Buying a New compact

[lumpster]

My wife wants a new compact for around £150-£175and we have been having a look at the options, but there are SO many:eek:



the one that has taken my eye is the Sony CYBER-SHOT W50 (http://www.jessops.com/Store/s34885/0/Digital-Compact-Cameras/Sony/CYBER-SHOT-W50-Digital-Camera/details.aspx?&comp=y) as it has a 2.5" screen on the back. But having a look round this morning, loads do. If fact, there are hundreds of models all doing the same thing for a variety of prices and we have got ourselves very confused.

I have the canon 350d and love it, so looked at the canon range and saw theCanon Digital IXUS 55 (http://www.jessops.com/Store/s30741/0/Digital-Compact-Cameras/Canon/Ixus-55-Digital-Camera/details.aspx?&IsSearch=y&pageindex=1&CatId=236&comp=y) which looks nice too.

Does anyne here have any sugestions about these or any other one?

cheers in advance guys :D

[RobertP]

Same problem here :(

She wants a camera that is small to go in a bag or pocket.....as much optical zoom as possible (+image stabiliser!).... and good in low light - fast/low noise.

I've said I'll let her know when one is developed and put on the market with that spec.

[lumpster]

Robert

just saw this on Jessops site, its their deal of the day:
http://Finepix-F11-Zoom (http://www.jessops.com/Store/s32821/1-136-236/Home/Cameras/Digital-Compact-Cameras/Fujifilm/Finepix-F11-Zoom-Digital-Camera/details.aspx)

online price £149.99 down from their instore price £259.99!!:eek: the cheapest it is on ebay is £153 from HK. So decided it was a bargin

I rang my local store and they wont price match their own site:razz: so ordered it online. should turn up tuesday:D

I liked the fact that the new fuji range have an ISO of 1600.

[Witch]

Depends on exactly how much manual control you want but I've just picked up Curry's sale special offer of a Samsung S600 for £99.99. Seems fine so far - I was simply looking for something with a little more manual control than the other half's naff Olympus C310 that was small and light enough to carry about in a pocket. 6mp, the option of manual control opr pre-set image styles (or something in between) but no viewfinder, which I dislike I must admit.

[RobertP]

I liked the fact that the new fuji range have an ISO of 1600.

And it is quite usable at that setting according to dpreview user opinions.

There are a couple of sites with that price so I'll wait for your review before suggesting it :) . She wants it mainly for taking pictures at concerts where the lighting is often none too bright.

[lumpster]

And it is quite usable at that setting according to dpreview user opinions.

There are a couple of sites with that price so I'll wait for your review before suggesting it :) . She wants it mainly for taking pictures at concerts where the lighting is often none too bright.


Cool, well as i say it should turn up tuesday, so will give a short review soon :D

Depends on exactly how much manual control you want but I've just picked up Curry's sale special offer of a Samsung S600 for £99.99. Seems fine so far - I was simply looking for something with a little more manual control than the other half's naff Olympus C310 that was small and light enough to carry about in a pocket. 6mp, the option of manual control opr pre-set image styles (or something in between) but no viewfinder, which I dislike I must admit.
I dont think my wife will be too bothered about manual. She just wants a quick, pocket size point and shoot, I didnt even look about the manual control options:bang: . she can always borrow the 350d for anything more creative.

[McMav]

Pity it has to be really small *** argos is doing a great deal on the Powershot A610. Got it for wife as a replacement to a nicked camera. Had been looking about for this one and cheapest online I had found was 155. Argos selling it for 140 so the extra 15 quid saved got me a 1gb 133x sd card from my memory.

[ShawWellPete]

I have just bough the Sony T9 for £201 from amazon including postage. I haven't had a chance to play with it properly but it looks fantastic, has anti shake mechanism and the ISO goes up to 680. It is also very small. All in all a perfect camera to take in your pockets for nights out. £26 over budget though...