Best Digital for under £200

[scruffy]

Prodigal/Black sheep returns to pistonheads for some advice:

What Digi camera can I buy for my girlfriends birthday that takes quality pics.

£150 to, but under £200 (there's also a trip to Prague to pay for aswell!!).

Cannon ixus?
Nikon Coolpix (s9?)?
Are Pentax (Opto A20) any good any more?

Like I say, I haven't a clue - but best value...

But thanks for your efforts.

Edited by scruffy on Thursday 4th January 18:10

[puggit]

george2 said:

I really like the look of the Canon A710IS that Jessops have on sale for £199!

Bought one this week - stonking piece of kit

Takes AA batteries OR rechargable canon battery
SD card
Can attach a very limited range of Canon lenses
Stability control
6x Optical zoom

[V1PER]

Just bought that as well...
But cant get the date on the pics....

[tuscnick]

Are Pentax (Opto A20) any good any more? - I bought one at Christmas - had nothing but problems with it locking up - so took it back to Jessops and exchanged it for;

a "Nikon Coolpix (s9?)?" - not quite s6 actually reduced from £300 to £129 - its absolutley brill !!!

I am no expert, just my experience

Nick

[puggit]

tuscnick said:

Are Pentax (Opto A20) any good any more? - I bought one at Christmas - had nothing but problems with it locking up - so took it back to Jessops and exchanged it for;

a "Nikon Coolpix (s9?)?" - not quite s6 actually reduced from £300 to £129 - its absolutley brill !!!

I am no expert, just my experience

Nick

Optios have a horrible, horrible fault where the lens system becomes stuck and a 'battery depleted' error appears on the screen. I've done some heavy research on this and it appears that Pentax don't want to admit to the problem. I couldn't find any trace of them holding up their hands, but I found around 100 disgruntled customers. I won't ever be buying another Pentax, which is a shame, it was a lovely little camera (Optio S40).

I had an Ixus before the Pentax, and I'm very happy to have returned to the Canon fold with the A710.

[scruffy]

Many many thanks!!

There's some deals on both S9 and 710 - where could I get examples of pic quality?

Obviously the respective websites show their £xxxx SLR's finest.

Maybe trawl some more reviews..

[puggit]

scruffy said:

Many many thanks!!

There's some deals on both S9 and 710 - where could I get examples of pic quality?

Obviously the respective websites show their £xxxx SLR's finest.

Maybe trawl some more reviews..

Best digital camera review site is www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html (IMHO)

[gregorio!]

dpreview.com is a goodun too..
710is review...

[black5]

Try looking at the Ricoh R4.

28-200mm lens, macro & less than £200