Hi there,

 

My wife has decided she would like a digital camera for her birthday.

 

I'm looking for something small and compact, but with good memory capacity and capable of capturing decent resolutions. She wants it for e-mailing her friends but also for making prints for photo albums and so on.

 

Brand names don't matter and I'm happy to spend up to US$400/

I'm really happy with my Kodak Easyshare CX7430 4MP camera. The resolution is very nice and has a great array of settings and configurations. The on-board memory holds only about 9-12 pictures, more or less depending on the quality chosen to use on them. That's more than enough for just taking pictures around the house or whathaveyou and uploading to the computer. For travel you'd definately want a memory card, but that's true for any digital camera.

The only complaint I have is that the zoom isn't as wide-ranging as I'd like. Other than that, it's been a very good camera.