Opinions, please............... digital cameras

[beedees]

Whats the best for the money, where to buy and don't say Ebarf.  I know very little about all this new fangled stuff. My resident expert on these matters (daughter) joined the Army. All help appreciated.

[Old Moparz]

I have a simple pocket camera that's been very reliable & easy to use. I don't need an expensive one with so many features that I need to read the manual everytime I want to take a picture. It's an Olympus, with less than 3 megapixels & a 5X zoom that takes decent enough photos to email & print. You can find it at most retailers like Target, Walmart, & such, I got mine from Staples.

I paid less than $200 for it about 6 years ago with the case, memory card, batteries & charger, & have literally taken 1000's of photos with no trouble. If you need a camera with more features, I have no idea what to tell you, but if you want simple & inexpensive, I'd recommend the Olympus. I still have a 35mm Olympus that uses film, & that's a good camera too & the reason I bought the Olympus digital.

I took this pic of my daughter with it a few years ago. You can see a lot of color & detail, but I cropped it so it wasn't too big to post here.

[chargerboy69]

I swear by Canon digital cameras. I absolutly love my Canon S3 IS. I did buy mine from E-Bay. I saved almost $300 compared to new at Best Buy.

My brother, who is a electronics Jedi Master loves Sony digital cameras.

Stay away from Fuji.

[MichaelRW]

Old Moparz is right on with his recommendation for a point & shoot relatively inexpensive camera. I also have newer Olympus that is water resistant and shock resistance. It came with a flexible rubber material like removable cover that protects it somewhat if dropped. If you want something with more professional type features the Nikon D80 can't be beat. I place this camera at the high end for amateur photographers and many pro's use it too.

[Brock Samson]

here's my contribution

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,14524.30.html

it's an old thread

radio shack sells the new 7.1 meg version now,..

i got a one gig memory and that allows nearly 800 shots!

i'm working on the movie function now the camera allows
there should be a vid of my favorite stomping grounds along here shortly...

and i now use "photohands" for simple edits..


it's free unlike the Kodak site mentioned in the thread


i think you could do a search with the word camera or megapixal too..

[Mike DC]

   
--  "Digital zoom" isn't worth much.  DZ means it basically just crops-down the same picture that it would have taken from a distance.  But it's not giving you any more resolution over the farther-out picture that you would've had if you hadn't zoomed in. 

--  An "Optical Zoom" is what you really want, which is zooming done with traditional moving lenses on the front of the camera.

--  Get at least 3-4 megapixils' worth of power for basic average camera usage, but the huge stuff (like 6 megapixils, etc.) isn't gonna worth the extra money for many people.

 

[472 R/T SE]

I agree with OM and Michael.  Olympus hands down.

You can get a 3-6 megapixel one fairly cheap nowadays.  I have a SLR that has too much fancy shlt so I use my old trusty C-4040ZOOM most of the time.  Both are Oly's.

[Chryco Psycho]

I have the earlier S1IS Canon , it is very versitle , has 10X optical zoom , the S3 has 12x, it is light & takes non proprietory AA batterys which is handy if your batterys die , it was the best value for the $$ I could find at the time & is reasonable priced , Check Beach camera online , it also has optional wide angle & 2x zoom lenses & pivoting LCD display screen so as long as you can see the screen from vitually any angle you can take a great pic , it also has excellent night picture results 

[Brock Samson]

  "For the money"
   the Casio Exlim zoom ex.. just walk into radio shack...
        it's the size of a deck of cards!


  The Casio EXILIM EX-Z60 is a stylish looking camera with a simple, clean design that should prove pocket-friendly thanks to gentle curves at the edges, and mostly smooth surfaces all round. The Casio Z60 fits a larger than average 2.5" LCD display with a resolution of 115,200 pixels into its compact body,
Images on the Casio EX-Z60 are captured with the combination of a 1/2.5" six megapixel CCD imager, and an Exilim-branded 3x optical zoom lens that provides a fairly standard 35mm-equivalent focal range of 38 - 114mm. Other features include 8.3MB of built-in storage memory, SD / MMC storage slot, NTSC / PAL video and USB 2.0 High Speed data connectivity (rather faster than the USB 2.0 Full-Speed / USB 1.1 connections still offered on some cameras), as well as a built-in flash and a macro mode that allows focusing as close as 10 centimeter. Power comed courtesy of a proprietary Lithium Ion rechargeable battery. The Casio EXILIM EX-Z60 goes on sale from mid April 2006,with a list price of $250. Two color variants will be available - black and silver.

