What is a good and lower priced digital camera to buy my 18 year old girlfriend?

Question

I am getting my girlfriend a digital camera for her birthday. I don't know a thing about them, and all of those websites with guides on which one to buy confuse me. I am searching for suggestions on specific models that would fit her fine, you know, a good social camera that won't break the bank.

Answer 1

I LOVE my Canon PowerShot A620. It's a 7.1 mp camera which takes awesome still shots, and just as awesome video. Great for home and everyday use. Easy to take on vacations and you can really take some artistic/creative photos too. A great all-around camera. My 35mm cameras are Canon too, and I still love and use it too. Sony makes good stuff also.

I had a Sony, and I gave that to my daughter, and purchase the Canon PowerShot A610 for my teenage son. The Canon A610 is exactly like my A620, but is a 5 mp digital camera. They both take GREAT pictures, but my favorite thing about the camera, is the vari-angle LCD screen. It is very easy to use, and a camera you can grow with.

Our A610/A620 has a setting, call "kids&pets". Typically you use these on the subjects that usually has a hard time keeping still. But I also use this setting when taking pictures of my soccer team during game play. I've also taken pictures of my kids, nieces and nephews jumping in the air, a la cheerleader jumps, with great results. Lag time is very, very, very minimal. (i.e. delay from pressing button to actual camera capturing the shot). This is just one of the many settings the camera has to offer and you can also manually set and program your own settings.

For ease of point and shoot, just choose the setting in which you're taking pictures of, (i.e. indoor, outdoor, portrait, fireworks, snow, beach, even and 'auto' [automatic]), and it'll adjust accordingly the proper exposure/settings. If you get more experience or for the experienced, you can manually choose exposure and settings like the old 35 mm.

I'm a bargain hunter. I purchased both NEW Canon this late spring 2006. My son's was under $200 and mine was $204. Just Google or Yahoo! Search any Canon model, and then see which merchant has the best price with those lowprice websites and order on-line. The price is waaaay better than going physically to the stores. If you need it right away, just upgrade the shipping. It's still cheaper than buying at the stores. No matter what model camera you're searching for, better prices are on-line.

I don't know if you'll find these models at the stores. They have newer models, the A630 (8mp) and the A640 (10mp), they boast more mega-pixels and ISO settings. But 5mp, more than suffices for most users. What I did was physically touched and feel the camera at the store, then go on-line to purchase.

Here is the link if you'd like to check out the specs on these Canon cameras: http://www.usa.canon.com
and go to 'products' to 'consumer products' to lead you to the cameras.

While you're searching on-line, you'll also find many reviews on these cameras. All with many positives things to say about the camera. You'll also find information on these cameras in Yahoo! Tech.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I have a Vivitar digital camera with 3.3 mega pixels. I bought it at Target for about $100. The bad thing about this one is that it has digital zoom, meaning it doesn't really zoom in, it just make the image larger. My pictures sometimes come out blurry because of this. It's a pretty good camera for only $100. Try it out!

Answer 4

Fugifil Finepix A500 about $120 at Best Buy not including memory card. 5 megapixels, and 3X optical zoom. Try Websites of Adorama, B&H Photo, and Beach Camera....Probably a bit cheaper there even with shipping charges.

Answer 5

I think she'd really appreciate a digital camera with a cell phone attached.

Find out her current cell phone provider, and buy her a new phone for that. Most of them have 1.3 megapixals or better these days. The Sony Ericssons are the most popular. For the same price, why not have both in one unit?

Answer 6

Kodak has some nice cameras for around $150... I don't know how much your willing to spend, I would be more useful if I knew... Try looking at Wal-Mart though, they are pretty inexpensive on the digital cameras...

Answer 7

I agree with Enigma. Wal-Mart has a lot of good cameras both cheap and expensive. And for a 6yo I would reccomend one of those keychain cameras that you can get at Wal-Mart. I had one when I was 10 and I loved it! It takes good enough pictures and is perfect for kids.