Camera advice - low end

[hallenhe]

Okay, this isn't a "What do I do/buy to take wonderful reptile pictures" thread. I think my camera's really pretty decent, and any of the numerous flaws in my pictures is my laziness in not taking the time to sit down with the manual, set the shots up right, etc.
My mother has expressed interest in getting a camera, and her birthday is coming up. Anybody reading this thread is on the web, and therefore is more technologically savvy/computer literate than my mother. Any recommendations on a decent camera for somebody who is never going to do more than point and shoot, and some means of viewing and/or printing the photos? (I know she could just look at them on the camera or on my stepsister's computer, then print out the ones she wants at WalMart; I don't know if there are dedicated View-Your-Digital-Photos devices).
I may be getting her a netbook sometime this year; this will probably be later than the camera, because I'll want to be there and get her comfortable and reasonably safeguarded on the web.
(Lest you get the wrong impression, my mother is a very bright woman and I love her a lot. She just has effectively no computer experience whatsoever to date and is something of a technophobe.)
Much thanks for any advice.

 

[renzo0684]

Go to any Radio Shack they have nice easy not to expensive camaras and all on display. Thats where I got mine and it takes great pictures =]

 

[Syn]

Some of the canon powershots are very nice, but a little pricey. I got my camera for $110 and it is a Nikon coolpix S220.. If you have seen some of the pictures I have taken, many of them are on manual but there are other setting such as landscape, portrait, macro, etc..

 

[SpinyFranky]

Okay, this isn't a "What do I do/buy to take wonderful reptile pictures" thread. I think my camera's really pretty decent, and any of the numerous flaws in my pictures is my laziness in not taking the time to sit down with the manual, set the shots up right, etc.
My mother has expressed interest in getting a camera, and her birthday is coming up. Anybody reading this thread is on the web, and therefore is more technologically savvy/computer literate than my mother. Any recommendations on a decent camera for somebody who is never going to do more than point and shoot, and some means of viewing and/or printing the photos? (I know she could just look at them on the camera or on my stepsister's computer, then print out the ones she wants at WalMart; I don't know if there are dedicated View-Your-Digital-Photos devices).
I may be getting her a netbook sometime this year; this will probably be later than the camera, because I'll want to be there and get her comfortable and reasonably safeguarded on the web.
(Lest you get the wrong impression, my mother is a very bright woman and I love her a lot. She just has effectively no computer experience whatsoever to date and is something of a technophobe.)
Much thanks for any advice.

Nikon Cool pix or a Sony Cyber shot - top notch cameras ( for point and shoots ) and not that top notch price setting, though they are not "dirt cheap"

you could also purchase your mother a digital picture frame, which simply requires a USB stick or SD card plugged in and it will start displaying them rather nicely.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665789079

is a really good camera

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666019651

this nifty little picture frame can display nearly 2,000 of your mothers favorite pictures, and if she so desired even print the ones she would want to take with her anywhere, without having to drag the entire thing along with her.

Hope this helps!

S.F