Simple Digital Camerall for Birfday!

Pheebs · 19-05-2009, 10:00

Righto.

Birthday this weekend (woo woo) and my folks are looking at giving me some wonga towards a new happy snappy digi camerall.

My previous one was PERFECK! Canon IXUS v3. Took wooooonderful photos, simple and quick to use, took some filums (not massively important but I have managed to get some funny videos in the past 7 years) and managed to survive me for ages (and the beach, and being dropped down a flight of stairs, and in the sink, and dropped on nights out at uni, and more beach, holidays galore etc). I've probably managed to take thousands upon thousands of photos (mainly of food

)... it's fantastic.

But dead

It started dying last year but now 100% doesn't work

I really don't have... much money at all at the moment. I *should* be getting paid by Clintons soon but I'm not holding my breath.

Sooo. What do you recommend and where do you reckon I can find the best deals?

What I would like it to do:

1. Take photos. (duh

)
2. Have one of they rechargable batteries jobby (not like standard AA Batteries stuff)
3. If possible.. take some film? Not overly worried if not but would be nice

4. Be in the £100 - £200 price range! (the lower end would be good but I don't want super trash!)

That's it!! Nothing else! Simple simple simple!

I would like to stay with Canon because it was awesome but there's loooads out there! So thought I'd ask you peoples

Fankoo for your help in advance

leowyatt · 19-05-2009, 10:06

Canon Powershot A480

1) tick
2) sorry AA recharges
3) take videos yes - you don't mean 35mm film do you?

4) £129

leowyatt · 19-05-2009, 10:17

Another is Canon PowerShot A1100 IS

1) Yes
2) AA rechargables again I'm afraid
3) Yes
4) £150 or thereabouts

Matblack · 19-05-2009, 10:43

IXUS 90

You can't go wrong with them if you want a point and shoot which will fit in a pocket and they have all the things you want. I'd be inclinded to send your old one back to Canon and see if its a simple fix though.

MB

LeperousDust · 19-05-2009, 13:02

Yep IXUS 90/85/80 or older ranges are allllll good. I've got the 80, and it's amazing at point and shoot drunken nights out etc... Just perfect

Pheebs · 19-05-2009, 13:15

Matt - as cool as they are I won't touch AA rechargables with a barge pole! They drive me properly insane!

Never thought of that MB....

.... that's quite genius of you....

*bows to the genius that is MB*

leowyatt · 19-05-2009, 13:19

We've not had problems with our rechargables, especially since we bought that charger Mark recommended

Mark · 19-05-2009, 13:31

Ansmann Energy 4 - to save you from looking.

They are heavier than equivalent Li-Ion packs though, so there is some justification for Pheebs choice.

Sticking with the IXUS range you know and love makes sense to me.

Pheebs · 19-05-2009, 13:38

It's me being a grumpy person Matt saying I hate them

Something about battery operated items which drive me nuts. First, you have to figure out how to open the darn battery section. Then you have to fudge about trying to get the batteries out (sometimes this annoys me as much as when a yoghurt pot bursts open and flicks goo at you). When you've got them out, you have to find replacement batteries which aren't duff. After about 5 attempts to find a set of batteries which aren't duff from the man drawer and still managing to be not successful, you open your new packet of expensive batteries which spew out everywhere in the man drawer of batteries you were just looking in and then you've lost they ones too.

Eventually, you find batteries which work! WOO HOO! You then have to figure out which way up they go and ultimately one gets jammed in wrong. Cue sitting around for a while trying to shake it out/crowbar it out/toothpick it out/knife it out etc. Once in all is dandy... but... you can bet your bottom dollar the next time you're on hol or away with the camerall the batteries will need replacing and you'll have to fudge around finding new batteries to go in them and inevitable lose the expensive batteries you bought in the first place because they're small and stupid and and and..

I hate them

Battery operated items need to be banned to room 101!!

Mark · 19-05-2009, 13:53

Bin the drawer, get a couple sets of Eneloops and a decent charger. Job done.

PS - Alkaline AA batteries should be used in cameras only as a last resort IMO (they don't tend to last).

