Searching for a camera

[timROGERS]

I am looking for a camera because I have a trip to Morrocco coming up with my school and it'd be nice to be able to take pictures. I have been looking at this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-DSC-S730-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B0011U9U4K/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1213368536&sr=1-5) Sony camera, but it takes Memory Stick and it would be better if it took SD.

Here are my requirements - can anyone find me something good that costs about £70?:


Good battery life (preferably uses a proprietary rechargable battery or rechargable AAs)
Takes a 4GB+ SDHC card
7+ megapixels
Optical viewfinder would be a plus
Should be made by a good brand eg. Samsung, Nikon, Sony
At least a 3x optical zoom


Thanks,

Tim

[xxMATTGxx]

I am looking for a camera because I have a trip to Morrocco coming up with my school and it'd be nice to be able to take pictures. I have been looking at this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-DSC-S730-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B0011U9U4K/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1213368536&sr=1-5) Sony camera, but it takes Memory Stick and it would be better if it took SD.

Here are my requirements - can anyone find me something good that costs about £70?:


Good battery life (preferably uses a proprietary rechargable battery or rechargable AAs)
Takes a 4GB+ SDHC card
7+ megapixels
Optical viewfinder would be a plus
Should be made by a good brand eg. Samsung, Nikon, Sony
At least a 3x optical zoom


Thanks,

Tim

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144813

or http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?strSearch=&bolShowAll=true&intStoreID=77&intCatID=33&minprice=0.0&maxprice=79.0&bolShowAll=true

[timROGERS]

That looks quite good but it doesn't support SDHC. The battery life is also apparently bad. The Sony has what I want, it just uses Memory Sticks which are more expensive - it'd be nice if I could bring like 8GB of storage on my holidays!

[Loqo]

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/419710/SONY-DSC-T70-SILVER They seem pretty good for what you need and a couple I know have them and said the same. Should give it a look, seems to meet everything you need.

- Peter.

EDIT - I managed to get some pictures taken used with the camera. They look good.

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6803/sonyt70gal1uu5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5972/sonyt70gal2ev2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5972/sonyt70gal2ev2.d8fce60114.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=143&i=sonyt70gal2ev2.jpg)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3862/sonyt70gal3ra0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3862/sonyt70gal3ra0.9075d4f0d9.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=444&i=sonyt70gal3ra0.jpg)

Hope it helped...

[Jordy]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/144813

or http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?strSearch=&bolShowAll=true&intStoreID=77&intCatID=33&minprice=0.0&maxprice=79.0&bolShowAll=trueAwesome stuff Matt, just ordered the top Samsung camera, it's a good deal and a good beginners camera too by the looks of things. Haven't had a new camera since I was 5 and I wanted one my for my French trip this year but I didn't have £100 to spend on one but at that price it's a good deal, bought a 4GB SD Card too :P

Would +rep but can't :(

[xxMATTGxx]

Awesome stuff Matt, just ordered the top Samsung camera, it's a good deal and a good beginners camera too by the looks of things. Haven't had a new camera since I was 5 and I wanted one my for my French trip this year but I didn't have £100 to spend on one but at that price it's a good deal, bought a 4GB SD Card too :P

Would +rep but can't :(

;o Thanks. Have fun with your new camera I hope its great for you :)