Help. need a recommendation on a digital camera

[amish]

Hey everybody. i need a recommendation on a digi. under <$300. don't care about the mega pixels. thanks!

 

[mrchan]

Canon sd400 or sd450

 

[OdiN]

http://www.superpawn.com/product.asp?ca..._name=SuperPawn&product_id=2551565&c=1

There's a cheap one if you don't care about megapixels.

 

[SparkyJJO]

canon powershot a520

 

[krunchykrome]

Nikon S1

 

[bernse]

Sony DSCW5

But, in all reality, it's tough to go "wrong" with either a Sony or Canon.

 

[huberm]

polaroid i832

8MP, $215, works great for me

 

[JMWarren]

Stick to Nikon, Pentax or Canon. Stay away from Sony.

 

[funboy6942]

Panasonic FZ3 or FZ5. One of the best cameras out there IMO
<<<Hugs his FZ5>>>

Review one

Review two

The only diffs between the fz3 and the 5 is the 3 is 3 mp and cheaper but still has the great lens and outstanding picture quality. Google it and see

 

[Akhen]

A modded disposable 2.0mp camera for 30 bucks
works for me
If not I think the Panasonic FZ5 is a good bet

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: JMWarren
Stay away from Sony.

Considering that Sony has cameras on most best-buy lists, your opinion seems to differ from most professional reviewers.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: bernse
Sony DSCW5

But, in all reality, it's tough to go "wrong" with either a Sony or Canon.

the DSC-W7 is under $300 and has 7.2 MP. I did a lot of research into cameras in this price range a few months ago to buy one for my GF (bought it from newegg eventually). The Sony has the disadvantage of having less user-control for shutter, etc., but everything I read said it simply worked better and took better pictures. For 99 out of 100 times she would want to use it, that is all that matters. It also has an amazing screen. I have used the camera personally in the past and found the pictures to be wonderful in terms of clarity and color.

all the other competitors in the price range had something wrong with them, either bad picture quality, slow or clunky interfaces, obsolete MP range, retarded Wi-Fi crap, etc. i thought nikon or canon would have something that would turn me on, but everything i read about them turned me off. i'm not willing to trade picture quality for anything. who cares if you can control the shutter yourself if the picture is still going to look like sh!t?

the irony is i came into my research pretty sure i didn't want a sony, because I have an old Sony DSC-D770 (their first attempt at an SLR-style camera) and while it was pretty cool at the time, the picture quality is just trashed by ANYTHING that came after it, and I got kinda turned off the Sony thing, realizing that all their lens hype and crap doesn't mean anything without a quality CCD in there. furthermore, I paid $800 for it at the time and it had 1.5 MP! I've just gotten sick of paying for the Sony name. But their new stuff is damn good, so that's what I ended up with again. I'll buy whatever is the best for the money at the time I buy.

edit: newegg still has the W7 for under $300. i tried getting it from costco and best buy for better prices but they always conveniently ran out and canceled my order.

 

[jpeyton]

Sony or Canon, the highest model you can get for under $300. Can't go wrong with either one. If you want cheap Memory Sticks, check out Outpost.com. Canon uses SD memory for most of their cameras and that is cheap everywhere.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Canon A610.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: JMWarren
Stay away from Sony.

Considering that Sony has cameras on most best-buy lists, your opinion seems to differ from most professional reviewers.

they don't take into account sony r@ping u with proprietary expensive memory and other accessories./replacement parts. best to stay away from them. if theydon't bleed u upfront, they'll get u later.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
Canon A610.

yea i have one, works good. its bigger but well .. its worth the size. huge battery life and easy to hold for good pictures.

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: JMWarren
Stay away from Sony.

Considering that Sony has cameras on most best-buy lists, your opinion seems to differ from most professional reviewers.

they don't take into account sony r@ping u with proprietary expensive memory and other accessories./replacement parts. best to stay away from them. if theydon't bleed u upfront, they'll get u later.

Replacement parts?

In the past I would have agreed with you RE Memory Sticks, but they are now made by more people than just Sony and basically princed on par with other media so that point is moot too.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: JMWarren
Stay away from Sony.

Considering that Sony has cameras on most best-buy lists, your opinion seems to differ from most professional reviewers.

they don't take into account sony r@ping u with proprietary expensive memory and other accessories./replacement parts. best to stay away from them. if theydon't bleed u upfront, they'll get u later.

WTF are you talking about? 1GB Memory Sticks are $40. Is that rape?

Lots of Sony cameras use AA batteries, and Sony even includes NiMH rechargeables and a charger for free. Smaller Sony's use proprietary Li-Ion batteries, just like Canon does for their smaller ones.

Back up your nonsense.

 

[The_Dude8]

canon sd500 for $284 plus taxes @ dell after coupon. head of to fatwallet and search for the dell coupon, since i am not allow to post any coupon on here.