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Dazbo's price range is unlikely to get into a D-SLR, although prices have been coming down on some of the older models. Several others had mentiond that the SLRs are "better," which I something I'd definitely agree with, and it's hard to consider a thread a "private conversation" with just one person - hence the note.

I have no idea what accurate current conversions are between US$ and the pound, but I'm guessing that some of the older model Canon digitals may be getting down to close to the range suggested, although the jump from fixed lens to swappable is still a pretty wide gap.

Good "point and shoot" cameras are pretty abundant, and at the 5 to 7 Mp and higher that you can get for ¹"pocket change" it shouldn't be hard to find something "very good" to suit the original request.

¹ If your pockets are a little deeper than mine.

John