ClarkJohnson wrote:
OK OK, comments that my friend is silly, misguided, etc., are all likely true, but that doesn't help the decision process. He's the type of guy who has gone back to school to get a doctorate just for fun, but he is not geeky by any means. He understands that he will be just dipping his toes in the water, and that is all he wants to do at this stage.
Bluntly, the cell phone, and any pocket camera, are too small (for him) to feel comfortable taking pictures. He has held one of my pocket cameras in his hands, and rejected it for size. So, please no more along those lines.
Let me re-frame the question. Can anyone recommend a point and shoot camera that is larger than a pocket camera that is easy to use to get satisfactory .jpegs? If he has a satisfactory experience, he would be happy to get more involved, but a poor experience will send him reluctantly back to his cell phone.
Thanks to the few who responded directly to the question.
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I can only comment about the Olympus bridge camera (don't remember the model) I used before migrating to a FF.
Had an excellent zoom function, Easy to use, Place in "P" mode for point & shoot yet had the "M", "A", "S" modes if needed. It even looked like a DSLR camera.