Sub£80 Digital Camera

[oshta]

Im off to Uni in a fortnight, and ive been told i CAN NOT take the family camera (Optio S5i)
- But that i can have any camera i like for under £60.

So in after a £80 digital camera. (im sure i can find £20 somewhere)
- Its gota an all right one, and as small as possable.
- Also, i would serously consider 2ndhand, as long as its good cond.

Just wondered if anyone recently bought a camera along these lines, and what the bought and why.


Daniel

[5lab]

what do you want it for? just random shots, then any of the smallish ones that are around that price range will do - i'd personally take a look at the teeny sony ones from ~2 years ago - only 2mp (but that is plenty for snapshots) and absolutely minute..

[oshta]

Yeah, just random shots at uni, and if i go somwhere for the w/end or whatever.

- Also, it must have a macro/close up mode, as i take a lot of pics of closeup things.
- And 2/3x optical zoom would be great
- And flash.

I'll have a look at the sony ones, even tho i had the company with a passion

- Somthing like this one LINKY


Daniel

[Matt1eD]

I'll have a look this evening, meanwhile..... hexus.creative!

[5lab]

they did smaller ones than that..

make sure the startup speed on whatever you get is quick - and the shutter lag speed is good too - these will both help ya get better shots..

[oshta]

Smaller than that? - But did they have optical zoom?

- And i also note the point about startup speed.


Daniel

[Gunbuster]

hmm how about http://www.morgancomputers.com/shop/...SubCategoryID=

[oshta]

thats quite nice

[oshta]

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[Tom]

lol sorry to say this but £80 is a very low price to expect to get a decent camera with optical zoom and little shutter lag etc

Tom.

[Flibb]

Search ebay for refurbished (title and description), I had a reconditioned nikon off ebay a while ago, came with a years nikon warranty. Just make sure the seller is uk based. What about an Olympus D-545 4MP Digital Camera item 7548705905 £85ish inc. Or a Nikon 3100 for £97inc. Also make sure you search ebay shops, you have to click the link at the bottom of the screen

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nikon-Coolpix-...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Olympus-D-545-...QQcmdZViewItem

[BrandX]

For gods sake man You'll be spending un-earthly amounts of money on booze at uni, probably all the time! Soooo just calm it a bit in the first few months and put some towards a better camera. Best I can find that's any good Sub £140 is the Cannon A510 @ Dabs!

Or the Canon PowerShot A410 Silver @ ebuyer for £99

Or the Casio QV-R61 6.3mp Digital Camera @ ebuyer for £134

Komplett have a B-Grade Minolta DiMAGE Z10 3.2MP, 8x opt. zoom, 16MB for £99 but its a bit sh1t looking! Looks aren't everything though. Even the ugliest cheapest hookers can give you a good night!

ps. Dabs actuallly have a B-Grade DSC-P200 Cyber-shot 7.2 @ £189 which is actually a very good bargain but outta your price range tight wad!

Hope it helps anyways afterall I wanna see pics of these lurvly University ladies you meet!

[joshwa]

Dixons have the Olympus C-370 for £80 in store - 3mp, 3x optical zoom

[BrandX]

Empire Direct Plenty more cameras here well below £80 so theres enough for beer, a hooker and maybe you can treat her to a kebab afterwards and still have some lovely photos of your night together.

[Flibb]

Dont ignore 3mp cameras, they are perfectly capable of taking photos that are difficult to distinguish from film.

[0iD]

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* 3.3 Mega Pixels CCD sensor
* 10x Optical Zoom
* 4x Digital Zoom
* 2.5” Full Color TFT LCD
* Cannon Lens
* Image Sensor - 3.3 Mega pixels CCD sensor
* Image Resolution - 2048x1536
* Image Quality - Fine/ Standard/ Economy
* Lens - 10x Optical Zoom F-number:F2.8~3.1,Focal
* distance - f=5.7mm~57mm
* Focus Range: - Macro 0.1m~inf.
* Shutter Speed - 1 sec ~ 1/1500 sec
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