camera???

[LynneNY]

 My 19 year old daughter is going on a 10 day trip abroad in 2 weeks, and needs a camera. I'd like it to be easy, not too expensive, small, but at the same time GOOD!!! She will be in lots of sunshine and heat, so it needs to be able to perform in those situations without any attachments.

Suggestions for anything between $100 - $200?

[Jerry]

A Canon Power Shot.  I know many who love them, me too.

I have a near new Nikkon Cool Pix 995 cost 600.00  it is way to techie for me.
Id sell for 300.00   The darn battery is 32.00
It is for someone like Joyce, not a mere mortal like me.

I love my Power Shot  cost 130.00 at Amazon  it is the A 550
here is a photo of what it can do.  Sure the Nikkon is likely better.  I doubt id care.

Thats is Mike W  me and Mikey a Giant BOP in background.

[EagleEye]

I'd second the canon power shot.

Steve

[LynneNY]

Thanks for the responses, Jerry and Steve!

While I was waiting to see if anyone answered, I actually found a Canon Power Shot SD 780 IS that looks pretty good.  It's quite small - a plus for her while hiking, etc, and the lowest price I've found so far is $169.  I'd like to see if I can find it a little bit lower, because we'll have to get her a card for it, as well as a voltage converter so she can charge the battery.

I was very glad to come back here last night and see your recommendations matched something I had found while surfing the net.

As an aside... it comes in red - her favorite color - ya know... teens!

[Jerry]

Mine takes 2 AA batteries.  I trust the replacement battery is reasonable.  Check it out.
As I said my Nikkon battery is 32.00 !
Canon does make new models all the time.  Try Amazon too.  Good return policy as well as selection.

[Joyce]

Sheesh Jerry, that's an expensive Cool Pix.

I bought one for Jamie years ago for $129 and it does everything including video.
I am always grabbing it and using it instead of my big camera.
I also have a cheap $69 (Radioshack Manager's Special) Olympus,
I bought it on a photoshoot for my job when the Nikon D200 battery went dead.
Use that more than anything else.
All the pix I post are from the Olympus. 

[Jerry]

Yes it was on a whim.  I decided I deserved a "Pro" type camera.  Big mistake.
Sure it would be fine in the hands of a professional.
A radio guy that I like did a commercial on the camera, he sold me. :'(

[LynneNY]

Both my daughter and I had Olympus cameras for a few years but each had problems that could not be fixed, so I wanted to try a different brand this time.

The odd thing I am finding with this camera now, is that it seems to only be sold online?  There are a few stores that we'd have to take time to get there and time is short right now.  I've found the best deals so far on COSTCO and Walmart online.  They include a free memory disk - apparently this camera does not come with one and it's necessary to take pictures?

There is another thing that is concerning me about the reviews - it's very very small - about the size of a credit card.  This could be good, as far as being portable, but people have said that it falls out and can get lost easily. Hmmmm!

[dsep]

Took this with my panasonic dmz 3 love the camera small also takes HD movie a lot of camera little size  lecia lens check cosco  they had it about 2 weeks ago maybe 269.00 the sister camera Z1 also good cheaper not HD movie but good quality too good luck

[Joyce]

Costco has THE BEST deals, that's how I bought my Coolpix for Jamie...something like $129 delivered!

[Esther]

I also have the Canon Powershop A550. I like it and find it easy to use, yet it has a lot of bells and whistles if a person chooses to use them.

lOL DSEP. See the little bug on the flower?

[Jerry]

Joyce as you see my Cool Pix is not a tiny camera.
Here it is and available cheap. I will never use it.