Digital cameras

Posted by: Tam on 26 August 2007

Apologies, as this has probably been asked before quite recently (but a quick search didn't show anything terribly recent).

The last couple of weeks I have missed not owning a camera and was thinking I should pick up a cheap digital one. It doesn't need to be the last word in quality (as I'm not a serious photographer) and I suspect if my phone had a half decent one that would be enough for me (it doesn't have any).

My criteria are ideally under £100 and needs to work okay with my mac (which has firewire and USB1 but not the faster USB2).

Any recommendations appreciated.

regards, Tam
Posted on: 26 August 2007 by long-time-dead
Consider a Sony K800i phone.

Decent camera for snapshots and a good phone to boot.
Posted on: 26 August 2007 by Tam
Thanks, but I'm actually very happy with my phone - nokia e61, which does everything else I want brilliantly.

regards, Tam
Posted on: 27 August 2007 by Ian G.
dpreview has loads of reviews and information. I found it very helpful before I bought my small Canon Ixus II which I'm very happy with.
cheers
Ian
Posted on: 28 August 2007 by cider glider
Tam,

I think that only the more upmarket cameras will have a Firewire port. Whether this is a big deal or not depends on how many pics you take at a time, and how big each one is (this latter os a function of the resolution and compression you select).

If you think download speed via USB1 is going to be too painful, you could get a Firewire card reader.

Mark S
Posted on: 28 August 2007 by manicatel
My in-laws recently bought a Samsung D75 for about £70 from Argos. It's got 7mpixel res, 3x optical zoom, + digital zoom, a 2.5" screen, its small, light& easy to use. It only has a small internal memory, but they got an sd card for another fiver which gives them plenty of storage. I really can't see the need for anything else, if holiday/family snaps is your criteria.
matt.
Posted on: 06 September 2007 by Tam
Thanks for the advice everyone.

In the end I've ended up with an Ixus (slightly different model number though) and it seems to do more than I need. USB only, but I don't think that'll be a huge problem (given the number of photos I'm likely to be taking at any one time). And if it does, I could always add USB2 to my machine (something I'll have to do anyway if I ever want to get a newer iPod).

My only gripe - my now slightly old mac only has iPhoto 2 (which has been much improved), but if I want the new version, I can only get it by buying iMovie, iWeb, Garage Band and iDVD too (none of which I need). Which seems infuriatingly inflexible.


regards, Tam
Posted on: 07 September 2007 by Rockingdoc
Get a PC Winker
Posted on: 07 September 2007 by Keith L
quote:
Originally posted by Tam:
My only gripe - my now slightly old mac only has iPhoto 2 (which has been much improved), but if I want the new version, I can only get it by buying iMovie, iWeb, Garage Band and iDVD too (none of which I need). Which seems infuriatingly inflexible.


regards, Tam

Try to steer clear of iPhoto. It makes a total mess of folders, spreading files left, right and centre. Use your own folder/filing system for better control.

Keith