digital camera

[eblue43]

Hi everyone,
7 days to go for our 3 week vacation in the land of magic!:D.One question that i hope someone can help me with is are Digital cameras cheaper in the U.S.A?,and if so how much,what model to go for(best quality required),are they o.k for the u.k,and where would be the best shop to buy it from?look forward to your replys:p: :cool: :p: :jump: :jump: :jump:

[JessieJohnson]

Hi I don't have an answer for you sorry but we will be there at the same time and we are also looking to buy a new digital camera, so I just wanted to subscribe to the thread Sorry again. But have you had a look on walmarts website it's quite good and apparently if you buy from there and have a prob when you get home you can return it to Asda.

[eblue43]

Hi Jessie,
thanks for that,any idea what the website is?
hope you have great time in Disney:jump: :jump:

[envoguemia]

www.walmart.com Have to say when we bought ours i looked and did not see any real difference with the price so I opted to buy here. The other thing i found was getting used to digitl took me weeks so getting it in advance meant i was an expert by the time i needed the camera. Got ours from Boots who had my Nikon on offer but its a case of checking everyone for a good offer.

Hope that helps

Maria

[edie_w]

Caveats:

- bother with refunds if a problem (except perhaps Walmart)
- mains charging device likely only to be 110v - need a step down to use here
- the manual (apart from quick start up) usually comes on a cd
- best to take a camera with which you are familiar
- do you want to spend your holiday researching and finding a camera?
- do you want to spend your duty free allowance on a camera?

You can get good deals over the internet from Pixmania and other companies. I looked at and handled the cameras in Jessop's and Dixons then ordered the one I wanted online and saved about £80

[andi30]

i would get one over here, at least you will have time to get used to the camera and trust me with digital there is so much to learn:confused2 :D We have been looking around at the moment and there are some good offers, boots and currys we found were the cheapest on the high st

[eblue43]

Thanks for the info everyone,i think i will go out today and have a look around.

[PaulWarren]

Hi,
I may be too late to comment but you have made the right decision in my opinion.
I wanted to buy last year but money restraints made me wait...
I had a 2mp camera already..When on holiday i saw the quality of my nephews 5mp and had the bug again. I knew what i wanted and how much the net were charging in the uk.
I was expecting to pay about £240 in uk...I was quoted from$400 up to $625 in big "discount" camera shops...
As it happened i bought a camera and 256mb card for £258 (converted) from walmart, if anything went wrong i thought i stood some chance of repair but once scanned a $449 price came up as $349..dual voltage so just cut plug off once at home...
Long winded so to summarise...I got IMO a bargain but in the same position i would not do it again....Took a few days to be conversant with operation.
Regards,
Paul.