Christmas Gift for my daughter

[jakoky]

OK, i need advice...my 16 year old daughter wants a new digital camera for christmas(she owns a canon a410-problem is the lcd is tiny AND there is no sound for movies)...NOW, my problem is all she is specifying really is colour, she wants a pink one and one that has sound for movies..for me, i have a canon S5(which i love ) so trying to find her a camera based on colour is driving me crazy...what i am wondering is if anyone has any idea about any of these 4 camera i am looking into...they are all pink, all have sound with movies, and all have large lcds...what i am wondering of course is about picture,build, and movie quality and i cant find out too much information about these...
Sony W55
Fuji Z10
Casio Ex277
Kodak M753
If anyone can point me in the right direction, i would really appreciate it...Thanks so much for any and all help

sharon
me, dh, dd-16-, ds- 14-, dd-12-
WDW-Dec 04-first disney experience for my DH, DD, DS, DD and first time at WDW for us all- 9 nights at Pop Century
DL-MAY 06-first time at DL for DH and kids , and my 9th(but the first 8 were all by the time i was about 13) so it was all new to me- 10 nights at Candy Cane Inn
DL-SEPT 07-another amazing DL trip and we got "dreamed"-fastpasses for the day- 10 nights at the HoJo

I WANT TO GO BACK, I WANT TO GO BACK, I WANT TO GO BACK

 

[AndrewWG]

Just looking at the makers of these cameras, I would probably look further into the Fuji. They generally make a good camera.

If it were me, I would buy her a S5 IS and a can of pink spray paint!

 

[jakoky]

LOL, i agree....i wish, my i guess i should have mentioned size is also one of her requests, she wants small, actually tiny...i think i am down to the fuji or the sony..from what i can find so far, the sony is reviewed higher by users..actually, i can find way more info about the sony...thanks for your reply, i really appreciate it...
sharon

 

[AndrewWG]

LOL, i agree....i wish, my i guess i should have mentioned size is also one of her requests, she wants small, actually tiny...i think i am down to the fuji or the sony..from what i can find so far, the sony is reviewed higher by users..actually, i can find way more info about the sony...thanks for your reply, i really appreciate it...
sharon

No problem. I don't think you will find much wrong with a Sony either. The only thing to keep in mind is that the Sony may have a funky memory card. I think it is the Sony that has their own proprietary memory. Not SD or CF or any of the "normal" types.

 

[jakoky]

Actually, i had a sony H5 before my canon S5, so i have 1 GB pro duo she could have...i like that the fuji can take either and sd or xd(both i would have to buy a bigger card for her, her card is only a 512 i think)....the other thing about the fuji that is great(being a teenager) is that the zoom lens doesnt extend out, one less thing she could hurt....tough decision when what matters to her is colour and what matters to me is qaulity...teenagers
thanks again
sharon

 

[Master Mason]

If it were me, I would be wanting to know if she wanted a camera or a toy... sorry if that is harsh, but one shouldn't be worried about what color the camera, but rather what purpose it serves.

 

[DVC Jen]

If it were me, I would be wanting to know if she wanted a camera or a toy... sorry if that is harsh, but one shouldn't be worried about what color the camera, but rather what purpose it serves.

I understand what you are saying - but when it comes to teenaged girls they don't care as much about the quality of the camera. They care about how cool it is.

My 14 yr old DD has a pink poloroid from wal-mart. I think it was about 99.00. It has the movie mode with sound. The quality is so-so - but she mostly uses it to take photos of herself and her friends for myspace and to share with each other.

She also said that a lot of her friends have the camera and they all "love it and think it is cool".