Best digital camera for $150-$200?

[Wheatmaster]

i'm sick of my horrible visoneer digital camera that i got for $70 at a OD special. I'm looking to replace it with a quality camera that willl last me for a long time. What do you guys suggest? I've heard good things about Canon

 

[Anubis]

Canon a75, 200$
check hoT deals

 

[cressida]

another vote for a75

 

[ColdFusion718]

I have the canon s200 and it takes good pictures. Unless you need something hardcore, it should suffice.

 

[Wheatmaster]

argh a75 is $250

 

[Wheatmaster]

how about this one?

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[Anubis]

did you look in hot deals you can get the A75 for 204$ shipped

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Anubis
did you look in hot deals you can get the A75 for 204$ shipped

Yeah but what does it come with?

He's also going to need a set of rechargable batteries and a bigger CF card.

I see an A70 in your future. If you can swing the A75, go for it.. but the A70 is a fine camera.

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
how about this one?

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Is that what kind of camera you want?

Or do you want one thats a little bigger, with more features.. primarily optical zoom?

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Anubis
did you look in hot deals you can get the A75 for 204$ shipped

Yeah but what does it come with?

He's also going to need a set of rechargable batteries and a bigger CF card.

I see an A70 in your future. If you can swing the A75, go for it.. but the A70 is a fine camera.

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
how about this one?

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Is that what kind of camera you want?

Or do you want one thats a little bigger, with more features.. primarily optical zoom?

what's the main difference? i don't really know what's good in digital camera. all i want is the best bang for buck but will last me for a long time. And no cheapo cameras (like the horrible visioneer digicam i have now)

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
argh a75 is $250

Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera from OneCall for < $200 shipped

 

[maddogchen]

How bout this one? Canon A300 $109 And then spend $80 on memory cards, and $10 on rechargable batteries

 

[CaptnKirk]

Ive been looking at THIS

And it's little Brother is nearly as nice

A friend of mine has the model before the less expensive one, and it is spectacular.
Some really nice picture capability, and it's smaller than a pack of cigarettes.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
argh a75 is $250

Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera from OneCall for < $200 shipped

That's what I would buy. Get some good rechargeable batteries.

maddogchen - IIRC the Canon A300 doesn't have optical zoom.

 

[Wheatmaster]

any B&amp;M deals? i need to get this tomorrow for my trip to milwaukee this weekend.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
any B&amp;M deals? i need to get this tomorrow for my trip to milwaukee this weekend.

Start doing your Hot Deals homework

Check out the prices at Circuit City, CostCo &amp;Sam's Club B&amp;M

View weekly ads for OD, OM and Staples ... there are some $20 off $100 and $30 off $150 coupons "floating" around.

 

[Wheatmaster]

i've decided i'm going to go with this:

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going to try to PM

 

[Wheatmaster]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
i've decided i'm going to go with this:

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going to try to PM

i'm going to try to PM today, wish me good luck

 

[Bassyhead]

an a70 or even better an a75 should suit you nicely

 

[RossMAN]

You're going to need it.

Try Staples or Sears.

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
argh a75 is $250

Canon PowerShot A70 3.2MP Digital Camera from OneCall for < $200 shipped

Amazon might be a better choice. Buy a compactflash card and some other electronics stuff to bump it to $250 and you get a $50 GC good for a future purchase.

 

[NutBucket]

If you're near it, Good Guys has the A80 for $250.

 

[beer]

*THREAD HIJACK*

Are any of the Pentex $200-ish cameras any good? Optio 30, etc?

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Anubis
Canon a75, 200$
check hoT deals

Great choice!!


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[Wheatmaster]

w00t!!!! i got it for $196!!!!!

 

[alkemyst]

if you need an ultra compact then the A series will not be good.

Outside of that you cannot go wrong with A60/70/75/80. If buying today I'd go with the 75. I have a 70 and it's a great camera. All the reports you may see of blurryness and the like with the A series is due to selecting the wrong modes. It's a real camera in the sense that you should manually operate it for critical shots. Auto works great many times but sometimes not so well (shooting on all black or all white images were exposure is critical for one).

The best price on the A75 recently was $150...it should happen again. You should be able to get a A70 for that price with extras. They are basically equal performers. The 75 offers larger LCD, more presets, a better 'button' arrangement, and an auto rotate image function (that I can't find confirmed).