Which one to buy?

[Julz]

I need a bit of advice please from those of you in the know in the Camra department regarding the purchase of a simple digital camra for my grandaughter's 11th birthday next week

It needs to be fairly simple to use and compact, although she has said that she would like one where the picture quality was good enough to be able to blow up the print occasionally to make a poster for her bedroom wall

I normally give them all a birthday pressie of around £100, so what make and model do you recommend would be best for her photography needs?

Thanks

Julz

[Pete]

I have one of these.

Less than £100

In Automatic mode it's simple Point-and-shoot. It does have some more advanced features which you/your grandaughter can explore later.

It takes photos upto 10MegaPixels, but I tend to only use it at 7MP.

Small enough to fit in my jeans pocket, with me barely noticing it's there.

Let me know if you want me to send you some example photos taken with it.

[Antares_9]

I recommend this.

[RedRover]

I recommend this.

My dad had one of them david must be worth a small fortune,don't make them like that anymore,thank god.

[newf]

Julz, Mark suggested this one to Jonny in another thread and I would think it might be ideal as it looks proffesional and good spec.

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/store ... ms=s1000fd

[Julz]

Thanks for the advice guys, i will have a look at these in the shops and investigate further as to the best one for her needs

Julz

[Guest]

I bought Susan one of these for Christmas:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/S ... scw120.asp

It's proved to be an excellent acquisition. I bought it because DP Review did a test of cheapo cameras and this came out as one of the best, and the most appropriate for our use. I got it off Amazon for £90, so it certainly fits your budget. After my accident in Austria it became the sole camera in use and has produced some top notch results.

Hint, with a cheap camera (and a small sensor) LESS megapixels will generally be better. Anything above 5MP will do you for prints of 15x10.

[Guest]

Hi Julz what about this

you also get a digital photo frame with the camera all for £90

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/505501/SAMSUNG-D860-SPF-71E-PF

Jonny