Small, Fast, Decent Compact
 

It's another one of these questions I'm afraid. My mum has mentioned she'd like a new camera and as her birthday is coming up, I thought I'd aim for that as a gift.

The requirements are:

1. Small
2. Responsive (ie not long lags between shutter being pressed and focusing and actually taking pic)
3. Up to £300
4. Has a nice big screen for viewing
5. Good all rounder in terms of day and night shooting

I looked at the link provided in an earlier post and the Panasonic Lumix TZ7 looks nice, but as that article is now a couple of months old, I wondered if anything had come out since which betters it.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated

Thanks

I Have a Canon S90 for sale which you might like. It's hardly been used, just a couple of times I think so condition is like new. It fulfils all the criteria you set, plus gives great image quality. The lens is one of the fastest in the compact market at f/2,(twice as much light gets in as an f/2.8).

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There's a review[URL="http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/4458/canon-powershot-s90-camera-review"] here[/URL]

It'll be going on Ebay at the weekend but if anyone fancies it before, it's £275 (and I'll even throw in the P & P !

Thanks for the offer. If this was for me, I'd consider 2nd hand, but as it's a special gift, I wouldn't do 2nd hand I'm afraid.

Panasonic TZ-7 or LX3 (which is a Leica with a Panasonic badge on it and half the price).

Alas there are no compacts that meet your requirements. Believe me, I've been looking.

The Canon S90, Panasonic TZ7 are both fabulous cameras but probably cost over £300 brand new.

Panasonic TZ6. Same as the TZ7 without HD video.

Hi,

I'm a little late to the party on this thread, but all the same.... I recently bought a Canon S90. Not cheap by any means, but I'm mighty pleased with it. It's first outing was a trip to Mumbai and Kerala as a 'backup' carry around camera. I was thoroughly impressed with the output. If you're lucky you'll be able to get one (probably 2nd hand) for a tad under £300. Quite a few for the snaps in my quick-gallery [URL="http://www.imagearcade.net/quickgalleries/india-2010/"]here[/URL] were taken with it if your interest.

Cheers,
Steve

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