Help! Have £300 to buy a camera as a gift

[laulon]

Hi all,

I'm after a camera as a leaving present for a work friend with £300 to spend. Help! I personally like Panasonic Lumix compact cameras which I've seen friends and family use. The person we're buying for I know was after a camera possibly for travelling and maybe something which is leading onto a DSLR. So I've been looking into DSLR style cameras. Can anyone recommend any? At the moment I'm looking at a Panasonic Lumix MMC-FZ45 (see link below)

Hope you can help! x
www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz45-black-digital-camera/p1521800

 

[Steep]

You/they won't go wrong with a Lumix I think. You can get that one from Amazon for £238.60, add some memory cards and an extra battery to make up the total.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B003WOKU4W/watersphotogr-21/ref=nosim

 

[alterstill]

I would go for Olympus PEN E-PL1 Compact System Camera in Black with 14-42mm Lens