I’m going off to college in a few months, and sadly I will have to leave my family’s canon powershot at home. I’m looking to buy a new camera, and was wondering what a “camera expert” would reccomend for me.
First of all I can only spend about 200 dollars. My absolute max would be about 230. Oh and I don’t want to buy this camera on ebay because I don’t trust ebay well enough to buy expensive electronics on it. I will buy online tho.
I want the highest quality camera that I can get with my money. I want it to be very compact as I am used to my family’s powershot with can fit in the palm of my hand very easily. I’d like a big screen on it as well and perferably one that I can actually see in the sun. An actual viewfinder would be a plus, but not absolutly necessary.
I need the camera to be a fast as possible as well because I can’t stand sitting around for 30 seconds between pictures. Print quality also must be a good as can be acheieved with 200 dollars.
Here’s some more info about what I want.
I’d like to have a decent view. The camera we have now only has a 3x zoom and when you zoom even a little bit the quality gets depleated.
As far as the brand goes I don’t really care. We have a Canon now, but I can’t find a camera on their site that fills my requirements.
Any help would be appreciated. Links to cheap websites with your camera reccomendation would be great!
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An expert I’m not. Check into the Canon PoweShot A630. Will give you an excellent 8X10, 4X optical zoom, 8 megapixels, above average battery life using AA rechargeable batteries, has manual controls or just leave on auto. According to Website dpreview.com Beach Camera has it for $183-
my suggestion
go to yahoo shopping
digital cameras
digital camera GUIDE
be sure to check titles on the left side
the guide should answer your questions
Try Sony. They have nice cameras for your budget. I am not an expert but I talked to the experts at Best Buy. Sony is a great camera. They have models with big screens and higher megapixels. They have models that are compact also.
You can go to Bestbuy.com-they may have internet deals going on right now.
Hi,
Try to get a good deal on a Canon S2 IS. It is a fantastic camera (5 megapixels, videos, automatic, manual, etc.). Since the S3 IS and the S5 IS are now on the market, any remaining S2 IS could be sold very cheap. And since you stay in the Canon family, you won’t have a steep learning curve to operate that camera.
Good luck,
Alain
Even though I personally own this ultra compact camera, I would still like to highly recommend the purchase of a Nikon Coolpix L10 for the following reasons:
1. Besides taking well-exposed hi-quality 5 megapixel pictures, it uses a standard set of rechargeable double AA batteries which last a very long time;
2. Has a 3x optical zoom;
3. Takes “continuous” 2 frames per second “action/sports” images;
4. Has macro feature for close-ups of small objects focused under 6 inches;
5. The flash setting for “red-eye” correction is on the navigator wheel and not within a submenu;
6. It’s very small and light;
7. Uses inexpensive SD memory cards;
8. The digital video feature takes wonderful “sound” videos which are noise free. It records the piano very well with it’s built-in microphone;
9. It comes with a USB 2.0 transfer cable which you connect to your USB computer port;
10. Has tripod mount on bottom of camera;
11. And the price is a mere $119 [sold at Samy's Camera - http://www.samys.com, and Staples.com.]
Review(s) can be found at http://www.amazon.com [Query: "Nikon Coolpix L10" along with pictures provided by satisfied purchasers.]
Good luck!
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Truly I have found the all around best camera for the Money is the Cannon SD600 or higher! it is only about 1/2 inch thick and is perfectly rectangular with no weird shapes (so it will fit in your pocket or wherever without allot of bulkiness’) which makes it easy to take around places. The zoom is pretty darn good! And it takes excellent Macro shots (close up magnified) it also has action so you can take pictures of someone running without waiting for the shutter and the digital camera to reset for the next picture. In addition it has real good video & has good battery life & upgradeable SD memory slot. yeah there are other cameras but I travel allot for work and it is great to just slip this baby in my front pocket take with me sightseeing or to work and I hardly know I have it on me which also works great cause what people don’t see they wont try to steal in public like those cameras you always have to hang from your wrist or shoulder like a purse! Check the camera out on the web or at Best Buy or Circuit City or something yourself. The SD model is the best and the 600 is 6.0 Mega pixels 3x zoom with 10X digital zoom. If you go with a model larger than 600 the camera remains the same but the pixel rating goes up! Now about the price I paid $260 for the camera 6 months ago at circuit city I bought a 2 year no questions asked warranty replacement for around $50 more. So the way I see it in the next 2 years I accidentally drop the camera I go back to Circuit city and they give me a gift card for $250 & I upgrade to the new model and pay the difference…..what a deal! That almost sells the camera itself! Well Good luck & let me know what you decide on! Hope that helped?