best compact camera!! £150 budget

TK421 · 9 Apr 2010 at 08:28

My wife is looking for a new camera which has to be compact and stylish! takes good photos without changing settings all the time and has to be silver. basicly a point and shoot camera. any suggestions would be appreciated!

The_Abyss · 9 Apr 2010 at 08:38

Given that one of the key requirements is that the body is silver, I doubt that there's any serious photography involved here. Nevertheless, there are some decent cameras in the sub £150 market.

I'd recommend she try the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS10. £125, leaving room for some extra memory cards.

TK421 · 9 Apr 2010 at 10:06

The_Abyss said:
Given that one of the key requirements is that the body is silver, I doubt that there's any serious photography involved here. Nevertheless, there are some decent cameras in the sub £150 market.

I'd recommend she try the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS10. £125, leaving room for some extra memory cards.

thanks for the reply!! how does this compare to the cybershot w320? as she was looking at this.

Dazzy · 9 Apr 2010 at 15:48

The FS10 is much better, the images on the w320 I found horribly noisy.

TK421 · 10 Apr 2010 at 07:27

how Does the FS10 respond after pressing the shoot button? as her samsung is terrible! quick subjects are a no no with the samsung.

AnastieByte · 10 Apr 2010 at 07:38

I bought my wife a Panasonic FS7 and I am very impressed with the image quality for the price. I cant recall where I read it but some view it as one of the best compacts under £170 and it can be had at present for less than £80.

I compared it to my 450D with both set on auto and the difference was hardly noticeable. Don't get me wrong it is not DSLR level of IQ but on a quick and dirty test it impressed me so much that when we go on holiday I will leave my 450D at home.