Cheap Compact for my wife

Ive got a 500d and a 7d but my wife is after a cheap compact, real cheap, like the cheapest available, any ideas?

Panasonic compacts are usually decent, cheapest would be Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FS16 $101 and you can get it in red.


http://www.whatdigital​camera.com …as-for-less-than-100.html

I'd vote for the Canon 100HS, just over $100 right now, and for just a little more, I'd really recommend the Canon 300HS, a very decent P&S that's quite pocketable too and with a 24mm wide angle, that's handy in a small camera.
G2

If you really mean it, I'd agree about the A100. Otherwise, from another thread:

richierich1212 wrote in post #13586050
I'm giving my wife a S95 for x-mas and can't wait to use it

Jon wrote in post #13586867
It pains me to think how many of us you just described :{)#

Loodachris wrote in post #13587002
I am in this same group

Get her an S100, or other high-end you'd love to use. After all, even if she doesn't use it as much as you'd like, at least it'll be something you want to use.

Cheap cheap cheap?? A buddy of mine asked me the same question a few weeks ago before a trip to Arizona...I told him Canon A800. He picked it up ($80 in Canada, brand new)...he loved it.

The Elph 300 HS is superb! You'll both love it!!!

Jon wrote in post #13587158
If you really mean it, I'd agree about the A100. Otherwise, from another thread:
Get her an S100, or other high-end you'd love to use. After all, even if she doesn't use it as much as you'd like, at least it'll be something you want to use.

Jon, that's pretty devious!!!
It's a great idea!!
LOL

Yes, well, my wife's SD600 is the only camera we have that doesn't take SDHC memory and it uses a different battery from all the other cameras so imagine how tempted I am to get "her" an S100, which uses the same battery as the SD990 and SX230. :{)#

Think she'd notice if I swapped the S230 and the S100?

Jon, I would say, go for it!!!

elfieh

:{)# If I weren't saving for the 500 f/4 II, I probably would.

Gary W. Graley wrote in post #13586895
I'd vote for the Canon 100HS, just over $100 right now, and for just a little more, I'd really recommend the Canon 300HS, a very decent P&S that's quite pocketable too and with a 24mm wide angle, that's handy in a small camera.
G2

heez10 wrote in post #13590913
The Elph 300 HS is superb! You'll both love it!!!

Another vote on any of the new HS cameras, the CMOS sensor is great it's really not worth cheaping out on $30 or something when you will take a huge hit in image quality.