I've owned two point and shoot digital cams..both were Olympus..

I think that for what she is loooking to do with the camera, almost any brand today will give her good quality shots..

Things to look for,  ease of use, regarding menu's
There were a few things on my compact Oly that you had to work to get to on the menu.

depending on the persons age, you might want to make sure you get the biggest lcd possible

does it come with software? easy to use software?

I'm getting ready for work, so perhaps later I can dig around for ya..

One tip is, go to a major retail site, and start searching by features, price etc...often you can find end user reviews..

then go to a site like DPpreview for some good technical info

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