OT: Cheap digi cam

Evening all

Need some photography advice, and I know a few of you are into that sort of
thing...

I busted my digital camera a few months ago and have been meaning to buy a
new one. All I do is point and click at stuff, I'm not interested in loads
of spangly features, just a decent photo quality and the option to take half
decent movies too.

I see lots of cheapo, random-make cameras about but are these worth buying?
Would they be adequate for what I want, and if so which ones?

To give you an idea my current (broken) camera is a Sony DSC-S40 4.1MP which
I've been quite happy with, so I'm thinking about picking another one up,
but if there's any other suggestions for sub £100 cameras please let me
know.

Oh, and kinda back on topic - the black BX has gone Just need to get
the red (well, pink ATM) one on the road now as it currently has no MoT or
tax

Cheers

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Carl Gibbs wrote:

To give you an idea my current (broken) camera is a Sony DSC-S40 4.1MP which
I've been quite happy with, so I'm thinking about picking another one up,
but if there's any other suggestions for sub £100 cameras please let me

I got a brand new 6MP Sony Cybershot from eBay last summer for under
£100. Catch was, it was a French one, some guy was importing them.
Manual etc. was multilanguage of course, but it had a Euro power plug.
Bit it's not a problem as you just need to swap the 'video lead' bit for
an English one (or chop the plug off and wire an English one on), and
job done.

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I'd recommend a Casio Elixim, but go for one of the 6 or 7 Mega pixel
ones (EX-Z60 & EX-Z70, respectively), 'cos they are quite a bit less
noisy than the 10MP ones in low light (long exposure). There are
compact cameras with better optics (although not by much), but for size,
ease of use, display quality and especially battery life they are pretty
much unbeatable - perfect portable snappers.

Good news about the BX, BTW.

Evening all

Need some photography advice, and I know a few of you are into that sort of
thing...

I busted my digital camera a few months ago and have been meaning to buy a
new one. All I do is point and click at stuff, I'm not interested in loads
of spangly features, just a decent photo quality and the option to take half
decent movies too.

I see lots of cheapo, random-make cameras about but are these worth buying?
Would they be adequate for what I want, and if so which ones?

To give you an idea my current (broken) camera is a Sony DSC-S40 4.1MP which
I've been quite happy with, so I'm thinking about picking another one up,
but if there's any other suggestions for sub £100 cameras please let me
know.

Oh, and kinda back on topic - the black BX has gone Just need to get
the red (well, pink ATM) one on the road now as it currently has no MoT or
tax

Cheers

"Albert T Cone" <mmmm (AT) pie (DOT) com> wrote

I'd recommend a Casio Elixim, but go for one of the 6 or 7 Mega pixel ones
(EX-Z60 & EX-Z70, respectively), 'cos they are quite a bit less noisy than
the 10MP ones in low light (long exposure). There are compact cameras
with better optics (although not by much), but for size, ease of use,
display quality and especially battery life they are pretty much
unbeatable - perfect portable snappers.

Seconded. I have one of the card ones, it's super tiny. Shit when it's
dark, but great for your every day point and shoot stuff, and well handy on
nights out as it's smaller than most phones so slips straight into the jeans
pocket. Also seems pretty beer resistant too. And you can get it in a
really foul orange colour, which I have :-)

Good news about the BX, BTW.

Indeed :-)

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Iridium wrote:

"Albert T Cone" <mmmm (AT) pie (DOT) com> wrote in message
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I'd recommend a Casio Elixim, but go for one of the 6 or 7 Mega pixel ones
(EX-Z60 & EX-Z70, respectively), 'cos they are quite a bit less noisy than
the 10MP ones in low light (long exposure). There are compact cameras
with better optics (although not by much), but for size, ease of use,
display quality and especially battery life they are pretty much
unbeatable - perfect portable snappers.

Seconded. I have one of the card ones, it's super tiny. Shit when it's
dark, but great for your every day point and shoot stuff, and well handy on
nights out as it's smaller than most phones so slips straight into the jeans
pocket. Also seems pretty beer resistant too. And you can get it in a
really foul orange colour, which I have :-)

My mother in law has an Exilim and yeah, it does take decent photos for
a compact.

Ya big ponce, go and get an EOS 1D :P

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"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Evening all

Need some photography advice, and I know a few of you are into that sort
of thing...

I busted my digital camera a few months ago and have been meaning to buy a
new one. All I do is point and click at stuff, I'm not interested in
loads of spangly features, just a decent photo quality and the option to
take half decent movies too.

I see lots of cheapo, random-make cameras about but are these worth
buying? Would they be adequate for what I want, and if so which ones?

To give you an idea my current (broken) camera is a Sony DSC-S40 4.1MP
which I've been quite happy with, so I'm thinking about picking another
one up, but if there's any other suggestions for sub £100 cameras please
let me know.

