I want a digital camera whats good?

[sohc90adel]

Anybody know about good digital cameras? I want a good one under 250 bucks. Let me know what you guys have bought. Then i can take some pics of my 240sx so you people can unleash the wrath.

[quiksilvia]

all u need is 2 megapixels, sears has them that i know of for like 250-275, fuji and a kodak i think.

[A_Rivers]

http://www.circuitcity.com/det...73340

The best camera for your money

[Ceptos]

in photography, you are going to get what you pay for, period. canon does make good cameras, and fairly good optics.

one of the more important things on the camera is the quality of the lens, and its ability to correct for the many types of distortions a lens creates. quality brands for small inexpensive digitals are kodak, nikon and canon. probably in that order.

i guess it depends on what you are looking for, and what its use will be, but unless you are planning on printing or enlarging, than a 2 to 3 megapixel will be fine. but check on other options the camera offers, flash settings, white balancing, the quality of the lens, how quick it takes pics. the lens and these menu options are usually where most brands will cut cost to up what sells: megapixels.

hope i dont confuse you, just reading a few reviews about a camera you are looking to buy should be enough, just look out for its disadvantages =)

[sohc90adel]

what about sony cameras? are they good? i can get cybershot 2.0 megapixels for 200 and 3.2 megapixels for 230. im liking sony for the size but i dont know the quality of the camera.

[lessthanjakejohn]

I have a canon one, it is nice. I would go with a Canon or Sony if I was going to pick up another one.

[DAEDALUS]

I used to sell digital cameras. Sony's are good, as are Canons. Try to get one with a rechargeable Li-ion or Ni-MH battery, cause the others eat batteries like crazy. Or you can buy rechargeable Ni-MH batteries separately for less than $15 for 4AAs, but make sure the camera is compatible with the battery type. Optical zoom is a great feature. Digital zoom is pretty worthless if you have any sort of software photo editor, like Mirosoft's.

[slw240sx]

i like my 4.0 megapixel kodak it wasnt too cheap but its picture quality is great, i also used to have a sony macvia back in the day like 3yrs ago it was outrageously priced like 750$ it took 3.5 floppys and had a giant viewable screen , but alas it was stolen from me

[sohc90adel]

whats the diffrence between optical a digital zoom? i think sony p52 has both

[lessthanjakejohn]

optical means like binoculars and normal cameras, digital means they enlarge the image coming through the lense by making the individal pixels bigger, which in turn reduces image quality.

Most cameras have both, but you really want to pay attention to the optical one. (if you want it)

[sohc90adel]

Anything elas i need to be looking at?

[lessthanjakejohn]

you want at least 2 megapixel

You will need (or want) a bigger flash memory card or sony mem stick. Most come with 8 megabyte ones. I have a 64 megabyte one.

You want a few hours of bat life with Nickel Metal Hydrided batteres.

You want to be able to turn off the LCD screen to conserve battery life and use a physical scope (like a normal camera)

You will want a USB transfer cord (its faster than other ports)

If you don't have Photoshop then you will want some editing software included.

You will want to be able to choose differen't image qualities.

You may want options to turn off the flash, determine how l ong the camera captures the image, a timer option.

[sohc90adel]

what you guys think about this one?

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bi...bXJwZ

[lessthanjakejohn]

Good, has everything you need included.

go to the book store (or library), there should be a few magazines with camera reviews.

[Ceptos]

yes, sony definitly makes a good digital camera, i dont prefer them only because they do not make their own lenses. im into film photography, so im a little more used to the older names. sony is nice because they put a lot of options into their cameras, and u know the build of the camera itself will be quality.

[Toddles82]

Olympus C730 Might be out of your price range but the camera friggin' rocks. You could probably snag it for 320. THe C720 has 8x optical/3x digital and for a 100 less (320). C730 has 10x optical/3 digitla (most opticial zoom on the market)<---it rocks!!! if you want examples of what my camera can do...(dialup)http://myweb.cableone.net/dgcarve/carshow.html(non dial up)http://myweb.cableone.net/dgca...e.htm

If you get the 730 you won't be dissapointed.