Xmas prezzie camera for wife - help!
Chrimbo shopping and can't find something that ticks all the boxes she has requested be ticked below. Any suggestions? Looking for snapper around the £100 mark which has a 10X optical zoom, takes normal AA or AAA batteries and has easily accessible SD card slot?
Re: Xmas prezzie camera for wife - help!
Theres this : http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004G8Q5R...SIN=B004G8Q5RO (uses lithium ion battery tho)
Review here: http://www.photographyblog.com/revie...ew/conclusion/
Or Homebase are meant to be having a bit of a sale, you might want to check it out:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs...442&authToken=
Give it a few seconds for the page to load.
Re: Xmas prezzie camera for wife - help!
AA battery is good for quick replacement with no charger needed (as I'm sure you know). I have a camera that was supplied with 2 AA alkaline cells and decided that, even with 8 for a quid, it was a bit wasteful.
Tried rechargeable NiMH battery - few shots and Battery Low came on and then it died. Tried Sanyo Eneloop and got ~200 shots with about 50 of those using flash.
Nice thing about low-self-discharge cells is that you can carry a pack of, say, 4 and they'll still be OK in a year's time.
http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/prod...ucts_id=105241
for instance; other types also on that site.
Re: Xmas prezzie camera for wife - help!
Thanks for tips. I ended up going for a Canon SX120 IS. Discontinued model but still available on Amazon and getting good reviews.