I am no Digicam expert, but reading reviews has helped me jump on a Canon bandwagon for digicams. I am getting (hopefully) an A70 + 256MB card as my main christmas gift.
My fiancees father heard me talking about it and said he wants to buy one, but wants a cheaper model. I recommended Buy.com's Hot Deal (Canon A300 for $124) but those are out of stock / on order and he said he doesn't want to wait to buy one, he wants one this week or next week.
Sooo, I then recommended a Canon A60... amazon has it for $175ish with free shipping. He asked if he would notice a picture quality difference between the A60 and A300... and I told him basically the optics were the same and that he would only notice a difference if he were printing an 8x10 picture. But then again, he has a very very crappy printer and doesn't print photos anyway...
But I feel guilty recommended a 2MP camera... like maybe it's gonna be obsolete by next year or something. What is a good camera with zoom under $200? He was really impressed with A70 example shots I showed him.
My fiancees father heard me talking about it and said he wants to buy one, but wants a cheaper model. I recommended Buy.com's Hot Deal (Canon A300 for $124) but those are out of stock / on order and he said he doesn't want to wait to buy one, he wants one this week or next week.
Sooo, I then recommended a Canon A60... amazon has it for $175ish with free shipping. He asked if he would notice a picture quality difference between the A60 and A300... and I told him basically the optics were the same and that he would only notice a difference if he were printing an 8x10 picture. But then again, he has a very very crappy printer and doesn't print photos anyway...
But I feel guilty recommended a 2MP camera... like maybe it's gonna be obsolete by next year or something. What is a good camera with zoom under $200? He was really impressed with A70 example shots I showed him.
