Digital Camera for girlfriend

[paul cliff]

Hi, need some help here, my gf is after a new digital camera, she has narrowed it down to these two: Compare Best Digital Cameras by Features, Price & Reviews | Comet

which should she go for and why?? thanks in advance.

[solidamber]

One thing to note about the sony is that it only takes its own type of memory cards which are quite expensive.

[paul cliff]

thanks for the heads-up.

I'll let her know before she buys.

[paul cliff]

not much luck here then, any suggestions where else I could ask?

I think she's going to get the Pentax anyway.

[Jammyb]

It's because it looks like you've just picked the two bestsellers at Comet and then asked which we'd buy. I probably wouldn't buy either.

But if you said you had a budget of X and what you planned to use the camera for and size constraints etc, you'd probably get more responses.

Personally I'd get a Panasonic or a Canon in the sub £200 compact range.

[Stinja]

How careful is your girlfriend? If she's anything like mine, i'd spend a bit more and get a Olympus Mju Tough; waterproof to 10m, meant to be able to withstand knocks/drops/shock, full-auto one-press-for-idiots

EDIT: Scratch that, looks like the Canon D10 is arguably better, but the Panasonic DMC-FT1 takes better pictures and takes 720p video. Choices...?

[GJC]

Not sure how much these cost but the new Panasonic DMC FX60 in Pink might be worth a look.

[paul cliff]

Thanks for the replies.

Little more info here, she has a budget of £100-£120

[paul cliff]

[solidamber]

I agree I would not buy eather one, My prefered compact brands are in order
Canon, panasonic,Fuji