What digital compact camera? £170ish budget

Phaser · 15 Jul 2006 at 12:43

Hi all.

Looking for a new digital camera. At the moment I have some cheap Poloroid which cost £60 from Argos.

I'm not really into photography but its something I would like to get into. I mainly use my camera for taking shots of things which I can use in my graphic designs.

My friend has the Samsung Digimax i6 - any good or should I avoid?

I've got around £170 to spend. Can I get something quite good for this money? The smaller the camera the better.

Cheers.

Phaser · 15 Jul 2006 at 16:39

Cheers all.

Is the Samsung not recommended then? I like the size of it but I get the feeling its more gimmicky if you get me?

I was also looking at the Fujifilm Finepix Z1 ZOOM and the Fujifilm Finepix F11 Zoom Digital Camera. What do you reckon to those?

Will check that Canon out.

Cheers.

Phaser · 16 Jul 2006 at 18:41

Just checked out the Cannon.

Seems a little big? And i'm not keen on the idea of having to use 4aa's. I liked the idea of charging up the camera.

Whats battery life like with say a normal set of Engergizer AA's?

Thanks.

Phaser · 16 Jul 2006 at 20:05

Ah I see, I presumed it was a lot bigger. Cheers. Might well go with that as it seems i'd be getting more camera for my money.

Reckon I should stay clear of the Samsung then?

Phaser · 17 Jul 2006 at 10:23

Hmmm i've been looking at the Fujifilm Finepix F11 Zoom Digital Camera.

No competitors, Big Kev have got a special offer on, half price, down from £300 to £150.

Had a look at some sample pictures on the dpreview.com site and i'm pretty impressed.

No competitors, Big Kev

What do you reckon to that one?

Phaser · 17 Jul 2006 at 14:06

Only comes with a 16MB card though.

Think i'l pop into No competitors, Big Kev on Saturday and have a look, i'm definately leaning towards to the F11 though.