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mj_mad
08-14-2006, 08:15 AM
My Sony P200 broke so i had to return it, all the photos came back with black spots.

I'm looking for another camera, any price under £200 but cheaper the better really.
These are my requirements.

- Decent image quality, nice crisp images and good colour.
- I like the battery to be a chargeable one, like the sony P200, i dont like using cameras which use AA batteries as from my experience the battery life is rubbish. I like a lithium battery with good battery life, like the P200.
- As small in size as possible

Budget

* £100-150 ideally, will go up to £200

Size

* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you?
Small as possible.

Features

How many megapixels will suffice for you?
Not too bothered but atlwast 3mp

* What optical zoom will you need? (None, Standard = 3x-4x, Ultrazoom = 10x-12x, Other - Specify)
Standard

* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)
9

Do you care for manual controls?
Maybe along the lines of my sony P200, but nothing too complex

General Usage

* What will you generally use the camera for?
General use, nothing professional, pictures of family/friends/holidays/pets.

* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not?
A4 maximum but normally standard 6x4

Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos?
Yes

Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos?
Yes

Miscellaneous

Are there particular brands you like or hate?
No but interface should be good/easy.

Are there particular models you already have in mind?
Fuji F10

Thanks everyone who replies.

mj_mad
08-15-2006, 02:31 AM
Doesn't anyone hav any suggestions?

ben7337
08-15-2006, 09:10 AM
the f10,f20, and f30 would be good. he is not very demanding of anything so it is hard to know what is wanted. all newer cameras have at least 3 mp pretty much. the only thing that seems specifically helpful if the whole part about lowlight photos but other than that pretty much any camera will do. oh and by the way AA battery cameras tend to get amazing life I think. the Canon A620 takes 4 batteries and if you use the right kind you can get 500+ shots per charge using the LCD and 1500+ with the lcd off. or so I have been told.

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08-15-2006, 09:23 AM
For low light there is no competition. Buy a Fuji F30 (and the expensive memory cards to go with it).