Originally Posted by
Helen_Highwater
Maria,
I would suggest, should your circumstances allow, buying a new compact digital camera. Even those at the lower end of the range sport a features such as 20 megapixels, 5x optical zoom, Wide-angle Lens, Ultra-compact, HD movies. Also most manufacturers offer dedicated s/w to download and manage the pics on a PC. One feature I would look for is a self timer. Even on an old laptop I would expect to see much better quality results.
For you as someone who, pardon me for saying this, doesn't seem tech savvy, steering away from using a phone will avoid any danger of pics finding their way onto the cloud or into the public domain by accident.