Any ideas for a good Digital Camera??

[TIN CAN]

Hi folks,
Any suggestions for a good digital camera for about £200-£250 would like something with a bit of zoom for those close up shots but other than that not an expert so any advice welcome.

Cheers

Dan

[TIN CAN]

Minolta Dimage Z2

h**p://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=96502&r=KELK


Any views on this one ??

looks good to me ??

[WTD]

Seems a good price mate, heres an excellent site for reviews called Steve's Digicams http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/z2.html really worthwhile reading.

Looks a little bulky and cumbersom for me personally, would want something to 'point and click' with all the goodies that you get with a digicam (i.e. review piccies etc)

[flipper321]

Depends what you are after - that camera isn't the most compact you'll find, but does have a great zoom, I've got a Canon A80 which gives full manual controls in a smallish camera but only goes to 3x optical zoom.

[TIN CAN]

cheers peeps, i'm not sure what i am after really not a proffessional user so its jsut for hols and for family occassions etc. I like the idea of a good zoom camera but then i'm not sure about the other features and whats good to have and what i can do without. Ill give the reviews site a look thanks.

Tin Can.

[Q-Buster]

Still with 7dayshop, for £139, THIS looks a bit of a bargain to me, just from the spec.

Me, I'm still using my £100 Kodak from the Kodak cockup of a year or two ago.

Q-Buster

[sanj]

Go for the Canon powershot s50 it's been reduced from £350(I bought mine for £450 about 6mths ago)to £250 and I don't think you'll find a better 5m pixel camera which you can set to auto and point and click for truly amazing result's.
http://www.cameras2u.com/products/de...13AA&refer=klk
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/s50.html

[TIN CAN]

thanks guys ill take a look and see what i come up with

[Mr_Flash]

I've got the Nikon Coolpix 3100 which is a great camera.

Very Compact with 3x optical zoom and 3.2 megapixles. It has loads of easy to use options for taking different pictures. i.e sunsets, partys, landscapes.

Coupled with a 128MB card and the camera set at 2 megapixles (good enough for standard photo's) i fit 180 pics on the card.

http://www.internetcamerasdirect.co....mera-deals.htm

Only down side to this camera is you don't get a mains charger. You get a external battery charger with the camera and 1 set of rechargeable batterys. So it's best to buy another set of batterys so you've always got some juice.

[ALZ]

Still with 7dayshop, for £139, THIS looks a bit of a bargain to me, just from the spec.

Be careful with 7dayshop as its located in Guernsey and so tax free, but you will have to pay the tax on delivery, approx 17.5 % on any items over £25