Stueyb

Hi peeps.

Her indoors has offered to buy me a digital camara for my birthday (up to 400 notes)

Having had a crappy one before im looking for these features:

1) 3.5 Megapixel or better
2) God battary life/rechargable (ie no quad triple A jobs.)
3) Tier 1 manufacturer
4) Good range of addons/expansions etc
5) Can take flash cards rather than use internal memory
6) Must be able to take a knock or two.

Any advice, recommendations etc most appreciated. Also where to get a good price on the camaras.

Many thanks


Stuey

PS I am a total amatuer/newbie but I would like to get something that can "grow" so to speak.

MrsP1Fanatic

Canon Ixus 400?

ChrisB

I've just got myself an Ixus 400 too. Weighs in at £450 but is damn impressive. I've come up from the original Digital Ixus (somebody stole it) and it's quite an upgrade.

Pairs up very well with my film SLR. Ixus is a great size, take everywhere sort of camera and I have the SLR with a big zoom for serious sessions.

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

In the same boat. Noticed today that Dixon's & Jessops are doing the Fuji S602 for £429. Seen one of these in action and it's fantastic. Does movies as well 640x480 @ 30 frames a second.

what would scooby do

Olympus cameda c-50 zoom is what I bought - 5 megapixel, 3 x optical zoom, metal case £370 dixons at heathrow..has l-ion battery and xd picture card memory

Doc

StueyB
I'm going for the canon ixus 400. Have a look at Amazon

Those of you who paid £450 don't look!

boxst

Hello

I just bought an Ixus 400 for £349 from Jessops. They price matched against a company on the internet. Just search.

It's a great camera.

Steve.

P1Fanatic

I have the Ixus v3 (smaller and less zoom). It is excellent. Well built, intuitive controls, 3.2mp. The prints I just got back from Jessops (mostly at 1024 res) are nothing short of amazing. I have now put the APS camera up on Ebay as it has no use now I know I can get prints that sharp.

Would reccomend them to anyone - used most of the Ixus range.

Simon.

northen

stueyb,
i just got a fujifinepics s304,3.2 megapixels ,6x optical zoom
movie making facility. cost me £279 should of been £380.
try www.internetcamerasdirect.co.uk service is great from
this company next day delivery if you order before 2p.m.
i searched everywhere and couldnt beat their prices. as this is
the 1st digi camera iv had i didnt want to go above £300, you
should be able to get a really good one for £400
btw i have no connections with ICD
regards
northen

12LEE

Just purchased Fuji Finepix 6800Zoom (predecessor to S601) as an A Grade refurb from Morgan Computer. £200+VAT.

v pleased with the feature/price for this compared to S601.

P1 Enthusiast

You can get a Canon G3 or an Ixus V400 for that kind of cash, both fantastic.

http://www.steves-digicams.com/default.htm for a review
http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/Productlist.asp

Its 360 for the Ixus400, G2 is 399, G3 is 480, all top prices and cameras

[Edited by P1 Enthusiast - 5/24/2003 8:08:17 PM]