Camera for up to £80...

My Father is looking for a new camera as his has broken, he isn't fussed about having one that is amazing, just an average digital camera. I said I'd look for one, but I have failed. Amazon returns 100's of cameras and I don't know an thing about anything when it comes to photography. I have heard that the lens is more important than the amount of megapixels? Anyway, as I said, it really doesn't matter if the camera isn't top of the range or anything, just something that will take decent photographs will do.
I found a few that look OK:
Kodak Easyshare C613
Vivitar V8320 Digital
Panasonic - Lumix DMC-LZ7 (He is willing to stretch his price range by about £20, but he'd rather not)

Thanks for any help.

The camera you chose,

the first one isn't even sold by amazon.
Had a look at it on Google checkout:
http://www.google.co.uk/products?cli...-8&sa=N&tab=wf
Play.com has it for same price. Here: 'IDEAL97TF3' - a voucher £5 off £50 spend at play.com expires 12/04/2008

second one is sold by amazon so I didn't bother lol.

The last one isn't sold by Amazon either I had a look at on google check out and it's all like £149.99

I normally browse argos first when looking for item because they have lots of promotions all the time:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st..._0=&currPage=5

Thanks. I don't think he minds buying used/new. :)

You say he wants something that just takes good images, then why are you worrying about lenses?! Get the latest Cybershot or Samsung camera.

£80 won't get you the latest Cyber shot or Samsung.

Anyway here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
Sony Cyber-shot W55 - Silver (7.2MP, 3x Optical Zoom) - £89.99

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-EX-Z75...6892713&sr=1-1
Casio EX-Z75 - Silver (7.2MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.6" LCD - £89.99
I own one of these it's quite good, takes good pics, but compared with Sony Cybershot the pictures seems a bit dark.

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£80 won't get you the latest Cyber shot or Samsung.

Anyway here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
Sony Cyber-shot W55 - Silver (7.2MP, 3x Optical Zoom) - £89.99

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-EX-Z75...6892713&sr=1-1
Casio EX-Z75 - Silver (7.2MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.6" LCD - £89.99
I own one of these it's quite good, takes good pics, but compared with Sony Cybershot the pictures seems a bit dark.

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Sorry, not latest. Just any of them.

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You say he wants something that just takes good images, then why are you worrying about lenses?! Get the latest Cybershot or Samsung camera.

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Good lens means good picture right? Isn't it obvious?

Thankyou BadBoyTC for your constructive and helpful posts.

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Good lens means good picture right? Isn't it obvious?

Thankyou BadBoyTC for your constructive and helpful posts.

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Every camera has a good enough lense, to take good pictures.

Looking for a camera, because of its lens. Means your looking for something that can take above standard images. Which totally contradicts your first post.

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Every camera has a good enough lense, to take good pictures.

Looking for a camera, because of its lens. Means your looking for something that can take above standard images. Which totally contradicts your first post.

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Great, so that means you can stop posting in this thread then?

Are you still looking for a camera Moose?

Just a couple of suggestions from me.

You are correct about megapixels. They make no difference unless you plan on regularly printing photos above A4 size. My recommendation would be this:

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Elec...y/Product.html

Nikon Coolpix L11. Nikon make great cameras, and once you have seen the picture quality you won't go to a cheaper brand again. However, all in all, don't go for a Vivitar or a Kodak, they will most probably disappoint you when it comes to picture quality.

I have a 5 year old Nikon 3.2 Megapixel camera and it still looks 10x better than a lot of the sub £150 cameras on the market today.

BTW, if you do go for something like the Sony, they also have great picture quality, it really is when you start going for the Kodak's or Vivitar's that things get sketchy.

Awesome, my father hasn't chosen a camera yet so that will be another to add to the list.

Thanks.