Samsung PL50

I was given this camera for Christmas in 2009 however I had chosen this one specifically so I did pick it myself, I picked it for a number of reasons but to be entirely honest (and admit to being about as deep as a puddle) it was because of the colour that I was initially attracted to this particular model! Black? I hear you question, but aren’t a lot of cameras black? Well yes they are but mine is actually pink, I am a very girly girl and love pink so therefore when it was time for a new camera being pink was undoubtedly near the top of my list of priorities. Why else did I pick it? Well ... more

When we found out I was pregnant my partner decided that we would really like a digital camera for Christmas so that we could take the hundred of photos that would document the birth and following years of our son’s life. With his rather non-techy Grandmother wishing to buy this for us, it fell to me to do the research on which camera would find it’s way under the tree and I did have a few criteria in mind. First (and most important) among these criteria was that it should have a rechargeable battery, I’ve owned enough cameras in the past that have used disposable batteries and know just how ... more

I was looking for a compact camera for my daughter, one which I wouldn't be THAT bothered if it was dropped on a school trip, or lost down the back of the wardrobe - so this meant that I was looking for "cheap". Of course, as in most things, you get what you pay for, so I wasn't going to go for too cheap, you can get a digital camera for £30, but you just wouldn't. So I was hoping to find something around the £70 mark, which really left offerings from Fuji, or Samsung, with perhaps Sony thrown in. Sony's are really to be given a wide berth - they take memory sticks which prove non too cheap ... more