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Decent point and shoot for 10 year old - Canon or Kodak or ?
My 10 year old son is looking for his first ("real") digital camera. He is spending his birthday money, and so we would like to keep the budget at or below $150. I have always used Canons, and have been happy so far. I have recommended to him a Canon A550 ($135), but we also saw a Kodak C743 ($149), which looks very easy to use. I am inclined to stick with the Canon, which I predict would be higher on the quality scale, but the Kodak is very user-friendly, so I wonder if that would be better for a 10 year old. (NB His 8 year old brother has an entry-level Kodak, and just came home from our trip to Ireland with some amazing shots and, to be fair, some crappy shots, as well.).

Any comments on these cameras, or suggestions for others that might fit the bill?.

If possible, I would like to stick with something using the SD format, since we have many, many SD cards in our house..

Thanks for any advice you can share!..

Comments (9)

My brother-in-law often borrows my old Canon PowerShot A60. He is 7 years old..

It's quite user friendly, yet it can be used in full manual. Which I've taught him, so he actually knows how to handle aperture, shutter and ISO accordingly to the situation (most of the time)..

So I can recommend the Canon A5xx-series, which are the descendants of the old A60. .

Http://www.fotostart.dk << tutorials, guides etc...

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One thing you have to remember with Kodac cameras is that they dont tend to be compatible with pict bridge and suchlike as Kodac has it's own format for things like that... so if he was mabe going to upgrade in the future i'd say cannon..

Comment #2

Fuji F20 is extremely simple to use (no manual controls or anything) and fast. Quality is amazing too...

Comment #3

I cut my teeth in photography when I was a few years older than him (about 12) using an old Zenith SLR that didn't even take batteries, now that was a learning curve, so I guess what I am trying to say is dont give him something that just has point and shoot full auto, give him something that will keep his interest, you'll be amazed how quickly kids will learn relatively complicated stuff such as manual exposure!..

Comment #4

RhysM.

This is a very good point. If there are "gagets", they will explore.Mike.

Just starting out and having fun at it!.

Nikon D80 18-135mmNikon Coolpix 3100 (Hey, I had to start somewhere)..

Comment #5

Thatwill wrote:.

One thing you have to remember with Kodac cameras is that they donttend to be compatible with pict bridge and suchlike as Kodac has itsown format for things like that... so if he was mabe going to upgradein the future i'd say cannon.

Kodak cameras are PictBridge enabled. Check the spec sheets...

Comment #6

My 12 year old uses a Panasonic FZ20 that I bought 4 years ago and he now uses all the time. If you can find a good zoom Panasonic for the price you mention I would definetly look at that avenue...

Comment #7

While I'm a proponent of Kodak's I think at your prices the A550 is the better choice..

Kodaks are indeed very easy to use and the auto white balance, auto-focus and auto-exposure systems work extremely well. My preferred cameras in the C series are the C663 (costs more), C533 (costs much less and not as capable video), and the C875 (costs a lot more, no optical finder, very capable.).

Actually it might be wise to let him handle the cameras and work through the menus. What feels right to him may really be the best choice. For 4x6 prints, and computer viewing you really can't go too far wrong with either camera...

Comment #8

I recommend the Kodak DCS760, it's one of their better cameras...

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