Last week, my mother (75 years old) told me she was considering a new camera: a nice digital one instead of her old film-based cam. As she liked her old Nikon a lot, she wondered what model to buy.
My first reaction was: “no, stay with film - it’s easy and you have no computer”.

However, it’s very easy nowadays to have pictures printed. So that’s no stopper.
Another thing is batteries: digicams drain batteries so much faster… And, last but not least: these things are so complex!

Stop: none of these issues exist with the wonderful Nikon Coolpix L6: it looks too simple for experienced users, but it’s in fact a very, very clever camera for starters:

• very easy to use
• a huge display
• very long battery life

And, it’s also relatively cheap, for instance here.

Read more about it at Nikon USA.