Oh, and kinda back on topic - the black BX has gone Just need to get
the red (well, pink ATM) one on the road now as it currently has no MoT or
tax

Cheers

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Evening all

Need some photography advice, and I know a few of you are into that sort
of thing...

I busted my digital camera a few months ago and have been meaning to buy a
new one. All I do is point and click at stuff, I'm not interested in
loads of spangly features, just a decent photo quality and the option to
take half decent movies too.

I see lots of cheapo, random-make cameras about but are these worth
buying? Would they be adequate for what I want, and if so which ones?

To give you an idea my current (broken) camera is a Sony DSC-S40 4.1MP
which I've been quite happy with, so I'm thinking about picking another
one up, but if there's any other suggestions for sub £100 cameras please
let me know.

Oh, and kinda back on topic - the black BX has gone Just need to get
the red (well, pink ATM) one on the road now as it currently has no MoT or
tax

Cheers

I bought my mum a second hand Nikon Coolpix 4600 off a mate. They're about
£60-£70 on ebay. They take alright pictures for what they are - bit of
chromatic aberration, over exposes a touch etc. and you have to wait for the
flash to recharge before you can do anything.

It's easily beaten to death in photo quality terms by a cheap second hand
film SLR with a 35-100 lens at half the price, but it's a much bigger piece
of kit.

IMO a decent camera phone is up to scratch for most point and shoot stuff
these days, and if you're wanting to take decent pictures on the cheap, get
a cheap SLR. IME I take the odd daft photo on the phone, and find it's worth
taking a proper camera when I think I'll be seing stuff worth taking
pictures of (ie, car shows etc.). The £200 upward one piece SLR digicams are
getting pretty good but they're not really pocketable or everyday pieces of
kit again.

"Doki" <mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
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Evening all

Need some photography advice, and I know a few of you are into that sort
of thing...

I busted my digital camera a few months ago and have been meaning to buy
a new one. All I do is point and click at stuff, I'm not interested in
loads of spangly features, just a decent photo quality and the option to
take half decent movies too.

I see lots of cheapo, random-make cameras about but are these worth
buying? Would they be adequate for what I want, and if so which ones?

To give you an idea my current (broken) camera is a Sony DSC-S40 4.1MP
which I've been quite happy with, so I'm thinking about picking another
one up, but if there's any other suggestions for sub £100 cameras please
let me know.

Oh, and kinda back on topic - the black BX has gone Just need to get
the red (well, pink ATM) one on the road now as it currently has no MoT
or tax

Cheers

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:568m16F24pje6U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net...
Evening all

Need some photography advice, and I know a few of you are into that sort
of thing...

I busted my digital camera a few months ago and have been meaning to buy
a new one. All I do is point and click at stuff, I'm not interested in
loads of spangly features, just a decent photo quality and the option to
take half decent movies too.

I see lots of cheapo, random-make cameras about but are these worth
buying? Would they be adequate for what I want, and if so which ones?

To give you an idea my current (broken) camera is a Sony DSC-S40 4.1MP
which I've been quite happy with, so I'm thinking about picking another
one up, but if there's any other suggestions for sub £100 cameras please
let me know.

Oh, and kinda back on topic - the black BX has gone Just need to get
the red (well, pink ATM) one on the road now as it currently has no MoT
or tax

Cheers

I bought my mum a second hand Nikon Coolpix 4600 off a mate. They're about
£60-£70 on ebay. They take alright pictures for what they are - bit of
chromatic aberration, over exposes a touch etc. and you have to wait for
the
flash to recharge before you can do anything.

It's easily beaten to death in photo quality terms by a cheap second hand
film SLR with a 35-100 lens at half the price, but it's a much bigger
piece
of kit.

IMO a decent camera phone is up to scratch for most point and shoot stuff
these days, and if you're wanting to take decent pictures on the cheap,
get
a cheap SLR. IME I take the odd daft photo on the phone, and find it's
worth
taking a proper camera when I think I'll be seing stuff worth taking
pictures of (ie, car shows etc.). The £200 upward one piece SLR digicams
are
getting pretty good but they're not really pocketable or everyday pieces
of
kit again.

My phone camera is ok - 2MP i think. But once you start loosing light, or

want to zoom in it starts to get a bit wank. So just want a cheapy digi cam
to take on nights out, car shows, holidays etc etc that can be used in all
conditions.

Would like ot get one before the weekend as I'm going to see some racing at
Brands, so think I'll spend a bit of time tonight scouring t'internet for
summat.

Cheers for the replies dudes!

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote

"Doki" <mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote


I bought my mum a second hand Nikon Coolpix 4600 off a mate. They're
about
£60-£70 on ebay. They take alright pictures for what they are - bit of
chromatic aberration, over exposes a touch etc. and you have to wait for
the
flash to recharge before you can do anything.