[70charger_boy]

FUJI FINEPIX

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Cannon Cybershot 7.2 mega works fine for me.

[ck1]

I think circit city still let you try um out for a month and let you return them no questions asked?  I did that several years ago and after the third camera I got a Olympus C-750 Ultra Zoom 4.0 Megapixel and Seamless Zoom 40X optical and Digital................I can't say enough about a powerful zoom especially if your gonna want to take pictures of wild life...................get one with the biggest LCD screen too it helps allot

[Manfred318]

Ive had nothing but good luck out of my Canon Powershot A510. I bought it about a year and a half ago and I think I paid about $200 for it. I'm sure you could get it now for $150 or so. It's 3.2 Megapix but its good enough for what I use it for. The only problem is that it eats battery's fairly quickly, so buying some rechargeables is highly recommended.

[Brock Samson]

the proof is in the pudding.. 

[Brock Samson]

 

[Brock Samson]

 Maui

[Brock Samson]

back home again.. I Love my Casio Exlim 

[Brock Samson]

useful info:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B000ELR9A4/ref=cm_cr_dp_pt/002-6820023-8516829?ie=UTF8&n=502394&s=photo

[Brock Samson]

 

[Brock Samson]

the B.S.G. 

[Brock Samson]

 

[mikepmcs]

You can't go wrong with a Nikon Coolpix(personally 8000 series is where I would go).  8800 is a relatively new one.  We had the 8700 at the Reserve Center and it was unbelievable.

The Nikon Coolpix was told to me by a professional photographer years ago, and that's why I chose it for the Reserve Center when the Navy ponied up the cash to get a new one.

v/r
Mike

[Vainglory, Esq.]

I used to buy Konica Minolta, which are awesome.  They still make them, but they're branded as Sonys now.  I haven't bought one branded as a Sony and I don't know if they've changed.

[dkn1997]

We recently bought a canon powershot A620.  7 megapixel, easy to use.  although we got it with amex reward points, I looked around and it was about $230.00.   definately not compact, but in my opinion, if you need that compact, get a camera phone.

[BrianShaughnessy]

I had a smaller Sony S60...very easy to use.   I gave it to the 14 year old when I upgraded to my Sony DSC H5.    The 3 inch lcd screen is great for showing pics to people.  7 meg,  12x zoom.  blah blah.  A bit bulky but it's about the same as any other high end point and shoot.   Image stabilization is great for indoor shots.
I bought it off one of the ebay dealers in a package with a bunch of accessories.   

I tried buying Lisa a Kodak Z710 off another ebay dealer in a package with a dock but their shipment was water damaged so I just cancelled the deal.   

I found cnet.com has some good useful reviews.

[mikepmcs]

start here.  Pick your price range and go.

http://reviews.cnet.com/Digital_cameras/2001-6501_7-0.html?tag=cnetfd.dir

v/r
Mike

[69_500]

Me personally I prefer the SLR digital camera's. That is just me though. I shoot with a Nikon D100 as well as the Nikon D200.

Great camera's. A little pricey yes. can pick up a D100 for around $450 for the body. The real prices hit you when you start looking at a good lens. That is when the sticker shock will sink in.

[Badbob]

Sony H9 just came out this month

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022705sonyh9h7.asp

[BrianShaughnessy]

Sony H9 just came out this month

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022705sonyh9h7.asp

Me likey!!!    Nightshot technology sounds cool.    Maybe I'll pass the H5 down to Lisa and get another upgrade 

[Arthu®]

Stay away from Fuji.

Now that is the best advise on this thread, we have a FinePix F700 or so can't recall exactly, it will make you format the card every 20 pictures or so... So why did I buy a 1gig XD card when you can't take more than 20 pictures Fuji says they can't find the problem and that it works fine with their cards... So I bought a Fuji XD card 1gig thinking that would be the answer... Well you can guess it still does the same thing, send it back again, came back again with the reply that no problem had been noticed

Arthur

[Nacho-RT74]

anything you take, of course take some one with OPTICAL zoom... digital zoom is crap, and is the same that you make a zoom on any graphic software, pixeling everything...

I have known good opinions about Casio Exlims, specially for the price ane final results, but honestly I can't give you a personal opinion

[Charger_Croatia]

anything you take, of course take some one with OPTICAL zoom... digital zoom is crap, and is the same that you make a zoom on any graphic software, pixeling everything...

That's why I have purchased new Olympus SP550-UZ (after checking some reviews): 18 x opticall zoom (that's a monster lens for everyday shooting!) and other goodies (Image stabilization included in this one).