best answer gets 10 pts!! im 15 and i cant afford anything expensive. i dont know much about photography. i would like recomendations on memory, megapixles, and anything else i should look at before purchasing a new digital camera. a few names of good cameras that match my needs would be very helpful. and also which brand is best?
2006-08-17 05:11:40 · 11 answers · asked by julia k 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
Obviously the more megapixels the better, you will also want to try and get one with optical zoom. You can find some very good deals at http://overstock.com I bought a Mustek there for around $60 and it normally retails for $150. It is a multi function, it takes stills, video with sound and can also be used as a webcam, contrary to what some people think, it is a good camera and I couldn't be happier with it. I bought it to be a "disposable" camera, you incase I dropped it while playing around. It is a great camera until you can afford a more expensive model. I also have an older Fujifilm Finepix A200 I really like it a lot as well.
2006-08-17 05:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by ronrlogan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is the simple cheap version you can still get in some toy stores, five years ago they used to sell for about eighty dollars in the camera / CD department.
But now, sell for less than twenty. it's only got a 1.1 megapixle range.
Or just get yourself one of those camera phones they sell in the Camera/CD section at Target or Walmart. They are comparable to most camera only digital cameras.
Even the most fancy expensive digital cameras can not take as good pictures, as the cheapest Film cameras, because the technology still hasn't progressed enough to be better than a film useage camera. Maybe in another two or three years, it will get better.
But for now, a camera phone would be fine for you, even if the talk time runs out it can still work as a digital camera, indefinitely.
2006-08-17 05:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by somber_pieces 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you go the brand wise i would say canon. but they are expensive. if you can manage to have $300 you should buy canon A540. It has 6 megapixel or mp. as you have larger mp you get better resolution. 4x optical zoom. optical zoom is you can zoom before you take the picture. i strongly reccomend that you uy a camera w/ atlease 3x optical zoom. and has 4x digital zoom. digital zoom is you can zoom after the picture has been taken. so you have total of 16x zoom. It has auto focus, it focus by it self so you dont have to worry about the focus. Uses SD memory card. cheapest memory card that exist. reccomend to buy 512 mb memory card.It has large LCD screen 2.5". it can record the movies too. it has many modes in it that i cant explain.
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2006-08-17 05:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to this site they review the best cameras and a lot of other electronic devices. Seems like Canon will be your best bet for the money! Canon PowerShot A620
www.cnet.com
2006-08-17 05:25:39 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$200 puts u in a good range of cameras. The most important things to know is, at least 3meg & optical zoom. All other factors at that price dont matter.
2006-08-17 05:30:36 · answer #5 · answered by artpoz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bought the Canon PowerShot A430 a few months ago after a lot of research on the web. I love it because it's small and the quality is great. Since then two of my friends that saw it bought it too.
The best place I know of to compare is http://www.dpreview.com.
2006-08-17 05:21:39 · answer #6 · answered by who8mycookies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am fond of the FujiFilm FinePix series...
I got my Finepix A360, a 4.1 Megapixel camera, for under $200..
They are a good quality...
2006-08-17 05:17:14 · answer #7 · answered by egocentrically_nihilistic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://tigerdirect.com
They have everything... and some really fantastic deals. Overstock is OK, but they sell notoriously crappy brands (like Mustek). If you find a camera you like, research it first (search for: "your camera + reviews"), to find out what problems it has.
I bought a Kodak EasyShare from TigerDirect for 50% off retail value. No problems here.
2006-08-17 05:22:05 · answer #8 · answered by haha 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
vivitar is a good brand i have 1 mine cost me 100-150 something like that and it small and stlish i use it for school and stuff
2006-08-17 08:41:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
go to a big store to try out. you got to hold it to shoot. you must like it and feel comfortable to use and easy to use. fast start up. no shutter lag. etc
2006-08-17 06:14:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