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dreameruk
24-10-2009, 19:20
after a bit of advice, its my brothers birthday next month and his girlfriend wants to get him a new camera. he has told her that he would like one with a pretty good zoom but at the same time nothing to complicated, he will only use it for general stuff like holidays pics of the kids etc. i've been told a canon d10 but no nothing about compacts so any help appreciated.

the budget is £350-£400

thanks for any advice
akr
24-10-2009, 20:12
If after a good zoom TZ 5/6/7 should cover what you need, and a very decent camera too.
dd77
25-10-2009, 01:06
I have recently bought a Canon G10 compact. I find it to be very good, you can read a review here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091702canon_g10.asp. I had a Canon G9 before that was also an excelent camera, If you can find it, buy it, it's probably cheaper.
Chaz Photos
25-10-2009, 01:08
G10 here as well
longlyogre
25-10-2009, 01:32
Fuji F200 EXR

Less than £200 and real compact.

Nice skin colour and easy to use.
Flash In The Pan
25-10-2009, 01:40
Another vote for the G10 here :thumbs:
Lightning Count
25-10-2009, 05:07
My compact is a Ricoh CX1 and I love, great image quality and video quality. Is very user friendly also, so point and shoot is simple, but it has also has some more advanced capabilities for the slightly more serious shots.

The zoom is 7.1 optical (brilliant for a compact) oh it's about £270 so that's well within your budget. It's 9MP which is plenty for high quality prints. Video is 640 x 480, so not quite HD but perfectly acceptable for youtube uploads (I have shot and uploaded video to youtube with this camera, request some footage or stills and I'll post it up happily.):D
AndyWest
25-10-2009, 07:07
For that budget i'd also go for the G10, it's a bargain as the G11 is out!!
lawrenceots
25-10-2009, 08:23
go for Panasonic Lumix LX3 - cracker
akr
25-10-2009, 10:16
go for Panasonic Lumix LX3 - cracker

True, but not really a good zoom....
akr
25-10-2009, 10:19
I have recently bought a Canon G10 compact. I find it to be very good, you can read a review here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091702canon_g10.asp. I had a Canon G9 before that was also an excelent camera, If you can find it, buy it, it's probably cheaper.

If you go for this you might want to check the size first, it's a fairly big compact as such.
dreameruk
25-10-2009, 14:40
thanks all will take a look at some of the mentioned