I bought my Gf one of these, a Ricoh R6

http://www.ricoh.co.uk/products/show...OW=1&camefrom=

Its got 7X wide angel zoom plus the digital zoom which takes it upto 36X but loses a bit of quality. Its also really compact and the lithium battery lasts ages. They do a newer model(R7) which hasnt really got a better spec just looks better . So i bought the R6 as its was dirt cheap for the spec, got it for around 140 from Jessops. Nothing can touch the spec at that price.

Takes wicked photos and videos , cant fault it in the slightless.

Here a couple of pics ive taken