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I need recommendations for a decent digital camera between $300-$400
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| 11/2/03
| zarf
Posted on 11/02/2003 9:28:52 AM PST by zarf
I'm leaning towards the new Canon A80.....any yeas or nays....or better recommendations?
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: pixelhell
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:28:52 AM PST
by
zarf
To: zarf
I don't know a thing about cameras. However, this site may give you the answers you are looking for.
http://dpreview.com/
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:31:44 AM PST
by
Diplomat
To: zarf
Don't base your decision on the availability of a digital zoom. It may be a selling point but the quality is so bad that it is almost worthless.
To: zarf
I highly recommend Canon s400. The quality is amazing and its very pocketable.
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:41:56 AM PST
by
BrooklynGOP
(www.logicandsanity.com)
To: zarf
I'll tell ya, I had a Mavica for sometime, (until it was stolen) and I like it a LOT. EASY to use, no hassles, just slip the floppy into the computer and your pix are ready to access or send, rechargeable battery, zoom, and now under three hundred dollars at walmart.
Wish I had it back, now I'm stuck with my mothers old polaroid, you have to plug it into cables to down load,
it needs memory chips and the capacity is real small and it runs on AA cells......lots of AA cells.
Not to mention the Polaroid soft wear SUCKS!!!
There, now you know.
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:44:02 AM PST
by
tet68
(Patrick Henry ......."Who fears the wrath of cowards?")
To: zarf
Power and batteries are a big big concern.
If you pay $13.00 for a special battery that you can't recharge... it can cost more than film (per frame). (We just got a camera with this 'feature'.)
Be sure you can recharge (either in the camera or separately).
You may want the ability to plug in to a socket as well.
To: zarf
We just got a new Olympus 4.0 with ultra zoom. It is fantastic and I would recommend it highly. Our first digital camera was an Olympus when they cost so much more and it was also very good and reliable.
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:47:49 AM PST
by
ladyinred
(Talk about a revolution, look at California!!! We dumped Davis!!!)
To: ValerieUSA
Professional advice ping.
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:48:29 AM PST
by
LisaAnne
(NOT LISA ANNE)
To: LisaAnne
Bump.
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:49:48 AM PST
by
Torie
To: zarf
Just got a Coolpix 3100 for $250. 3 megapixel. A little short on options, and won't make RAW pictures (only JPEG). It has 3X optical zoom and is nice and small.
My best hint would be to make sure that you get something that will take regular batteries like AA. If you get something that takes a proprietary size the costs add up quick.
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:52:44 AM PST
by
glorgau
To: zarf
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:54:45 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(CCCP = clinton, chiraq, chretien, and putin = stalin wannabes)
To: zarf
To: zarf
I have a Kodak, a Nikon Coolpix 9000, an old Mavica, and a Canon G5.
Anything 3+ Megapixels and you can't go wrong..that seems to be the Magic Number. The old Coolpix is only 1.3MPx, but it delivers stunning pictures, the Kodak is 3.1 and is a great little camera. 3MPx seems to be what caused this year's digital sales to surpass film for the first time..
Canon or Nikon for me, though. Aspheric lenses, etc., more than enough for the "ProSumer".
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:55:31 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
To: zarf
I got a CASIO-QV R40 at buydig.com. It's a FOUR MP, and the camera price was $243, unbelieveable for a camera of this quality.
But, I also got the advanced kit for $169, which gives you a 256 MB card (128 pictures), a high-speed card reader, four AA rechargeable batteries with a charger that works in an hour, and a carrying case. Shipping's free.
So for $414 I've got a highly-rated, almost semi-professional camera. It's my first digital, and I absolutely have gone nuts with it.
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posted on
11/02/2003 9:59:33 AM PST
by
sinkspur
(Adopt a dog or a cat from a shelter. You will save one life, and may save two.)
To: zarf
What makes digital cameras cool is the ability to edit your photos. Pick up a copy of Photoshop Elements--available at Wal-Mart and electronics stores for around $40-50. This software has everything you need to make good pictures great and do some neat special effects.
<P.
If your computer doesn't have a USB port in front, pick up a "pigtail" USB adapter--it will save you having to go to the back of your computer to connect your camera.
To: zarf
Digital bump :-)
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posted on
11/02/2003 10:05:31 AM PST
by
Marie Antoinette
(Happily repopulating the midwest since 1991!)
To: zarf
FWIW....I LOVE our Kodak Easy Share LS443....
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posted on
11/02/2003 10:09:41 AM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free.)
To: zarf
bump :) ... I need the same thing so I'll watch :)
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posted on
11/02/2003 10:11:25 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Virtue untested is innocence)
To: ladyinred
I have three Sony digitals, but I recommend the Olympus with either 8 to 1 or 10 to 1 OPTICAL zoom.
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posted on
11/02/2003 10:11:45 AM PST
by
aimhigh
To: goodnesswins
I borrowed one of those for a week and absolutely love it .... the only thing it needs is a remote timer so that family portraits are not always missing one :) ....
The Kodak program is spyware though ...
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posted on
11/02/2003 10:13:06 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Virtue untested is innocence)
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