Posted By Brett Day I used to use a Casio Exilim, it's a little point and shoot 5 mega pixel, does the job for nearly all site work uses standard SD cards good battery life from a lithium ion battery (about 500 pictures on it's highest quality setting with half those using the flash). also nice and small and pocketable. The Pentax shares the same lenses but is slightly dearer. I now have an Olympus supplied by work, and whilst a nice camera eats batteries a frightening rate. I now use rechargables, which it still eats but at least they can be charged. If you are going to use rechargables in a camera go for the highest mAh rating you can as anything with rating less than 1500mAh will get knocked out quickly with a few flash photos. IMO I would avoid anything that has to use a propriatry memory card such as the Sony Memory stick and the like as if you have to change cameras (upgrade or damage) then you are stuck with a limited choice, at least with 'industry standard' memory cards like SD or Compact Flash there is greater choice. Downsides are that whilst it has a 3x optical zoom and a 3x digital zoom it's not up to really long range for that forget point and shoot and look at a prosumer or slr camera. As for digital evidence I do have the home office documents and CCTV operator's association protocols to keep 'evidence' legal. If you want a copy drop me a line, they are freely available on the Home Office website but they keep moving them about.

Posted By AMJAD AL ATA Brett Day, thanks for the detailed & valuable information. Based on the provided information I think that the right choice for me is 'Casio Exilim'. Regarding, (The home office documents and CCTV operator's association protocols)I will be of great thanks if you send me a copy. ultravission@gmail.com Kindest Regards Amjad

Posted By AMJAD AL ATA Many thanks Chris for the comment. Anyhow the main purpose for which I will use camera is to photo unsafe conditions & unsafe acts (the unsafe acts may affected by flash). Taken photos will be used later for corrective actions & training .. etc, but will not be used for legal related issues (Because there is no strict OHS law !!) By adding that, I've no professional skills taht may enhance me to use professional one, so I am looking for that one which is not complicate when is to be used & at the same time give me high quality photos Once again many thanks Amjad

Posted By Chris Packham Amjad Apologies for the incorrect name. Just me trying to do too many things at once!

Posted By Chris Packham Ahmad The camera I use is a Kodak DX6490. I find this excellent. In the first place it is very easy to use in automatic mode. The flash only works when you turn it on (unlike some where you have to remember to turn it off!). It has 4.0 megapixel, so resolution is good without resulting in exorbitantly large files. It also has a 10x optical zoom. (Beware those that only have digital zoom - you lose too much definition) It also has a manual override, which means that I can set the manual mode to a fast speed, enabling me to take pictures in very low light. It has the option to take short video clips, which I find quite useful. If you want to discuss this in more detail, please feel free to contact me direct (e-mail or phone - 01386 832 311) Regards Chris