Buying a decent camera

Hi,
I intend buying a digital camera in the next couple of weeks and have tried
doing some homework.I intend to spend circa 300 GBP.
Having read a review in Digital Camera Shopper I have come to the
conclusion it should be 1 of 2 possibly 3.

Fuji 710

Kodak DX7440

Panasonic DMC fx5

Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of one of
these or are there better alternatives?

Thanks in anticipation

John

Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of one of
these or are there better alternatives?


how are you going to use it? what for? what are your requirements? it makes it
much easier to recommend if you say so.

In article 7,
Jonh Kilman wrote:

Hi,
I intend buying a digital camera in the next couple of weeks and have tried
doing some homework.I intend to spend circa 300 GBP.
Having read a review in Digital Camera Shopper I have come to the
conclusion it should be 1 of 2 possibly 3.

Fuji 710

Kodak DX7440

Panasonic DMC fx5

Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of one of
these or are there better alternatives?

Thanks in anticipation

John



Canon A 80.

--
It is an aspect of maturity to deal rationally with inconsistencies

(Sabineellen) wrote in
:


Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of
one of these or are there better alternatives?


how are you going to use it? what for? what are your requirements? it
makes it much easier to recommend if you say so.


Thanks for the speedy reply.

Just general family stuff.
Birthday Parties, holidays, ocasional landscapes. sunsets, nothing out of
the ordinary. my kids are quite old so fiddly controls are not such a big
issue. Is is safe to presume Lithium Ion is the power of choice?

Cheers

J

(Sabineellen) wrote in
:


Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of
one of these or are there better alternatives?


how are you going to use it? what for? what are your requirements? it
makes it much easier to recommend if you say so.


Thanks for the speedy reply.

Just general family stuff.
Birthday Parties, holidays, ocasional landscapes. sunsets, nothing out of
the ordinary. my kids are quite old so fiddly controls are not such a big
issue. Is is safe to presume Lithium Ion is the power of choice?

Cheers

J

clw wrote in
:

In article 7,
Jonh Kilman wrote:

Hi,
I intend buying a digital camera in the next couple of weeks and have
tried doing some homework.I intend to spend circa 300 GBP.
Having read a review in Digital Camera Shopper I have come to the
conclusion it should be 1 of 2 possibly 3.

Fuji 710

Kodak DX7440

Panasonic DMC fx5

Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of
one of these or are there better alternatives?
Thanks in anticipation
John
Canon A 80.

Cheers I'll have a much closer look at this one now.
thanks
John

clw wrote in
:

In article 7,
Jonh Kilman wrote:

Hi,
I intend buying a digital camera in the next couple of weeks and have
tried doing some homework.I intend to spend circa 300 GBP.
Having read a review in Digital Camera Shopper I have come to the
conclusion it should be 1 of 2 possibly 3.

Fuji 710

Kodak DX7440

Panasonic DMC fx5

Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of
one of these or are there better alternatives?
Thanks in anticipation
John
Canon A 80.

Cheers I'll have a much closer look at this one now.
thanks
John

In article 7,
Jonh Kilman wrote:

Is is safe to presume Lithium Ion is the power of choice?

Thee is debate on this. The Lithium ion last for many shots (see the
reviews), but AA batteries can be obtained in a pinch.

I use a Li, but have a charged spare available. The included charger
for the Canon S 60 is very small, plugs directly into the wall and does
a full re-charge in about an hour.

--
It is an aspect of maturity to deal rationally with inconsistencies

In article 7,
Jonh Kilman wrote:

Is is safe to presume Lithium Ion is the power of choice?

Thee is debate on this. The Lithium ion last for many shots (see the
reviews), but AA batteries can be obtained in a pinch.

I use a Li, but have a charged spare available. The included charger
for the Canon S 60 is very small, plugs directly into the wall and does
a full re-charge in about an hour.

--
It is an aspect of maturity to deal rationally with inconsistencies

Jonh Kilman wrote in message . 143.37...
(Sabineellen) wrote in
:


Is it just a question of paying your money and taking your choice of
one of these or are there better alternatives?


how are you going to use it? what for? what are your requirements? it
makes it much easier to recommend if you say so.


Thanks for the speedy reply.

Just general family stuff.
Birthday Parties, holidays, ocasional landscapes. sunsets, nothing out of
the ordinary. my kids are quite old so fiddly controls are not such a big
issue. Is is safe to presume Lithium Ion is the power of choice?


The Sony DSC P100 has a nice Carl Zeiss lens, comes in a range of nice
colours. Pixmania has it for £230 inc vat. Also their movie mode is
limited only by memory card size (although Sony's are expensive) - the
best on the market. For snapshots, this is well more than you need.