Not sure whcih new camera to buy!?

[Ourosoad]

Hey All,

Looking for help on which camera I should buy?

Budget

Looking to spend around the £200 mark ($400). Would stretch to a little more if necessary.

Size

Don't want anything too bulky, doesn't have to fit in my pocket, but at the same time I don't want to be carrying around a brick :).

Features

Looking for a camera with a nice crisp picture. Picture quality really is the most important thing to me. I'm not going to be blowing them up to a huge size, just want them to look good on my PC and on a resonable size print.

Standard optical zoom, any better is a bonus.

I'm a bit of a point and click camera user. I will play with all the feaures on the camera, but chances are 90% of the time I won't be changing settings to get the perfect picture.

General Usage

Camera will be used for general picture taking (My new puppy, my holidays etc), won't be snaping any arty shots :)

Will be shooting both in the sun and indoors

Not likely to be shooting action shots.

Hope i've given enough information and I really appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Brad

[Ourosoad]

Oh also forgot to mention, a half decent record mode would be appreciated. Not going to be shooting feature length movies, just would like to be able to get short vids of my dog doing stupid things etc :)

Thanks,
Brad

[KCook]

I think there are a whole lot of cameras that would work for you. To narrow that big field down give some more thought to what features are most important to you. Here is a link to another thread that may give you some ideas - Third time's the charm? (http://www.dcresource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37613)

Kelly Cook