Camera help please?

[bluespirit]

I want to buy my Mom a digital camera for Christmas.
It needs to be slimline, have a large viewfinder/display & be very, very simple to use.
My Mom is seventy & a bit of a techno-phobe but she's seen our Canon Ixus 75 & really likes it.
I would like to get her something similar in design but with fewer functions & settings. I mean she's never going to take a video or do macro photography or anything like that. She just wants to be able to point it & press the button - taking pictures on holiday & at family gatherings (& of Buddy, of course!)
Can anyone recommend anything please?
I'm looking to spend around £100.
Thanks, folks!

Comments

[kosmikdawg.livejournal.com]

I have several digital cameras but none fit into the category you're looking for. Kodak makes relatively simple point n' shoot cameras and the Olympus Stylus series is relatively uncomplicated and slim. My father, who is 83, recently purchased a Sony DSC-W170...but it has all the bells and whistles. Although, take a look at the Sony DSC-W120.

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

Great! I've got several suggestions now, thank you - & I'll research them all. Though my Mom is definitely not a bells & whistles kind of person! LOL

[celtprincess13.livejournal.com]

Higher price-wise, but this one:

Olympus camera

is adored by my mother the technophobe. She took to it like a duck to water, so it must be pretty easy to use. And she's thrilled with the pictures it takes and loves showing them off right on the screen, which is pretty good size.

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

I'll take a look - thanks so much! :-)

[txdville.livejournal.com]

My sister isn't a camera person and we just got her a Nikon COOLPIX (red) and it's really nice and simple. If you get the 8mg it's fairly reasonable. It is a point/shoot. She opened the box put the card in and we went off to the zoo where she took about 80 pix. The loading/computer part might be more complicated but I doubt it.

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

I'd read a review of this & it sounds great - thanks for the confirmation! I'll check it out. :-)

[xanthelj.livejournal.com]

I made my mum buy a digital camera a couple of months ago *g*. I went with her and we got one of these: http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=11114&pq-locale=en_GB&_requestid=255

It cost £99 and I think they're a bit less now. Mum's is red but I see from the page that they come in all sorts of pretty colours so that's a bonus! This is the more recent version of the one I've got and I love how easy it is to use. I bought a docking station for mine so when I want to transfer the photos all I do is stick in on the station, press a button and they transfer. I figured even my mum could do that on her PC! I don't know if your mom has a PC but the actual operation of the camera is very easy as well.

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

I love all the different colours! *g*
Mom doesn't use a computer - Dad's is still sitting there, she just dusts it & is convinced she'll somehow 'wipe it' if she even switches the plug on! So it'll be a matter of taking the SD card to Boots or some other photo place (or I'll end up doing it!)

[kaaatie.livejournal.com]

I strongly recommend a Canon. My mum is in her late 60s, and doesn't always have the steadiest hands. She has a Canon IXUS 60, and takes great photos with it. She isn't great with technology, but finds it really easy to use.

[bluespirit-star.livejournal.com]

I love our Canon but it's quite complicated so I'll check this one out, thank you! :-)