Looking for a good digital camera $200 or under...

[Jmmsbnd007]

Grand Nagus help me? It's actually for my mom who is a real-estate agent. By the way, her laptop has firewire capability.

 

[Booster]

Canon A40?

Sigh

In my whereabouts all I can get under 200 is a Powershot A200. It obviously isn't as good as the A40 of yours which is in the ~280 area. What a freaked up mess with this!

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: Booster
Canon A40?

Sigh

In my whereabouts all I can get under 200 is a Powershot A200. It obviously isn't as good as the A40 of yours which is in the ~280 area. What a freaked up mess with this!

How's the A200?

 

[Booster]

I got no idea, I don't have it yet. Probably a very bad camera. The A40 they say is a lot better

 

[HiTek21]

Nikon Coolpix 2500?

244 - 50MIR from Dell and possibly cheaper if you can find a coupon

 

[Electric Amish]

Any of the Fuji Finepix series...especially those w/ an optical zoom.

amish

 

[RossMAN]

Nikon Coolpix 21xx/25xx from Dell if you find a coupon.

Or the Fuji Finepix 2650 for $150 after $50 off $200 coupon and free shipping

 

[Booster]

And what do you think about the A200, RossMAN? Does it suck? There are no coupons here.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Booster
And what do you think about the A200, RossMAN? Does it suck? There are no coupons here.

I think people should read reviews like normal people do

Here's a 3some comparison of the Canon A200 vs Canon A40 vs Fuji 2650.

 

[Booster]

Here's a 3some comparison of the Canon A200 vs Canon A40 vs Fuji 2650.

Thanks. I'm lazy

 

[Kevin]

If you had to choose, which is better, higher megapixels or optical zoom?

I've been looking for a Camera, and thats usually what it comes down to...

 

[RossMAN]

kevin, it depends on which model you're looking at.

Since I never print pictures MP means very little to me. I'd get at least a 2MP and most modern digicams will have at least 3x optical zoom.

If it were me I'd buy this
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1022091

 

[Kevin]

I was thinking of the Sony DSC-P32, which is just under $200 from Dell. Has 3.2MP but I don't think it has Optical Zoom, only Digital and Smart...

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?category_id=5104&keyword=&mnf=&prst=&prEnd=&sku=A0097474&mnfsku=&SearchType=&Page=productlisting.aspx&spagenum=1&Pageb4Search=&InStock=&items_per_page=50&orderby=&image_flag=True&refurbished=&c=us&l=en&cs=19&iCompatid=

 

[Booster]

BTW, is it possible that there would be dead pixels in a digicam? What would it look like? Black spots, whatever?

 

[RossMAN]

kevin, the Sony fanboi's will be in here soon to give you the lowdown.

Booster, I think it's possible to get dead pixels in the viewfinder but you're more likely to get dead pixels on an LCD display/laptop than on a digicam (IMHO).

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
kevin, it depends on which model you're looking at.

Since I never print pictures MP means very little to me. I'd get at least a 2MP and most modern digicams will have at least 3x optical zoom.

If it were me I'd buy this
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1022091

I bought one of those! Now I have an extra A40....what to do

 

[RossMAN]

Sell your A40, if it's in great condition, it will sell itself.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Sell your A40, if it's in great condition, it will sell itself.

probably will. I've got good use out of it but still looks brand new. in fact, never took that clear plastic thing off the lcd screen on it.

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
kevin, the Sony fanboi's will be in here soon to give you the lowdown.

Booster, I think it's possible to get dead pixels in the viewfinder but you're more likely to get dead pixels on an LCD display/laptop than on a digicam (IMHO).

That Nikon 2000 looks nice but kind of heavy. Ideally, I want a Canon S200 for $200 and under...

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Sell your A40, if it's in great condition, it will sell itself.

probably will. I've got good use out of it but still looks brand new. in fact, never took that clear plastic thing off the lcd screen on it.

Same here, my clear plastic thingie is still on the viewfinder as well. Already sold mine.

kevin000 - The Canon S200 was on sale for $199 @ OM B&M a few months ago, you missed out big time!

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Sell your A40, if it's in great condition, it will sell itself.

probably will. I've got good use out of it but still looks brand new. in fact, never took that clear plastic thing off the lcd screen on it.

Same here, my clear plastic thingie is still on the viewfinder as well. Already sold mine.

kevin000 - The Canon S200 was on sale for $199 @ OM B&M a few months ago, you missed out big time!

I know. A Digital Camera has been on my want list for a while now. Just recently its come to the top of the list...

 

[Conky]

The Sony Mavica FD75 is on sale at OfficeMax for $199.99.

If your mother is as clueless as mine, this is probably perfect for her. 640x480 resolution, uses floppies, and it's a Sony.

My aunt sends email pics that are like 2100x1600 resolution. I've tried to tell her to adjust the setting but those old gals want to point and shoot.

I'm thinking about picking up one of these because I like easy photos too and floppies are still dirt cheap.

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Decisions Decisons... :/

 

[RossMAN]

BTW I don't know of any digicams which use FireWire, they all use USB or removeable media (CF, SM, xD, Memory Stick).

Camcorders use FireWire.

 

[Kevin]

What about the new Canon A300? Seems like a pretty nice little camera for around $170...