Don't want to be beamed up to Mars, or spend ages reading through an inch thick instruction booklet, so just looking for a basic aim it/shoot it auto camera with a decent zoom and a decent sized view window.
Looking to pay £100-£150.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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You really need to get down to the likes of Currys and physically pick them up, there's hundreds of cameras that would fit your requirements but the actual "feel" of a camera is the only way to choose once you've compared specs, a simple point and shoot £60 quider would probably do you as even the cheapys take a great shot these days but you might end up getting "into" it and find a basic is letting you down in the future.Zambo wrote:Don't want to be beamed up to Mars, or spend ages reading through an inch thick instruction booklet, so just looking for a basic aim it/shoot it auto camera with a decent zoom and a decent sized view window.
Looking to pay £100-£150.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
For what it's worth I have this one which does far more than I need but I take a lot of pics at gigs and the low light/fast movement capabilities outdo a point and shoot and that's what sold it for me.
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Yeah already had planned to go to Currys later this morning, just wondered if there were any recommendations before I set off.
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Ask about the insurance they offer, 3 years back it was £17 for 3 years of no quibble replacement for damage or fault and having dropped my fair share it sounded like a good deal, 2 years on I dropped my camera and cracked the screen, took it back and they changed it there and then for the one I have now as the previous model was no longer available, for a change it really was what it said on the tin.Zambo wrote:Yeah already had planned to go to Currys later this morning, just wondered if there were any recommendations before I set off.
Cheers for the info
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I had one when they first came out thrown in with new computer a Canon sommat or other with 2 megapixels. It had an 'on' button and another to take a picture plus a couple on the opposite side to do some basic settings such as a flash. A true point and click. You could get the camera out and take a shot within 5 seconds of taking it out and every picture was superb. Then the button fell off after about 8 years.
The thing I've got now has to wait for the lens to come out, focus on the subject, await confirmation it's in focus and then press. It takes longer to get the pic up and doesn't give much feedback that it's done it. A huge step backwards in simplicity.
Good job I don't do much photography really as it'd end up going through the window. I won't even bother going on about the one on the phone.
The thing I've got now has to wait for the lens to come out, focus on the subject, await confirmation it's in focus and then press. It takes longer to get the pic up and doesn't give much feedback that it's done it. A huge step backwards in simplicity.
Good job I don't do much photography really as it'd end up going through the window. I won't even bother going on about the one on the phone.
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Got the Canon IXUS 180. Currys didn't have much, so ended up getting it at Jessops £100
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I thought Jessops had gone bustZambo wrote:Got the Canon IXUS 180. Currys didn't have much, so ended up getting it at Jessops £100
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Peter Jones from Dragons Den bought them I think Steve.Steve Hunt wrote:I thought Jessops had gone bustZambo wrote:Got the Canon IXUS 180. Currys didn't have much, so ended up getting it at Jessops £100
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Read they were in trouble a while ago, but didn't one of the geezers off Dragon's Den bail them?Steve Hunt wrote:I thought Jessops had gone bustZambo wrote:Got the Canon IXUS 180. Currys didn't have much, so ended up getting it at Jessops £100
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You'll love it, my best mate has the same but a few versions before and the pictures he gets are really good even though all he does is point and shoot in auto mode, quite a small screen and only 20x zoom though but he's blind as a bat so he doesn't careZambo wrote:Got the Canon IXUS 180. Currys didn't have much, so ended up getting it at Jessops £100
The "smile" capture mode is great, give it a go at parties/gatherings
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Yeah screen 2.7 but adequate. Think it will be fine for what we want it for. I'm no David Bailey.
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same boat, getting one as phone won't cut it
wanting decent, but not full size with bulk etc
at the mo stuck on sony a6000
reviews a joke as most cameras get good reviews
no need for top spec, just summat good n reliable that i can stick a lens on
wanting decent, but not full size with bulk etc
at the mo stuck on sony a6000
reviews a joke as most cameras get good reviews
no need for top spec, just summat good n reliable that i can stick a lens on
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wtf do u stop?
new models
bundles etc
ur at 600, next ur at 1600
madness
new models
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