Small, robust compact - £100

[Albedo]

Hi,

Asking for a friend who is off travelling for six months.

He needs a small, pocket-size P&S that will take semi-decent images.

I tried to persuade him on the Canon G series, but they're too expensive.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[pearce_jj]

I asked the same last week - Canon IXUS 80/85/90/95 on discount, or a Panosonic Lumix were the order of the day. Best I could find was IXUS 90 on eBay for about £120.

[Flash In The Pan]

What about one of those new Olympus compacts, you know the one that they advertised with the wee boy chucking it around the garden?

[Albedo]

Thanks for the suggestions. Not sure which Oly that was - can anyone else help?

[Flash In The Pan]

The MJU WP (for water proof, I presume) range...

[mastertrinity]

after watching the gadget show yesterday then i would say the canon A480

[Walt]

Recently got my better half the Canon Ixus 85 and got to say its a great little camera for the money, small, solidly built and produces good results in most situations also has a quite acceptable video recording mode :thumbs:

[scottduffy]

Canon ixus 80 are being sold off in tesco for under £100. They're still well over that on amazon etc.