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Tomo 21 Dec 2004 18:30:20 19,565 posts
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Right,

My (wonderful, amazing, beautiful, intelligent etc) girlfriend has told me she'll buy me a digital camera for Christmas!

I remember a thread on here a few weeks ago that was on a similar subject but I can't find it. Peej mentioned some Minolta thingy in it.

Anyway, I need some advice on what to look at when I'm buying one. For Example, someone said to me that the amount of Megapixels a digital camera has isn't everything. The lens is most important or something. Stuff like that anyway!

So... what features to look for, what models and websites to get them off. Please. :]

Oh, I basically want it to take decent photos and record videos. Doesn't have to be anything fancy that some pro would use. Kind of quality that Peej's honeymoon photos were at seems pretty good to me! Budget... well... she's flexible (less of that)... or I'm sure I could make her see sense!

Cheers.

Tomo

Tomo 21 Dec 2004 18:52:40 19,565 posts
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I'm going to have a bath and when I get back, this thread will be swamped with replies.

Khab 21 Dec 2004 18:55:52 6,583 posts
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I might actually be getting a digicam as well - I asked for the Fuji Finepix F440.

Tomo 21 Dec 2004 19:07:52 19,565 posts
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Yeah, I've heard good things about that Canon one too. What are the videos like on it? How long can you record for?

Bath time.

Back soon.

mal 21 Dec 2004 19:35:54 29,326 posts
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monkeyboy: You can shorten links by not putting the full link text in the space between the [a href="..."] and the [/a]. The full link only needs to go in between the quotes - you can put any old crap in between the tags.

dpreview is a very good place to look, if you know what you're looking for. I'm currently looking at getting something cheap (losable) which used CF cards and had A and S priority modes. Using their camera search, it pretty much dropped me straight on to the Canon A75/85/95. A quick check of the user reviews (and cyk's photos done on an A75!) and I reckon that's the one I'll go for. I just need to decide whether 3 MP is enough for my needs, or whether I should stretch to the 4.

Edited by mal at 19:36:13 21-12-2004

WoodenSpoon 21 Dec 2004 20:09:21 12,360 posts
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JCMONKEY wrote:
(Hmm, how do you shorten links?)

Write this without the spaces before and after the brackets:

< a href= "your link" > something describing the link < /a >

Edited by WoodenSpoon at 20:09:48 21-12-2004

Sid-Nice 21 Dec 2004 20:18:02 15,848 posts
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I hope your photography is better focused than your post.

Tomo 21 Dec 2004 20:58:48 19,565 posts
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Right cheers.

I was looking on pixmania.com and they have this < a href= http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/56777/art/canon/powershot-a95-pack-plus.html > Pack Plus < /a > deal. Is that just with the NiMH battery chucked in? Worth it I take it? Is that the only difference between that and the normal A95 deal?

Ill keep searching.

Oh, one other thing. What are Jessops like compared to buying online, price wise? Shit I'm guessing. Same goes for most street stores?

Edited by Tomo at 21:01:24 21-12-2004

Tomo 21 Dec 2004 21:02:05 19,565 posts
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Stupid linkifying code! Pah, I give up.

mal 21 Dec 2004 21:56:33 29,326 posts
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Tomo> Heh, 'spoon just put those spaces in so it wouldn't linkify. Take out the spaces round the arrows.

Don't ask me about pixmania's bundle deals. They confuse the hell out of me. I know what I want, but finding it in a list of about 200 different combinations is a bit difficult.

Edit: Bah, it's me that's well late this time.

Edited by mal at 21:57:06 21-12-2004

Nemesis 21 Dec 2004 23:13:37 20,312 posts
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I purchased the Sony Cybershot (the one running in the recent ads) and it's been a stellar little camera. 4 megapixels and 3x optical zoom.

What I wanted was a small pocket camera that gave decent shots and this does just the job. You should be able to pick it up for < 200

Ginger 22 Dec 2004 07:29:09 7,256 posts
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Pentax Optio S4i. Great piece of kit. Not sure how much it coss over here though.

Edited by Ginger at 07:29:20 22-12-2004

pistol 22 Dec 2004 09:43:23 13,018 posts
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vermin� wrote:
Nikon D70 ?

Nice camera but hardly for someone looking at a budget model?

pistol 22 Dec 2004 09:44:38 13,018 posts
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AnotherMartin 22 Dec 2004 11:23:59 6,229 posts
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Ginger wrote:
Pentax Optio S4i. Great piece of kit. Not sure how much it coss over here though.

Edited by Ginger at 07:29:20 22-12-2004

I had the S4 before I managed to lose it. :-(

Nice little camera, it's now been replaced with the new S5i (in blue!) which I ordered from Pixmania for �227*.

The S4/S4i should be a bit cheaper now but they're running out of stock in most places.

* Just checked and it's gone up to �231 for the blue version and �232 for the silver. That was the one thing I found with Pixmania was that there prices always fluctuate.

FYi, the blue version I got was a french model so the manual was in french but you get a CD of PDFs with all the other languages so it hasn't been a problem.

Rankin 22 Dec 2004 11:41:44 2,931 posts
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Last time this thread came up someone (I think it was WOPR) recommended a Kodak EasyShare DX6490.

I bought one on the back of that recommendation and it's fab.

Tomo 22 Dec 2004 17:25:21 19,565 posts
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Cheers.

I'll have a look at all that stuff. Leaning towards the Canon A95 at the moment.