Page 1 of Canon Powershot A70 £149.99 Bank Hol Weekend

Sounds like a bargin price for this well reviewed camera (see below) Spec: 3.2 mega-pixel digital camera. 3 x optical zoom. 3.2 digital zoom. 1.5in colour LCD. 16 Mb compact flash card included. Full manual controls. Self-timer. link

"To my eye, Canon has managed an almost perfect combination of features, image quality and price for the mid-level consumer market. If you`re looking for a great "all around" digicam, the A70 certainly deserves your serious consideration. Highly recommended." full review and this review from Steve`s Digicams here

N.B. it has been superceeded by the A75 but it doesn`t sound radically different, you may perfer to save the difference or put it towards a larger CF card and rechargable batteries.

And with a free 128MB CF card if you send off, you can`t go wrong...