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Milestone
11-10-2007, 10:48
So my wife has decided she wants a new point and shoot for christmas.

She wants something not too bulky, the smaller in size the better to be honest, it also needs to have optical zoom.

Any recommendations ? Got a budget of around £200.

Thanks
dod
11-10-2007, 11:58
I picked up an olympus FE-210 for the wife, not a bad wee camera at all. Got limitations but okay for what it is :)

heres a pic straight from the cam (http://www.eospics.com/wales2007/slides/PA020241.html)
mmcp42
11-10-2007, 12:03
sounds like a good swap :coat:
Jimmy_Lemon
11-10-2007, 12:09
the Canon IXUX range seem good, got a 75 (was about £200)

Full res (completely un-touched) shot - http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1152/img0657qi7.jpg

I has more and more features the more I play with it :D
8utters
11-10-2007, 20:51
Yep i'd highly recommend the Canon IXUS range too, the 70 or 75 are great, I have teh 65, it's awesome (basically the same as te 75 except it's silver and is 6MP instead of 7.1).
Milestone
12-10-2007, 07:33
Thanks for the above guys.

Being a canon man i'm drawn towards the IXUS :canon: :D
8utters
12-10-2007, 10:54
Hehe yeah same with me, i'v got my entire family using the Canon IXUS seris (except my dad who uses a EOS 3V) :P
Shorn
12-10-2007, 12:18
I have just seen some pics taken with the canon ixus i7 zoom
and am very impressed.
On the darkside of things :) I just bought my lad the Nikon coolpix L10 and it produces great pics.
magpieant
12-10-2007, 15:57
If you can afford one, the canon G9 is meant to be a cracking bit of kit.

Slightly over your budget, but it is meant to be v. good by all accounts.

Anth
8utters
12-10-2007, 21:39
Yeah te G9 looks amasing for a compact, has loads of features you would find in an SLR...like the top flash mount (I personally think a compact would look really wierd with a flashgun ontop but whatever).

If I was going to upgrade my compact (not that I need to, I never use it), i'd probably go with the G9.

You can pick one up for about £280 on eBay, brand new with a 2gig card.
Jimmy_Lemon
13-10-2007, 15:59
the Canon IXUX range seem good, got a 75 (was about £200)

Full res (completely un-touched) shot - http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1152/img0657qi7.jpg

I has more and more features the more I play with it :D

Just realised I uploaded the wrong shot there :( that is obviously resized! oops!
Milestone
13-10-2007, 16:11
Thanks guys, Looks like it's going to be a canon. :thumbs: