Recommend me a cheap(ish) digital camera please................

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preferabbly one available at Argos (the only shop that sells elecrical stuff such as that that we have in town).

Going to have to go and buy a new one on Saturday and want to have some idea of what I'm getting before I go.

Don't worry about megapixels....that is not what makes a camera good (in fact too many will eat memory space)

Go for one with a good lens...look for Olympus, Panasonic with a leicah lens or a sony with a Carl Zeiss lens or a Fuji....

The most critical thing IMO is shutter lag.

I like this site for reviewing an comparing camera's

I have 1GB SD Card (from my old one that decided that Christmas Eve would be a good time to die) - will that fit into most

SD is the most popular...and if you want to stick to that you will need to avoid Sony (usually memory stick), Olympus and Fuji (usually xD). I think that most others are SD though. Of course check before you buy.

yes I'd like to stick to that as I already have the memory card. Can't really afford to be going out buying a new camera, but as mine is dead, and it's the only way i have of capturing memories of stuff the DS's do to share with anyone but myself really want a replacement.

I had (have) a Samsung S600 at the moment (which I don't think was very expensive when it was bought - only 2 1/2yrs ago too ). So need something that will last me (I'm rather a snapaholic .

Thanks for help.

You should be able to geta pretty good bargain in the sales....I know Tesco have had some camera's with 30% off before Christmas....

I'm hoping so (for the sales) I can only get to Argos though so it will depend largely on what they have.