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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheBoo" data-source="post: 3422061" data-attributes="member: 138124">Hi there. There's a lot of people on this forum that are really keen and knowledgeable photographers. That doesn't always mean thay can answer the major part of the question you are asking..an easy to use camera for under 250 euro..maybe because that are too technically capable and are used to spending the price of a decent secondhand car on their hobby. That isn't a criticism of photography geeks, but like most enthusiasts it's hard to sympathise with the compromises of the entry level of their specialism.Personally I'd recommend a compact bridge camera. You don't have pack a bunch of gear with you, you don't have to learn a whole new vocabulary, and in the right conditions you can get pretty reasonable results.These pics were taken on my Canon sx410 IS (40 x optical zoom), which I bought for less than 100 pound in the UK (Now thanks to our Brexit friends = only 120 euro). So your budget may well extend further up the range.<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=560429" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=560429</a><a href="http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/558471" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/558471</a>Personally for the future I'm looking to get a decent second hand DSLR and building up some decent lens, but if I hadn't started on a simple bridge camera I don't think I would have been bitten by the bug. Good luck in your search!</blockquote>

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