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Digital is the only way to go. Think very carefully about what you want to do in the future. If you really will only be point and shooting then a straight forward one such as the Nikon Coolpix at £200 would be fine. However, the bug can easily grab you and you'll start wanting to take different types of pictures. Then you'll want different lenses so you'll need a camera to which you can add lenses. For £200 that might put you into second hand cameras - try the London Camera Exchange, they are on line and have some shops including one in Chester.
I started with a Nikon 40 with a standard lens that cost me just over £200. My second lens cost me £400. As a rough guide, it is the quality of the lens that defines the quality of the picture. It's your eye that defines how good is the photograph.
Most PCs come with a minimal photo editing software for digital images. Apple's I-photos is one of the better ones. Most digital photographers move on to software such as Photoshop Elements, the basic version costs up to £80. Macs can run Apple's Aperture software or Photoshop for Macs. Many point and shoot people like me use the camera setting called 'RAW'. This means you can point and shoot and adjust the image very easily on the PC with RAW software (included in Photoshop and often as part of the better camera packages). When I photograph in RAW, I just point and shoot and come back home to the PC and tinker with the pictures until I get them to look right.
Since I gave in to my desire to 'point and shoot', I have spend just over £200 on the camera; £400 on a second lens; £70 on editing software; £90 on a back up hard drive for my hundreds of images; £100 on a tripod; say £100 on consumables such as cleaners, additional memory cards, batteries; £100 for a bag to carry it all in. I have no plans to buy anything else - yet! And I still have not progressed from the point and shoot mentality.
In summary, be absolutely clear about what you want to do now and in the future.
Got to go now, but >> this site << gives excellent and very detailed reviews.
It is an American site though, so some model numbers are different, but I have always found the reviews to be accurate and the preferences are based on sensible criteria.
Also he doesn't mind putting the boot in if the camera is not much good!
Another thing to consider is moving you photo's to the computor. I have a Fugi camera and use finepix to transfer the pictures works great.
A friend has a Kodac it is a nightmare and keeps crashing the camera software.
Andy
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This post may be unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs,if you are please disregard the above post. Andy
If you are running Vista or 7 do not use any software supplied with the camera.
V and 7 will identify the camera and download to 'Pictures'.
If you leave the images on your camera it will download only the new ones each time
I use Lumix cameras.
In the real world the image quality is excellent on most makes.
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