19-05-2009, 10:00	#1
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	Simple Digital Camerall for Birfday! Righto. Birthday this weekend (woo woo) and my folks are looking at giving me some wonga towards a new happy snappy digi camerall. My previous one was PERFECK! Canon IXUS v3. Took wooooonderful photos, simple and quick to use, took some filums (not massively important but I have managed to get some funny videos in the past 7 years) and managed to survive me for ages (and the beach, and being dropped down a flight of stairs, and in the sink, and dropped on nights out at uni, and more beach, holidays galore etc). I've probably managed to take thousands upon thousands of photos (mainly of food )... it's fantastic. But dead It started dying last year but now 100% doesn't work I really don't have... much money at all at the moment. I should be getting paid by Clintons soon but I'm not holding my breath. Sooo. What do you recommend and where do you reckon I can find the best deals? What I would like it to do: 1. Take photos. (duh ) 2. Have one of they rechargable batteries jobby (not like standard AA Batteries stuff) 3. If possible.. take some film? Not overly worried if not but would be nice 4. Be in the £100 - £200 price range! (the lower end would be good but I don't want super trash!) That's it!! Nothing else! Simple simple simple! I would like to stay with Canon because it was awesome but there's loooads out there! So thought I'd ask you peoples Fankoo for your help in advance __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

19-05-2009, 10:06	#2
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Canon Powershot A480 1) tick 2) sorry AA recharges 3) take videos yes - you don't mean 35mm film do you? 4) £129 __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!" Last edited by leowyatt; 19-05-2009 at 10:09.

19-05-2009, 10:17	#3
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Another is Canon PowerShot A1100 IS 1) Yes 2) AA rechargables again I'm afraid 3) Yes 4) £150 or thereabouts __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

19-05-2009, 10:43	#4
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	IXUS 90 You can't go wrong with them if you want a point and shoot which will fit in a pocket and they have all the things you want. I'd be inclinded to send your old one back to Canon and see if its a simple fix though. MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

19-05-2009, 13:02	#5
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Yep IXUS 90/85/80 or older ranges are allllll good. I've got the 80, and it's amazing at point and shoot drunken nights out etc... Just perfect __________________

19-05-2009, 13:15	#6
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	Matt - as cool as they are I won't touch AA rechargables with a barge pole! They drive me properly insane! Never thought of that MB.... .... that's quite genius of you.... bows to the genius that is MB __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

19-05-2009, 13:19	#7
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	We've not had problems with our rechargables, especially since we bought that charger Mark recommended __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

19-05-2009, 13:31	#8
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Ansmann Energy 4 - to save you from looking. They are heavier than equivalent Li-Ion packs though, so there is some justification for Pheebs choice. Sticking with the IXUS range you know and love makes sense to me.

19-05-2009, 13:38	#9
Pheebs Deep Throat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,512	It's me being a grumpy person Matt saying I hate them Something about battery operated items which drive me nuts. First, you have to figure out how to open the darn battery section. Then you have to fudge about trying to get the batteries out (sometimes this annoys me as much as when a yoghurt pot bursts open and flicks goo at you). When you've got them out, you have to find replacement batteries which aren't duff. After about 5 attempts to find a set of batteries which aren't duff from the man drawer and still managing to be not successful, you open your new packet of expensive batteries which spew out everywhere in the man drawer of batteries you were just looking in and then you've lost they ones too. Eventually, you find batteries which work! WOO HOO! You then have to figure out which way up they go and ultimately one gets jammed in wrong. Cue sitting around for a while trying to shake it out/crowbar it out/toothpick it out/knife it out etc. Once in all is dandy... but... you can bet your bottom dollar the next time you're on hol or away with the camerall the batteries will need replacing and you'll have to fudge around finding new batteries to go in them and inevitable lose the expensive batteries you bought in the first place because they're small and stupid and and and.. I hate them Battery operated items need to be banned to room 101!! __________________ http://www.spiffingdesigns.co.uk

19-05-2009, 13:53	#10
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Bin the drawer, get a couple sets of Eneloops and a decent charger. Job done. PS - Alkaline AA batteries should be used in cameras only as a last resort IMO (they don't tend to last).