Digital cameras, what is the best I can get for the money?

[dodsi]

I am having a digital camera bought for me in the next few days and would like to know what the best I can get for about £200 would be.

I would like decent photo's and it to take photo's fairly quickly. Good video with sound would be a big bonus too.

I dont want to get a second hand on ebay I want a brand new one.

I have been looking at the canon ixus 65 which can be had for £220ish

What would you guys reccomend?

Thanks.

[instigator]

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Not digital but does it really matter? The photo quality is on par with the latest D1 something from Olympus, built in flash, manual battery.

Can import them from China from you for a snip under £200. Pm me if you want one, they'll all go soon.

[Wave2k]

LOL i was just about to ask the same question, looking for a Compact digital camera, that takes good enough pictures etc

for about £200-£250.
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[Black Knight]

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[dodsi]

Well we will hopefully both get the answer.

[EuropeanNC30R...]

You're paying for portability with the IXUS. If you're not too bothered about size, a larger bodied camera from the Canon 'S' range would take better quality photos, have far less shutter lag and more features for same/similar money.

[Suzuki]

Nikon S6 for the win.
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[@17500rpm]

sony p200

7.2mil pixels

£200

[Wave2k]

i just ordered a Nikon S6 with a 1GB card.
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[nrml76]

I've researched this question several times in the past, and ended up spending lots of money on super high resolution cameras with all the bells and whistles, but more than 95% of the time, I use them in the semi automatic mode. On retrospect I would probably have got as good pictures a much cheaper price with a lower spec digital camera, and my manual film camera would probably be more fun to use when attempting creative photography. You can get excellent film cameras for a song nowadays, should the creative bug bite you.

[Itchy]

bah digital a £2.99 Fuji disposable does 250million mega pixel outta the boxwhich , carry one at all times , nearly got a snap of Breeze today


, but a neg scanner does cosy £80 though ,
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[yambabe]

Aldi have one coming in Thursday of this week on their special offer thingy, 8.1 megapixels, 6Xoptical zoom, sd card, rechargeable battery, hard alu case....... tis on here: https://www.aldi.co.uk/ for £179. Might be worth a look?
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[numark1]

I've got a pentax optio s6, pretty good camera, really small nice big screen and takes good photo's.

Think they are about £200 new now.

[Ant]

ive got a cannon ixus 60 which i can recomend, small , compact and takes really good piccys! you can get them for just under £200 too
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[dodsi]

Thats why I fancied the ixus 65, like the 60 only a little better for a similer price tag (bigger screen too).

I will probably end up going for an ixus as all the magasines rave about them.

[veeeffarr]

Save money and take photographs with your MIND

[EuropeanNC30R...]

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[dodsi]

[Suzuki]

[Itchy]

digital won't rule , 35mm will just be like LPs you know those black dics that are still quite popular it seems and form a niche market ,

I still haven't seen a digital camera where you can do the spy trick,

that is to take a photo of a secret document, then put the photo on your back wall and take a normal photo that won't stand out say your GF sitting on the sofa.

you can blow the image up , projecting it on a wall and still read stuff on the original document , I remember stories of credit card fraud being done by people seeing credit cards on dressers in old photos and blowing them up.
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[Suzuki]

And why couldn't you do that with a digital camera?

Take a picture, print it out, take another picture with that printout in the background.

You seem to think that 35mm film cameras have an infinate resolution, allowing the photos to be enlarged indefinately without any loss of quality (pixelisation in the digital sense).

Perhaps if you look into film construction, you will realise why it has an equivalent resolution of approx 20megapixels.
Once digital sensors exceed 20 megapixels, digital photography will be better than using 35mm film, allowing for greater 'enlargement' of photographs without losing image quality.
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[Wave2k]

Digital is so much more convienient, unless your a photo bod and want the absolute best.
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[Itchy]