Aldi Digital camera ?

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Bifta

If you can avoid it, shop somewhere other than Jessops, don't get me wrong, I always get my camera's from them and they've been great, but as they have to fund their premises etc their prices are generally a fair whack higher than most places online. Amazon are normally a lot cheaper (for example)

Definitely agree with that


Digicams often seem to be much cheaper when bought online rather than in e.g. Jessops

Amazon.co.uk has very good prices for digicams, as does www.cameras2u.com & various other sites.

A good site to use is the Kelkoo price comparison site: www.kelkoo.co.uk - type in what you want, & it will give you a list of various retailers & their price for the item, plus what it comes with, & so on.

[altis]

Sadly, Amazon have just sold out of the Canon A60 (at £99.99 inc that was a bargain) but you could try the A70, A75 or A80.

Some usefull info about them in this previous thread:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=7743

Remember, there's more to digital cameras than megapixels:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm

[iadom]

Originally Posted by altis

Sadly, Amazon have just sold out of the Canon A60 (at £99.99 inc that was a bargain) but you could try the A70, A75 or A80.

Some usefull info about them in this previous thread:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=7743

Remember, there's more to digital cameras than megapixels:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm

Hi Altis, I did read that thread with interest at the time.
I have just ordered a Canon A80 from Amazon, cost £225.99 , looked at Novatech, their price was also not bad at £234.
Compared with £179.99 for the Aldi camera I think I made the right decision.

Edit, just reading through that thread again and spotted that Bifta bought the same camera

Thanks again to all who replied.
Jim.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by iadom

Hi Altis, I did read that thread with interest at the time.
I have just ordered a Canon A80 from Amazon, cost £225.99 , looked at Novatech, their price was also not bad at £234.
Compared with £179.99 for the Aldi camera I think I made the right decision.

Good choice

I've got the older A70, & it's a great camera.


Don't forget to get a nice big CF card, plus some decent NiMH batteries & a charger (much cheaper than using e.g. Duracell).

[iadom]

Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

Good choice

I've got the older A70, & it's a great camera.


Don't forget to get a nice big CF card, plus some decent NiMH batteries & a charger (much cheaper than using e.g. Duracell).

Any make of CF card to get/avoid ??

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by iadom

Any make of CF card to get/avoid ??

Sandisk, Crucial, Canon's own brand (which is probably Sandisk anyway) and Viking are all pretty reliable.

[Tezcatlipoca]

I've got a 256MB Viking CF card & a 128MB SanDisk CF. Both are v good.

Amazon aren't too bad price-wise for Viking CF cards.

[iadom]

Thanks guys...did look at the 256MB Viking at Amazon seems a decent price, with 5 year g/tee

[altis]

For a rediculously large amount of information on CF cards look here:
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/mul...e.asp?cid=6007

Edit
For a good charger you could try one of these:
http://www.gppowerbank.co.uk/powerBankRange.html#usmart
At only 36 minutes for up to four 2100mAh NiMh AAs, the U-Smart claims to be the worlds fastest charger. It's available (inc 4 x 2100mAh) for £35.42 + vat from CPC.

For some non-rechargables you could try these:
http://www.energizer-eu.com/en/e2_lithium/default.htm
At 2900mAh, they claim to be the worlds longest lasting AAs. They work well in the cold - ideal for trips to the Himalayas - and they have a very long shelf life so they're ideal as a backup set. Expensive mind, at about £5 a pair!