Digital Camera Recommendations?

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Hi all,

I will be going to Wales this summer, and I would really like to have a nice digital camera to record some of the phenomenal sights. What I'm looking for is something that:

1. Is relatively easy to use. I'm pretty tech-savvy, but I'd rather not have to spend a lot of time learning how to use the device, since I probably won't have it for very long before I leave.
2. Takes good-looking pictures. They don't need to be professional quality, of course, but high image quality is important.
3. Has a decent amount of storage (or easily swappable memory via memory sticks, flash cards, or whatever).
4. Has a nice (i.e. low-profile) camera-computer interface. I'd prefer to just plug it in via USB and have Windows detect it as an "external storage device", but any non-idiotic file management system is acceptable.
5. Has good battery life and battery recharging options.
6. Budget is not a huge issue, but I would like to keep it under $500, if possible.

 

[dwcal]

For ease-of-use at a reasonable price, Kodak has some good models. They don't have the adjustments and features of other brands, but picture quality is good especially on the low end. Nobody makes a better $100 camera than the Kodak C310. Once you get below $100, all you get are no-name brands with CMOS sensors instead of CCDs.

 

[unmerited]

I agree with dwcal. This is the model I have which is very easy to use and takes excellent pictures. It has a small amount of onboard memory but uses SD memory cards for greater capacity. It appears to be out of stock at newegg at the moment.


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