My mother is looking to get a new camera for backpacking. We were looking at an canon elph series at sams club. It is this one:
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod4960018&navAction=
The price in the store is actually 209.00, so it is less than the online price.
Any opinions on this camera. Is it good value for the money? I know it is not a high end camera, but this is about as much as she is willing to spend. In fact she is not convinced she wants to go quite that high. She definately wants optical zoom. That is why she is looking at this one, it has 8 times optical zoom.
Any other cameras in that price range or less you think might work. Her biggest priority is optical zoom and size, and of course it needs to take good pictures.
The camera she has been using is a kodak easyshare dx7590. I know it is not a high end camera either, but she has been very happy with it. She wants a camera to take pictures as good as it does, but in a much smaller package.
I appreciate any advice you can give us. Thank you, Sherry
Forgot to add our trips are rarely more than 2 nights. So I am guessing battery life is not a huge issue. But hey what do I know. That is why I am here:)
