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Cheap digital camera

  • 26-01-2014 7:36pm
    #1
    kelbal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I'm looking for a bargain basement digital camera, €30/€35 tops. Any suggestions? I'm Dublin based. Argos have a cheap one, but it takes AAA batteries which is a non-runner, as my charger and high-capacity batteries are AA.

    thanks


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  • #2
    dirtyghettokid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭dirtyghettokid


    i am not sure you would find a brand new camera for that budget, but you could try looking for a second hand item on adverts.ie


  • #3
    penev10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    My 8 year old got a present of a Vivitar camera at Xmas. They're about €30 in Argos but they're not great. Really plastic feeling and the quality of the photos leaves a lot to be desired. Grand for a child but you'd be better off paying €80-100 and getting a good brand.


  • #4
    kelbal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭kelbal


    penev10 wrote: »
    My 8 year old got a present of a Vivitar camera at Xmas. They're about €30 in Argos but they're not great. Really plastic feeling and the quality of the photos leaves a lot to be desired. Grand for a child but you'd be better off paying €80-100 and getting a good brand.

    Thanks, but its for a 5 year old who's showing loads of interest in taking photos. We won't be relying on her for the main family snaps, so quality isn't that big a deal - there's no way I'm spending €100 on a camera for her. Would have bought the Vivitar one in Argos, if it wasn't for the AAA batteries.


  • #5
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,914 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    You can actually get kids camera's, would one of those not do?

    Check likes of Argos. I'd say DoneDeal would be good place to get a cheap one too.


  • #6
    kelbal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭kelbal


    NIMAN wrote: »
    You can actually get kids camera's, would one of those not do?

    Check likes of Argos. I'd say DoneDeal would be good place to get a cheap one too.

    yeah there's a Hello Kitty one in Argos for €40 - but its AAA batteries also.
    Adverts/Donedeal might be the best option alright, but am a bit wary of 2nd hand cameras


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  • #7
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,714 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Those kids cameras are really dreadful. I went through a couple of cheap compacts with my two kids, they'd invariably drop them when the lens was extended, byby camera. Eventually I trawled ebay for a few weeks and picked up one of these http://www.cameraquest.com/fujibigjob.htm for about €20. It's big and chunky, can be dropped onto concrete from 2 or 3 metres, survives being immersed in water no problems at all. It's the ideal kids camera. It also takes surprisingly good pictures :-D


  • #8
    kelbal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭kelbal


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    Those kids cameras are really dreadful. I went through a couple of cheap compacts with my two kids, they'd invariably drop them when the lens was extended, byby camera. Eventually I trawled ebay for a few weeks and picked up one of these http://www.cameraquest.com/fujibigjob.htm for about €20. It's big and chunky, can be dropped onto concrete from 2 or 3 metres, survives being immersed in water no problems at all. It's the ideal kids camera. It also takes surprisingly good pictures :-D

    looks a good camera - good purchase to get that for €20! Can't seem to see it available now.


  • #9
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,714 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    kelbal wrote: »
    looks a good camera - good purchase to get that for €20! Can't seem to see it available now.

    I had practically every ruggedised camera I could think of on a watchlist. I bid on quite a few before I snagged this one, wasn't going to pay more than €20/€30 for anything. Playing the long game on EBay can net you some good bargains.


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