cheap camera for grandson

[greenrook]

My daughter-in-law's suggestion for one of her son's Christmas gifts is, and I quote 'A cheap digi camera, the SD card type, and don't spend more than 30 quid, you know what he's like...' Where do I get such a thing? And just for my own enlightenment, what the hell is an SD card anyway?

[Matheous]

An SD card without getting too technical is a 'Secure Digital' type of card which is approx. the size of a postage stamp and is quite universal now. This is the device or 'media' the camera uses to store potentially large amounts of pictures or movie-clips. The prices of both SD cards AND digital cameras are falling all the time......from off the top of my head there is a Vivitar on sale in ASDA for under fifty quid although I don't know much about the model.

The best thing to do would be to check prices AND reviews on any piece of camera equipment before you purchase

[greenrook]

Thanks Matheous, you're right about the Vivitar, they had it in Argos also, for under �33.00. It's an astonishing bit of kit for the money, so that's him fixed up!