I've had a Canon Digital IXUS for 8 months now and am very pleased with
it. Main virtue is its size - it's incredibly small and so gets carried
around in preference to my Canon EOS1 which weighs a ton. Comes with
Windows software - no idea about Linux...
Steve
Steven Murdoch wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> I am thinking of buying of buying a digital camera in the near future and I
> am looking for any recommendation for both the make/model and a shop to buy
> it in (physical or online).
>
> The camera would be fairly general purpose with varied usage, but probably
> nothing exceptional. My priority would be clarity of colour, good lens and
> a reasonable resolution. Other things like battery life etc... are also
> quite important, basically I'm looking for a good all rounder, slightly
> above entry level (I've been using 35mm SLR since I was a 15, so I can
> handle more than point-and-shoot) but less than around �260 (but if there
> is something a little more but better value I am flexible).
> Good connectivity to Linux would be a significant bonus, but I could live
> without it if there were other factors that made the camera better.
>
> This will be my first digital camera, hence the lowish price range and I
> know that my 35mm SLR will beat it hands down, but for obvious reasons the
> digital camera has its advantages.
>
> To sum up I'm looking for a good value, general purpose digital camera. I
> want it to take good quality (good colour, high resolution, low distortion
> etc...) photos in as wide a range of reasonable conditions (light level,
> distance from object etc...) possible. MP3 playing and movie facilities are
> pretty much useless to me.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steven.
>
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