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Need Point & Shoot Camera

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So my mom is complaining about her SD600 being unclear and how she "needs" IS. I haven't played with her camera enough to know how good it is but the one time I took it to school to shoot some stuff in a lecture hall the flash was terrible and couldn't do crap from the 4th row. I swore never to borrow it again and just use my brick Canon Powershot G3.

Cameras are cheap now and I suppose I can get her a new one. I just assumed she still wants the SD series but she was telling me about the A1000 she saw at Costco. Now I havent followed cameras in a while but I thought that A-series has some control like aperture and shutter speed but apparently the new ones lack it too. In fact the new A-series are a lot smaller than before?

I've been primarly a Canon guy using an XTi and a G3 so I'm sure I can find something in their lineup, but if not feel free to recommend me anything. I'm looking at some of the new SD8xx series cameras and of course the higher zoom lenses also sacrifice aperture and I figure I'd prefer a faster lens. Shrug. I'd prefer to stay in the $200s, and certainly there's always slickdeals going on for Canon cameras @ Dell.
 
Plenty of options in the $200 range. SD880, SD780, SD1200...
 
she "needs" IS.
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Nobody needs IS. It doesn't help with subject movement, poor focusing, bad composition, misunderstanding light or anything else. It only helps with camera shake - and with a point and shoot most folks hold the camera at arms length chimping at the LCD - maximizing camera shake.
Perhaps you can teach your mom more about exposure - or how to hold a camera to minimize camera shake?

To stay on topic - I'm partial to kodak's offerings - the z1015IS is quite cheap and is a very capable camera.
 
Panasonic FX35, at around $250 it's a great camera

-25-100mm lens range is unmatched at any price range
-Latest Venus IV processor gives great image quality, even better than Canon at high ISOs
-Image-stabilized Leica Lens
-720p HD Video recording
 
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