Found this camera in the glass cabinet at my local Aldi advertised at £49.99 (down from £69.99.) When I got to the till, it went through at just £24.99! Bargain! There was another one left at my local store (Ecclesfield,Sheffield) but assume nationwide.... Will upload the receipt later if you require proof. Really good solid camera too and it comes with a memory card and case so ready to go!
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dexix
31 Jul 161#1
It's only a bargain if the quality of picture is good, which I doubt as their video cameras are crap
fishmaster
31 Jul 161#2
Crap, OK for kids I guess.
Gollywood to fishmaster
31 Jul 161#3
& grandparents
LISAJAYNE to fishmaster
31 Jul 16#4
Have you had this? Reviews are all good and seems decent enough to me having experimented a bit with it. For the price, it's a definite bargain. Seems there is no pleasing some people...
Rickardo
1 Aug 16#5
Why do you assume it's nationwide? If not on current/revenge special buys (e.g via website/pamphlet), with that sort of reduction, likely to be individual store clearance.
From my experience Aldi goods are cheap and cheerful, they will do a basic job for you. Case in point a few years a go i bort a £50 sewing machine, when i took it to my local sewing machine shop they could not stop laughing and compared it to one of their £100 machines which had a computer chip inside and did a lot of things mine could not do. To cut a long story short they bort my machine for £20 which went to towards buying their £100 machine which i must say is fantastic.( they also give me free lessons when i am stuck). Bottom line dont expect miracles from the camera, get a friend who is a camra expert to give an opinion b4 buyin
sadbiker01 to bazward75
1 Aug 16#7
So what was their £50 machine like. You paid half the price of what they sold you, sure it would do the job its made for.
Top marks to the salesman in the shop. Wonder if they put your machine out on sale at £50.
Gollywood to bazward75
1 Aug 16#8
Abort Mission
ruc
1 Aug 16#9
borted
Retify
1 Aug 16#10
Nobody that rates this highly knows anything about cameras, otherwise they would not be rating it highly.
You get what you pay for and there is a reason most bridge cameras are £100+ and most DSLR bodies alone are £200+, whereas this POS sits at £50.
Do yourself a favour - if you have a smart phone don't waste your money on this, your camera on your phone will be just as good or better
trd
6 Aug 16#11
I was just about to join in the hate, until I considered something... the 24x optical zoom. I doubt any smartphone or cheap digicam would even get close for quality if you're the neighbourhood pervert, and need to zoom in that much. Tripod extra of course :wink: \o/
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In fact, seems to be from 2013, possibly based on an Olympus SZ model, but with some good reviews:
http://www.digicamreview.com/2013/11/maginon-sz-24-24x-optical-zoom-compact.html
https://www.gadgetspeak.com/gadget/article.rhtm/750/731821/Aldi_16GB_Digital_Camera.html
Top marks to the salesman in the shop. Wonder if they put your machine out on sale at £50.
You get what you pay for and there is a reason most bridge cameras are £100+ and most DSLR bodies alone are £200+, whereas this POS sits at £50.
Do yourself a favour - if you have a smart phone don't waste your money on this, your camera on your phone will be just as good or better