camera please

[Bibio]

i want to get myself a nice small slim camera, preferably with optical zoom and about 10mp. dont want to spend a fortune as its going to sit in my pocket most of the time so will get a bit bashed up.

any ideas?

i've just ordered a sony cybershot off of tesco direct 10.1mp 3x optical zoom hasnt arrived yet £65 cheers.

I noticed jessops have one on special yesterday, 12.5 mp for 65 quid but can't find it on their site.

Even cheaper is this if it doesnt have to be special :-

http://www.jessops.com/online.store/...6442/show.html

I got the Badgeress a Fujifilm J32 for Christmas . 12.2 mp and a lithium-ion battery , can`t stand products that require AA batteries and such like . It`s a nifty little camera and takes a good piccy .

Canon make a nice range of P&S cameras. Take your pick.

BTB, don't get too carried away with MP. It is all marketing. Those tiny little lenses don't have a hope of resolving 10MP - it is physics that cannot be cheated and I do not understand well enough to explain properly.

All the Lens does is concentrate the picture into the correct area , it`s the CCD that actually takes the picture .

i liked my casio exilim 10mp, 4x optical EX-Z100 me thinks it was, it had a wide angle lense too £90 ASDA, was a good little camera til i lost it that was its only downfall it was too compact.

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

All the Lens does is concentrate the picture into the correct area , it`s the CCD that actually takes the picture .

Optics isn't that simple - I wish it was. You could start by having a look at CoC and how that relates to lenses and pixel size.

Originally Posted by MattCollins

it is physics that cannot be cheated

"Ye cannae change the laws of physics"

+1 for Sony Cybershots..... cracking good pics

I work in the optical industry making lenses for Thermal Weapons Systems , the lenses are good enough for Digital Cameras .