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Ok the eldest son wrecked my last one so now it's time to buy a new one. We are not talking anything mind blowingly brilliant or anything. Just one that takes damn good pictures and is a breeze to use. Budget €450 Ideas? |
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BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Marcus 1,646 posts
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Registered 19 years ago/keeps eye on thread as I'm looking for a camera in that price range
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BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agoAt least 32mb memory
4+Mega Pixels
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Marcus 1,646 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWhat about this one Barton? 12x optical zoom (with image stabiliser), 4Mpixel, £267.78. Only drawback is the dismal memory card (16Mb? Poor, my 3 year old camera came with the same size card), but then you can always buy a bigger card to go with it as well.
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mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoYou tried using the dpreview.com camera search tool? They probably won't have too many reviews at that price range, but they have the most comprehensive details of features I've come across online.
You have a preference as to the memory format? Want A/S/M priorities? Zoom range? Need wide-angles more, or close-ups? Want a compact style, or a better lens? -
reflux 1,804 posts
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Registered 20 years agoCanon A95 if he wants a fairly compact camera with 3x zoom. Wins every test. Excellent pictures and lots of settings to tweak if one wants to. -
BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agoreflux wrote:
Had a look at the A85 (it's the front runner at the mo with da missus) but cannot find the A95. The A85 is €399 any idea how much the A95 is?
Canon A95 if he wants a fairly compact camera with 3x zoom. Wins every test. Excellent pictures and lots of settings to tweak if one wants to. -
BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agoMarcus wrote:
Da missus' reaction to those ones was yeugh! I like em though!
What about this one Barton? 12x optical zoom (with image stabiliser), 4Mpixel, £267.78. Only drawback is the dismal memory card (16Mb? Poor, my 3 year old camera came with the same size card), but then you can always buy a bigger card to go with it as well.
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reflux 1,804 posts
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Registered 20 years agoBartonFink wrote:
A95 is the big brother of the A85. Both are excellent.
Had a look at the A85 (it's the front runner at the mo with da missus) but cannot find the A95. The A85 is €399 any idea how much the A95 is?
Pixmania has it for €380 including batteries & charger AND a 256MB card aswell.
Check out the review at DPreview.com
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Marcus 1,646 posts
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Registered 19 years agoIt's currently my 'favoured' candidate, unless I can afford a Panasonic FZ20 - 5 Mpixel, 12x optical zoom, Stabiliser, metal case, and a lens that has a constant f2.8 throughout the entire range of the lens. But then it is £100 more than the Z3, so... -
pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoCan't big up my Minolta DiImage enough..
The G600. Fantastic camera for a damned good price. The G400 ain't too bad either!
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BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agopjmaybe wrote:
Yup that was the other forerunner we had in our heads last night.
Can't big up my Minolta DiImage enough..
The G600. Fantastic camera for a damned good price. The G400 ain't too bad either!
Peej
€449 in Argos. Not bad at all but da missus preferred the look and features on the Canon. -
BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHmmm nice!!! -
pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoBartonFink wrote:
pjmaybe wrote:
Yup that was the other forerunner we had in our heads last night.
Can't big up my Minolta DiImage enough..
The G600. Fantastic camera for a damned good price. The G400 ain't too bad either!
Peej
€449 in Argos. Not bad at all but da missus preferred the look and features on the Canon.
The Canon was my other choice. In the end I tried both and it was the sheer speed of the minolta and the total control over the exposure that swung it for me. Coupled with the fact that the Minolta looks a lot better and flashier..
Only prob I had with mine was an iffy CCD on the first one, which Amazon swiftly replaced.
And if you want to see the image quality, go have a look here at the pjmaybe album (under NZ Holiday photos)
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BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agoGot the A95 after and it is a lovely little thing.
Dead handy to use 5M pixels, 32Mb card, you can get lens attachments for it. Nice little screen that pops out like a camcorder. Me a very happy little monkey I have a new toy to play with. \o/
Oh and €449 btw.
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Foregone-Reality 2,216 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAnd here's me not wanting to spend more than 150! Lol.
The olympus on Amazon is loved by all..
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoGood lad. We expect to see example images soon!
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boo 13,901 posts
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Registered 18 years agoJust bought the gf a Canon Ixus 500 for her birthday - seems to be a neat bit of kit.
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BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agopjmaybe wrote:
I'll post up a few somewheres, any recommendations? Used to use ShutterFly.
Good lad. We expect to see example images soon!
Peej
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoBartonFink wrote:
pjmaybe wrote:
I'll post up a few somewheres, any recommendations? Used to use ShutterFly.
Good lad. We expect to see example images soon!
Peej
I use photobucket, dunno if they're still accepting new signups though.
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reflux 1,804 posts
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Registered 20 years agootto wrote:
Try trading her for an american boy. It's in their genes I think.
It's just not fair, I keep trying to get my daughter to wreck my kit so I can upgrade but she steadfastly refuses to do any damage whatsoever.
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Tomo 19,565 posts
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Registered 18 years agoInteresting.
Just been thinking about getting one myself. Christmas present from the rents perhaps? Hehe.
Anyway, I've been looking at the Canon A*5 range. They do look good. But that camera of yours peej... seems dirt cheap for what it is?! 6 Mpixels and only £190? Here:
http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/content/products/details/index.asp?modelcode=MIN-DIMAGE-G600
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Ranger 933 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI bought a Sony DSC-V1 and its tops. 5mpix, 5x optical zoom - you can just point and click OR you can fiddle with lots of manual settings if you want to get into a bit of pro photagraphy. The battery life last about an hour and half so i would advise buying a second battery. I bought a 512Mb card which holds endless amounts of pics. I took it on holiday (2weeks) this year and used it all the time and with the 2 batteries and 512Mb card I didnt need to worry about recharging or card space.
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Homer-Simpson 1,543 posts
Registered 17 years agoSame question peeps. I need to try and think of a good one I want for Christmas at a good price. It doesn't have to be too brill, I just need something thats good for the amatuer photographer. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoDirect link. Is Empire anything to do with EmpireDirect though? I think we've had some bad reports about them (note, Tomo). Also, I think your link has now expired.
Personally, I reckon it depends on your defintion of 'amateur photographer'. For some it just means 'non-professional' - i.e. people who buy an EOS-20D instead of an EOS-1D (1 grand versus three), for others it means someone who prefers a 'prosumer' model rather than an SLR, and for others it means someone who wants a compact camer rather than something more bulky. And yet for others, it can mean the sort of point-and-click person that'd be satisfied with that 44 quid camera you linked to (which by the way, doesn't look worth 80 quid to me when you can get a Fuji A303 for 100 quid quite easily). -
BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agootto wrote:
Your new SLR?
BartonFink wrote:
It's just not fair, I keep trying to get my daughter to wreck my kit so I can upgrade but she steadfastly refuses to do any damage whatsoever.
Ok the eldest son wrecked my last one so now it's time to buy a new one. -
BartonFink wrote:
It's just not fair, I keep trying to get my daughter to wreck my kit so I can upgrade but she steadfastly refuses to do any damage whatsoever.
Ok the eldest son wrecked my last one so now it's time to buy a new one.
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