digital camera help?

[jabumbo]

i really want to buy a digital camera now, and ultimately i'd like to get it by this time next week.

i'd like to stay under $200 if possible, but a little more would be alright



so what brands are good? what sort of specs should i look for?

[b i o n i c]

get a canon and nothing less.

canon a620 or higher.

[b i o n i c]

even for video, get the cannon

[camo]

i got this a few months back from this extremely cheap site. (http://www.equipmentexpress.co.uk/shop/acatalog/Samsung_NV3_inc_Samsung_Leather_case_.html)

Usually it's £300 on the high street. It's a great camera and it's looks pretty funky too.

[trailerprincess]

I bought a Samsung one too around Christmas for about £150 and it's lovely -easy to use and takes good pics. It's 10m pixel but I just set it to 6 for 'normal' use.

[camo]

I bought a Samsung one too around Christmas for about £150 and it's lovely -easy to use and takes good pics. It's 10m pixel but I just set it to 6 for 'normal' use.

mines a little complicated but it has a wicked macro zoom on it for extreme close ups.

[Yeti]

get a canon and nothing less.

canon a620 or higher.

I have a Canon 35 mil that I love. I read all the consumer reports and Sony has been making great digital cameras. I bought a Sony Cyber-Shot but I plan on buying a higher end digital camera in the near future. Either a Canon or Nikon.

The Sony is a very good camera but if you are using the flash expect a second delay before the photo is snapped. It drives me crazy because when I see a particular moment I really want it to be instantaneous. I try not to use the flash and go with natural light. I wish I could find a digital Canon that would be compatible with my wide angle and zoom lenses.

[jabumbo]

i'm leaning toward this one (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8266164&st=powershot&lp=3&type=product&cp=1&id=1170290185654)

it's a canon powershot elph, and its $250. so a little over what i was hoping, but i think that one is worth the jump up compared to the cheaper model.

[Yeti]

Elph's are good little cameras. They are great because they are not bulky and can easily be taken anywhere. They also take good photos. I have a 35 mil Elph and I loved using it in a pinch. Alas, the digital age.....it is now in a drawer with my feather and inkwell.

[HEIRESS]

CASIO EXILIM

http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/casio-exilim-ex-s770.jpg

Just a shade over 200 in Canada and I love mine. mostly for the filter options. prrrrrrrrrrr

[jabumbo]

the powershot a630 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HAOVC6/ref=wl_it_dp/105-4878707-2451663?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2LU8K1S6H8FNC&colid=CG9M76A3H2OE) has a good deal running on amazon.com, i think this one has shifted into the lead

[HEIRESS]

I find Canon's hideous and the two people I know who owned them dropped them once and they broke.

I played around on my brother's canon before it broke and wasnt highly impressed.

[b i o n i c]

:rolleyes: lol

[jabumbo]

well, after talking to some people at work today, and piddling about on the web, i went with the Canon PowerShot SD1000 7.1MP Digital Elph (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NK8L6W/ref=olp_product_details/105-4878707-2451663?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2U62E1YEJX9E7&seller=&colid=CG9M76A3H2OE)

i like the small size, and its pretty good quality and decent price for what i want to do with it. hopefully i'll have some nice pics to share in about two weeks

[HEIRESS]

:rolleyes: lol

sorry, I forgot im not allowed to voice my opinion in an "input encouraged" thread

[TAL]

I don't think that's what it was about. More about the fact that you said you played with your brother's canon.

[HEIRESS]

if my eyes still worked perhaps I would have picked up on that

either way, the second i see the rollyeyes icon I just see red :( :mad:

fuck, this day needs to end.

[b i o n i c]

haha. i use the roll eyes to look up at the post above me.

[HEIRESS]

NO
NEVER DO THAT
THERE IS ALOT OF ROLL EYES ILL WILL HERE
ITS LONG STANDING
REFRAIN

[Documad]

:rolleyes:

[b i o n i c]

:rolleyes: im looking up documad's skirt. there... that was the last time.