camera for my father

steph wrote:
Hi group,

My mother wants to buy a digital camera for my father as a gift. And
my task is to choose one!

My father is 68 years old and he doesn't like computers and
technical
gadgets. He likes photograpy, but he only used to cameras with film
up
to now - has never used a digital one. I know, if he gets one that's
too complicated, wigh cryptic menues and too many useless functions,
he'll never use it and it's going to be a waste of money.

So basically I'm looking for a camera that somehow resambles an old
analog camera, that is a camera with automatic exposure and focus,
with view finder (not ony a screen on the back) which produces fotos
of decent quality. price should be around 300€. so far i didn't find
any model that fits my needs. any ideas?

Does he have any kind of camera now, if so what, and what accessories
does he have for it?

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--John
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"steph" wrote in message
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On 6 Dez., 14:48, "J. Clarke" wrote:
steph wrote:
Hi group,

My mother wants to buy a digital camera for my father as a gift. And
my task is to choose one!

My father is 68 years old and he doesn't like computers and
technical
gadgets. He likes photograpy, but he only used to cameras with film
up
to now - has never used a digital one. I know, if he gets one that's
too complicated, wigh cryptic menues and too many useless functions,
he'll never use it and it's going to be a waste of money.

So basically I'm looking for a camera that somehow resambles an old
analog camera, that is a camera with automatic exposure and focus,
with view finder (not ony a screen on the back) which produces fotos
of decent quality. price should be around 300€. so far i didn't find
any model that fits my needs. any ideas?

Does he have any kind of camera now, if so what, and what accessories
does he have for it?

--
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

he's got a small automatic film camera. i think it's an ixus or the
like.

And what is the problem with using that? Sounds like you are trying to fix
something that is not broken.