Cheap Compact

[milster]

Looking for a first camera for my kids to use (nearly 10 and 12) Something fairly easy to use but would still like manual controls. Would be nice also if it had Wi-Fi for transferring photos and printing but not essential. Second-hand options are fine.

I guess around £60 ish give or take

Cheers

 

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

Canon G9

 

[milster]

Ok, cheers. I'll have a little look

 

[Slyelessar]

Olympus Tough 4.

Waterproof up to 5meters and rugged. Also does video, and looks cool. I think it has WiFi as well.

Great little all round camera.

 

[maarten.dhaese]

Have you got a budget in mind?

I have a Panasonic LX1 that I picked up for £25 for my kids and a Canon A80 (uses AA batteries) that I picked up for £10.

The Panasonic LX1 shoots RAW and has pretty good IQ to the extent that I would be happy to use it myself.

The Canon A80 is going with my son on a school trip so if it breaks or gets lost it's no drama.

A wifi-enabled camera would cost significantly more than this probably.

Canon G9 is a great choice as well but seems to be selling for around £100 on eBay, which is quite steep. I had one and and it's great at ISO 80/100 but above that you will get significant noise in the image. It shoots RAW as well.

 

[milster]

Olympus Tough 4.

Waterproof up to 5meters and rugged. Also does video, and looks cool. I think it has WiFi as well.

Great little all round camera.

Now you come to mention it, I think I do have a Olympus Tough lying around somewhere, no doubt an earlier model, certainly doesn't have wifi though. Cheers for the input

Have you got a budget in mind?

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Ha, I guess that would have helped....Around Probably no more than £60/70 I guess....Will update original thread

Will look into the others you mentioned, cheers

 

[maarten.dhaese]

Some more suggestions for £60/£70:

Canon G6 - fully articulating screen, shoots RAW
Panasonic LX2/LX3: successor models of the LX1; Michael Reichmann's review of the LX1: https://luminous-landscape.com/panasonic-lx1/
Fuji F30: first compact that had reasonable low light performance; http://www.trustedreviews.com/Fujifilm-Finepix-F30-review
Nikon Coolpix P1 or P2: first compact cameras with WIFI apparently; http://www.trustedreviews.com/Nikon-CoolPix-P1-Wi-Fi-Compact-Camera-review

 

[milster]

Great, I had a Fuji x20, was a lovely little camera....might have a scout around for an x30 but will look into other as well. Cheers

 

[milster]

Oops, misread f30 as x30 [emoji16]

 

[acs]

Do you have an old kit lens, or something similar you fancy upgrading?

...maybe a crazy idea, and OK it's not a compact, but how about a D40? No WiFi but has reasonable controls, has P&S mode, weighs little, and quite small for a 'proper' camera.

...you might have to hide your other lenses though

 

[milster]

Do you have an old kit lens, or something similar you fancy upgrading?

...maybe a crazy idea, and OK it's not a compact, but how about a D40? No WiFi but has reasonable controls, has P&S mode, weighs little, and quite small for a 'proper' camera.

...you might have to hide your other lenses though

I really need to upgrade my status, I haven't had any Nikon cameras for about 3 years [emoji3]