and often upload the images I want printed. It is also worthwile rememembering that the printer cartridges for most modern inkjet printers, cost as much as the original printer to replace!

ALi-B

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I can reccomend the Cannon Powershot A70. Has all the feature you'll ever need. And is fairly simple to use (once you've read the instructions) and offers very good battery life. It supports Cannon "Direct Print" so no PC is needed. But requires a compatible Cannon printer to use this feature. I'm yet to get a Cannon printer to try this out though (I use a HP PSC2410 at the moment).

My mate has a 2 mega-pixel Kodak Easy share, and he always complains about the poor battery life.

Also if you need a printer, I can reccomend the Hewlet packard Photosmart psc2410 all-in-one with compact flash card reader. These can print straight off the card used in the Cannon cameras without the need of a PC. The PSC2510 is the most user freindly, as it can print an index print of the photo's and you just tick the box of which one you want printed full size and put it on the scanner and off it goes! (it's also a photo copier, scanner and fax too).

Only downside to it is when used to print high quality photos on photo paper, the colour and photo ink cartridges don't last that long (about 35 full size A4 colour pages). But I'm not sure how that compares to other printers - so it may good!

Oh get a card for the camera that holds at least 128meg. Most cameras are only supplied with 16meg cards, which is only good for 20 odd shots.

magepaster

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ALso have a look at some reviews to find one that best suits your needs.
I find Steves Digicams to be very informative