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Question Help me pick a p & s camera... - 11-18-2008, 09:09 PM


My parents have an old 2.0 MP Kodak Easy Share - which they find baffling to use. They can take the photos, but they cant delete them. You have to navigate through 2 menus to delete all the photos.

Im looking for a pns camera that is REALLY easy to use and under $100 (in case they drop it). I saw a few that looked ok. Fuji had one that looked ok. Just wondering what else you've come across.

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11-18-2008, 09:47 PM


Casio Exilim's make for nice P&S cameras....simple, fun, etc...

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Kodak has a LOUSY user interface. I like the Canon A590IS, it's got a nice feel (grip) to it, and has a "heart" mode that requires near-no-thinking. They're a little over $100. The school just bought 20 of them, so hopefully they'll hold up.

I'm getting a friend the Nikon L10, it seems to get good reviews all around.

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11-19-2008, 12:59 AM


the casio stuff is really easy to use... not so hot on IQ but that doesn't sound like the main goal here.

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11-19-2008, 08:00 AM


Why do you want a penis camera?



(sorry, that's how I read the title)

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Why do you want a penis camera?



(sorry, that's how I read the title)
Now, I can think of a lot of dirty things to reply to that...but I wont. BAD KID!
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11-19-2008, 05:49 PM


I find the Ricoh GR-DII to be the most camera like P&S around add the CV Minn-28/35 veiwfinder and you are set. It's a photographer's P&S.

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I find the Ricoh GR-DII to be the most camera like P&S around add the CV Minn-28/35 veiwfinder and you are set. It's a photographer's P&S.
The OP wants a P&S for less than a hundred bucks for Mom... this camera is $600

Mom is not a photographer.


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I'm not even gonna say what I thought I read in the title ...

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