Advice Please (Christmas present)

Andy1.6 · Post by **Andy1.6** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 10:44 am

My step mum said she wanted to get me a new digital camera for christmas as my old one is about 8 years old now.

I like this one, as it suits my lifestyle (windsurfing mountain biking etc), The bump proof water proof thing is very appealing.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Olympus-Mju-850 ... 789&sr=1-4

But she doesn't think it will be very good as it doesn't have a telescopic lens. Although the guy I went travelling with in the summer had it and we've got some fantastic photos from it!

Can someone Advise me, and perhaps offer some alternatives!?

Many thanks!

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:07 am

Check out the Sony Cybershot range. There are a few with different capabilities. I recently got one for someone and it seems to have been an excellent choice!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:51 pm

Certainly doesn't have bump proof etc, but my girlfriend just got sent this one to replace her constantly failing older model. it's great if you like this kind if thing:

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier. ... stid=27090

Andy1.6 · Post by **Andy1.6** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:28 pm

That looks like great value for the features...

I wish I had the money to have a great camera for snapping while I'm out and about and a D-SLR for photography!

Does anyone have any comments about the one i suggested?

trav · Post by **trav** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:48 am

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/store ... se+-+Black

i have this for sale.

charlievwp · Post by **charlievwp** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 6:26 pm

Andy1.6 wrote: Does anyone have any comments about the one i suggested?

Looks like a pretty solid little camera...and the underwater thing is pretty cool too. Without having a play with one, its difficult to compare though.

I have a Panasonic DMC TZ3 myself and it's been a fab choice, but that'd be a bit more money than the mju you've seen.

I'd still recommend checking out the Cybershot range TBH.