It's easily beaten to death in photo quality terms by a cheap second hand
film SLR with a 35-100 lens at half the price, but it's a much bigger
piece
of kit.

IMO a decent camera phone is up to scratch for most point and shoot stuff
these days, and if you're wanting to take decent pictures on the cheap,
get
a cheap SLR. IME I take the odd daft photo on the phone, and find it's
worth
taking a proper camera when I think I'll be seing stuff worth taking
pictures of (ie, car shows etc.). The £200 upward one piece SLR digicams
are
getting pretty good but they're not really pocketable or everyday pieces
of
kit again.

My phone camera is ok - 2MP i think. But once you start loosing light, or
want to zoom in it starts to get a bit wank. So just want a cheapy digi
cam to take on nights out, car shows, holidays etc etc that can be used in
all conditions.

Would like ot get one before the weekend as I'm going to see some racing
at Brands, so think I'll spend a bit of time tonight scouring t'internet
for summat.

Cheers for the replies dudes!

I fucked that posting up good and proper. Yashica / Kyocera have a very good
rep for their POS film stuff, but I reckon you'll find anything under £100
and digital a bit disappointing.

"Doki" <mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
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"Doki" <mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote


I bought my mum a second hand Nikon Coolpix 4600 off a mate. They're
about
£60-£70 on ebay. They take alright pictures for what they are - bit of
chromatic aberration, over exposes a touch etc. and you have to wait for
the
flash to recharge before you can do anything.

It's easily beaten to death in photo quality terms by a cheap second
hand
film SLR with a 35-100 lens at half the price, but it's a much bigger
piece
of kit.

IMO a decent camera phone is up to scratch for most point and shoot
stuff
these days, and if you're wanting to take decent pictures on the cheap,
get
a cheap SLR. IME I take the odd daft photo on the phone, and find it's
worth
taking a proper camera when I think I'll be seing stuff worth taking
pictures of (ie, car shows etc.). The £200 upward one piece SLR digicams
are
getting pretty good but they're not really pocketable or everyday pieces
of
kit again.

My phone camera is ok - 2MP i think. But once you start loosing light,
or want to zoom in it starts to get a bit wank. So just want a cheapy
digi cam to take on nights out, car shows, holidays etc etc that can be
used in all conditions.

Would like ot get one before the weekend as I'm going to see some racing
at Brands, so think I'll spend a bit of time tonight scouring t'internet
for summat.

Cheers for the replies dudes!

I fucked that posting up good and proper. Yashica / Kyocera have a very
good rep for their POS film stuff, but I reckon you'll find anything under
£100 and digital a bit disappointing.
Like I said it's just point and shoot stuff, I'm not after anything spangly

that'll take professional looking photos. I can get the same camera I've
got currently for £56 with 12 months warrenty so might just get that and be
done with it.

"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote

"Doki" <mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote


"Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
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"Doki" <mrdoki (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote


I bought my mum a second hand Nikon Coolpix 4600 off a mate. They're
about
£60-£70 on ebay. They take alright pictures for what they are - bit of
chromatic aberration, over exposes a touch etc. and you have to wait
for the
flash to recharge before you can do anything.

It's easily beaten to death in photo quality terms by a cheap second
hand
film SLR with a 35-100 lens at half the price, but it's a much bigger
piece
of kit.

IMO a decent camera phone is up to scratch for most point and shoot
stuff
these days, and if you're wanting to take decent pictures on the cheap,
get
a cheap SLR. IME I take the odd daft photo on the phone, and find it's
worth
taking a proper camera when I think I'll be seing stuff worth taking
pictures of (ie, car shows etc.). The £200 upward one piece SLR
digicams are
getting pretty good but they're not really pocketable or everyday
pieces of
kit again.

My phone camera is ok - 2MP i think. But once you start loosing light,
or want to zoom in it starts to get a bit wank. So just want a cheapy
digi cam to take on nights out, car shows, holidays etc etc that can be
used in all conditions.

Would like ot get one before the weekend as I'm going to see some racing
at Brands, so think I'll spend a bit of time tonight scouring t'internet
for summat.

Cheers for the replies dudes!

I fucked that posting up good and proper. Yashica / Kyocera have a very
good rep for their POS film stuff, but I reckon you'll find anything
under £100 and digital a bit disappointing.
Like I said it's just point and shoot stuff, I'm not after anything
spangly that'll take professional looking photos. I can get the same
camera I've got currently for £56 with 12 months warrenty so might just
get that and be done with it.

get as close as you can to the £100 mark and there are some nice camera's
about. i personally love the canon camera's but most of them are a bit £££'s
my dad's a bit of a camera nerd so i always nick his 300D if i need
something really good. hes gonna replace it soon though i think for whatever
is the bollocks at the moment.