"James Lawrence" <no@mail.please> wrote in message
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> 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