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| gil |
wanted : cheap s/hand digital cameraanyone got for sale a digital camera for not too much dosh ? |
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| dougal |
Gil, I haven't - not thinking of upgrading yet!
It might be an idea if you were to propose some sort of budget, so folk are aware of just what you're looking for, and a rough price. It seems that in the post-christmas sales a 3mpixel camera with a 3x zoom lens can be had for around £100. And I'm not sure that those of us who bought such things a couple of years ago (for rather more) would think of selling our used ones for less than that! 
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| gil |
I'll investigate makes, models and prices, and get back to this thread. I thought a reasonable one could now be got new for about £100, but then I heard that there are some new and OK around for less than £50. I take your point about prices falling and folk not being willing to sell s/h for less than current new price. | ||
| marigold |
I'm looking for a cheapie digicam too gil, and have had no luck finding a secondhand one. Ebay doesn't seem to be much use.
I'm currently wondering about buying a new Fiji Finepix A345 which is about £90 in Boots and Tesco, but they'll probably be all sold out by the time I've finished dithering.... Asda had new cameras for about £50 before Xmas - not sure of the spec though. There are SO many options and things change SO fast - too much choice makes me go like a rabbit in headlights, unable to decide anything 
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| bernie-woman |
We have got a very, very old Agfa camera which is at least 7 years old. It totally relies on batteries - no charger - it is in the loft so cannot be more specific about the spec but if anyone is interested I will root it out.
It did take good pics in its time and we only stopped using it a year ago It used some kind of software like Photosmart which we may still have but it is not on our current computer |
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| timberdog |
camGot a Vivitar zoom any good? |
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| dougal |
Would that be an ePhoto? It should work on NiMH rechargeables... ... and used SmartMedia to store the images. So, with a SmartMedia reader, you wouldn't need to run any particular software. My one was only about 1megapixel at best, but it worked fine until the day I lent it to Someone-I-used-to-know. That's why I upgraded the last time... |
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| Wombat |
I have an Agfa ePhoto 1680 with a 16mb storage card with it and pc disks, leads, etc. Very reliable.
£50 plus P&P will secure? Wombat |
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| marigold |
Thanks for the offers folks. I've pretty much decided to go for the buy-new option since I've got some unexpected Xmas pressie money to spend  . Anyway it's gil's thread......
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| gil |
I think I'm going for new rather than s/h too. Thanx to all for offers, though. | ||
| Treacodactyl |
Looking in Jessops they have quite a few 3-4mp ones about the £50-£80 pound mark and they will have a 1yr gtee and all the software etc.
One thing I do wonder, many shops offer a trade in on the old one, what do they do with them all? |
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| Lisa |
Huh. They might *say* they do... (I tried to trade in my film SLR and they wanted nothing to do with it. Maybe old digis would be more successful.) |
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| sean |
Dump 'em, I strongly suspect. | ||
| gil |
Old digis, or old SLRs ? A decent s/h SLR is also on my theoretical wish list. Unfortunately, it's usually a case of what do I really need, rather than what I might want. Eventually.... |
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| Lisa |
s/h film SLR, or digi? If the former, we might come to an arrangement - I am holding fire until the post-Christmas rush dies down then planning to try my hand on ebay with it. Happy to find an alternative. | ||
| sean |
I suspect that they dump either/both. | ||
| tahir |
You won't get much on eBay for an SLR, looked at getting rid of my OM4Ti's before christmas, they were going for around £60, the last retail list price was around £800 body only 
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| Lisa |
I know. But now I have my digital it will only sit in a drawer gathering dust, and better £60 than nothing + clutter. Irritating, though. | ||
| Beckyess |
Am I too late? I have a Canon Powershot S10 with all the bits plus case for £50 plus p&p if anyone is interested.
Becky P.S. forgot to add that it is near enough good as new. |
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| Bugs |
Probably too late for Gil but just in case it helps anyone else this deal posted on MSE looked reasonable; not a clue how long lasting etc the camera would be.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=1736599#post1736599 |