anzo Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Girlfriend is after a Camera - budget of about £80. Olympus FE-5035 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W310 Fujifilm Finepix JX210 Fujifilm Finepix JV100 Samsung ES71 Nikon Coolpix S3000 Casio Exilim EX-Z280 Fujifilm Finepix AV180 I have no idea about digital cameras so could do with some advice on what the best buy is - ideally with wide angle lens and a decent amount of zoom, manual controls ideal but I'm not sure the budget will allow it. Links added are what we've seen but not sure what would be best? Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 All of them, seem pretty decent. Just avoid the Sony Cybershot. Too many things go wrong with them. I'd go with the Nikon if I were you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 I'd also go for the Nikon. That or the Olympus, both decent brands and work well. Wouldn't go for the Sony as the memory cards are queer and the battery/connections are all really specific to sony, which makes the leads/chargers harder to get hold of and more expensive. Also look out for warranty, the Nikon and Olympus should have a two year warranty once registered, the fuji, sony and samsung will not. The casio and samsung menus tend to be pretty awful, especially the cheap ones. Lots of gimmicky smiles and stupid sounds. The Fuji JV100 also only has 3x optical zoom with no wide angle, if you click on "features" and look at the focal length (35mm equiv), wide angle should be around 28mm (not 37). The Nikon is the clear choice for good quality, decent menus, zoom and it looks good. If you can avoid it, don't buy it from Jessops, try and find an independent retailer as they often have the same deals as bigger companies around christmas. They'll also be able to give you decent advice and let you try some out, unlike Jessops. I don't know if there are any in your price range but the little canon ixus tend to be very good. However don't expect miracle results from any £80 camera..........however I'm sure it'll be a very well received gift!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Melson Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 My misses has the nikon not a bad little camera, video is good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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