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