On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:28:22 -0400, "Marvin Margoshes"
<physnospamchem@cloud9.net> wrote:

>
>"James Lawrence" <no@mail.please> wrote in message
>news:40a287ca$0$20513$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>> Hi folks.
>>
>> Please can anyone recommend a digital camera to me.
>> It's going to be a birthday present for my Mum's 60th.
>>
>> The main criteria I'm looking for are:
>>
>> 1.  Good picture quality (at least about 3m pixels?).
>> 2.  A decent optical zoom (about 3x?)
>> 3.  Easy to use (my mum hasn't used a digital camera before!)
>>
>> I'm looking to spend up to about £150 (£200 tops).
>>
>> Thanks very much in advance,
>> James.
>>
>> There arre lots of choices, especially if oyu choose a 2 MP camera, which
>will make perfectly fine snapshot-sized prints.  If mom has a film camera
>she is comfortable with, perhaps a digicam of the same make will look and
>operate much like the film camera, which will make the change easier for
>her.
>
>I did that for my wife's birthday 2 1/2 years ago.  She was happy to have
>it, but announced that she would contoinue to use her film camera as well.
>She soon forgot about film.
>


he Sony F717 would be on of the best bargains..


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