How to buy a good digital camera?

Question

Hello- I am looking to guy a new digital camera for Christmas. I want something that is easy to use and takes excellent clear quility pictures. I also want something that I can fit in my purse - not pocket sized but small and sleek. I really want a good camera that won't break the bank and will last me a long while. Any tips or suggestions would be great! Thanks

Answer 1

Samsung S700 7.2MP, small, 2.5" LCD, zoom, uses cheap to find rechargeable and regular AA batteries and AVI movie 640 x 480 FPS. Circuit City I think has it on sale with 1 Gig memory free. $149

Answer 2

It all depends on how much you want to spend? With digital cameras, as with most electronics, you get what you pay for.
some things to consider.
Zoom...optical zoom that is, don't even consider digital zoom. Do you want zoom? Most smaller cameras have 3x optical zoom...is that enough for you? or do you want something you can see across the street and into the neighbors house, lol. There are some really good cameras out there with 10x optical zoom-Kodak easy share Z740, for example-it is easy to use, 10x optical zoom, 5 mp, and it has one of the best video modes I have seen. It won't fit in your pocket very easy, but it will fit in a purse or small bag. The more zoom you have the more $$ and size.
How big of pictures do you want to print? If you don't think you will print anything over 8x10, a 4mega pixel will be suffice-but the more mega pixels the better picture quality. The more mega pixels the more $$ (usually).
What ever you buy, make sure it is a fairly new camera (new technology I mean)...don't spend the money on a camera that has been out for two years-it was out dated 2 weeks after it came out, lol. With the newer cameras, you won't have to fuss with the lag time, and the recording time as much. Another thing to be careful of... the smaller pocket type cameras have very small built in flash units that usually don't do the trick. And because the flash is so close to the lens, you will have really bad red eye in your pictures.
Hope this helps-k-

Answer 3

All of the major brands have their fans, and I have no doubt that they are all good cameras. The only camera available at the moment that I would stay away from is the Fuji S9500 (definitely not pocket sized anyway). I bought one and the photos are just not sharp and clear.

Take your time looking, they are getting better and cheaper as time goes by.

Optical zoom is the most important thing, get the most you can for your money.

Digital zoom is a complete waste of time, do not consider this as a factor when buying a camera. Once you have bought a camera, turn digital zoom off.

Get the most megapixels you can for your money.

As a very rough rule of thumb when comparing your final choices in camera, take the number of megapixels and multiply that by the amount of optical zoom. Buy the camera with the highest number.

Try to avoid a camera that uses two 'AA' batteries (except perhaps the Kodaks that can use the CR3 Lithium ion Battery Pack). Get a camera that either uses four, or one with its own dedicated Lithium Ion battery pack. (If you want to keep it for a long time, check the price and availability of replacement batteries. perhaps ebay?)

At the cheaper end of the market the Olympus FE200 kinds grabs me.

Answer 4

i could advise amazon, they do super bargins and on maximum of them it relatively is unfastened transport, ebay do no longer provide that a lot off and it is not unfastened delivery besides. i've got been given a 9megapixel digital camera from there basically for£one hundred thirty and in shops that's around £4 hundred unusual.

Answer 5

http://www.dpreview.com/ is a very good site on Digital Cameras. It has a search feature that can be tweaked to our needs. Good Luck on the hunt.

Answer 6

What's your budget? I mean, how much do you want to spend? Good news is, there's always a good camera for every budget. Tell us how much you want to spend and we'll tell you which models to consider.

Answer 7

u could buy a SB camera