Looking for a digital camera up to £250

By the time you picked the Optio S with all the research, the thing is
obsolete and not only the optio S4 has come and going but now the Optio S4i
is the current model with all kinds of new gadgets on it and imnproved
resolution.

"Mogweed" <mogweedTWOTHOUSAND.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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  > > Is it a prettier colour maybe?
  > >
  > > LOL
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   > > > > > Hi,
   > > > > >
   > > > > > My parents have just informed me they want to buy a digital
camera,
   > > > > > somewhere in the region of £150-£250 (I'm in the UK). Now, they
 > don't
   > > > > have
   > > > > > a computer, but plan on buying a printer. Would this be ok?
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Anyway, they asked my advice because they know absolutely nothing
  > > about
   > > > > > digital cameras. Unfortunately neither do I. Basically they
would
  > > like
   > > > a
   > > > > > camera which gives very good picture quality, is small, and looks
  > > nice.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > What sort of specifications should they be looking for?
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Is there are cameras which people would like to recommend in that
  > > price
   > > > > > range (or slightly more than that price)? Also if you could
 > recommend
  > > a
   > > > > > printer for them that would also be great. Oh yes, and any place
  > > where
   > > > we
   > > > > > could purchase these things.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Any advice would be very much appreciated.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Thanks.
   > > > > >
   > > > > Hey Ian, just out of interest in case you're still looking at this
ng,
   > > > what
   > > > > did your parents go with in the end?
   > > > >
   > > > > Mogweed.
   > > > >
   > > >
   > > > They haven't bought one yet. After doing a lot of reading I
recommended
  > > the
   > > > canon A80. But my mother says the Fuji S5000 looks nicer, so she'd
 > prefer
   > > > to buy that! :-O I don't know why I bother! LOL
   > > >
   > > >
 > Heehee, it's all good fun isn't it? My head was spinning with info before
I
 > decided on the Pentax Optio S. Trouble was, I don't know anything about
 > photography and all the reviews and all the info just confused the hell
out
 > of me.
 >
 > Good luck to them whatever they decide on.
 >
 > Mogweed.
 >
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