Digital cameras

[kevinod]

Hi all,

my bro is looking at getting a digital camera, nothing heavyweight, something like a Samsung or Nikon Finepix, Canon digital Ixus, that kinda thing. Spending about €200 on it.

Looking for viewfinder, reasonable zoom and quick picture taking, i.e. press the button and it takes the picture, not 2/3 seconds later, but beyond that not too fussy, once it does the job he'd be happy enough.

What's the story with the face detection feature I see mentioned, does it work? does it actually produce a better picture or just a gimmick?

Same for anti-shake (can't think of the proper term), does it work?

Any models that stand out?

Kev.

[gfalls]

Excellent bit of kit http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/s ... from=image Canon lenses are superb..

[optical illusion]

Face recognition is a gimmick.

I have a Nikon Coolpix S5. It's the shiznit, and sports mode is brill for instant, clear pics of moving objects.

[jayod12b]

Hey kevin
Mate of mine asked me to find him a digital camera too 2weeks ago,
Came up with this one, has good reviews on it, plus its really compact and takes lovely pictures, did a search and found that jessops a camera store in england had them on special offer..

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s73751/0/D ... 210-(Black)/details.aspx?&IsSearch=y&pageindex=1&CatId=236&ManIds=1462,&SortBy=SkuOfferingPriceASC&IsInStockOnly=False&comp=y

94.99 GBP = 119.258 EUR
Plus gota card from this crowd in hong kong
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sandisk-8GB-SD-HC ... 911.c0.m14

[jayod12b]

Hope thats of some help kevin..

[kevinod]

Thanks guys...

Does that Nikon have a viewfinder? Looks good besides though.

That Canon seems needlessly 'bulky' if that's the right term, although I'm leaning towards a Canon Digitial IXUS 80 at the moment. Have a 3.3MP Digital ELPH myself at the mo, good camera but the screen eats the battery, part of my reason for going for a viewfinder. Presumably the new ones are better for battery life.

Was wondering about the face detection thing, nice idea but whether it works in practice is another story.