What is the best digital camera brand?

Question

I'm not a hardcore photographer; I'm just a kid who wants to take pictures with friends and during vacations and stuff.

What brand would you recommend?
How many mega-pixels would be sufficient?
Price range: $150 and lower

Answer 1

Hey there mate! I'd love to help u out! I always go for camera brands such as Canon or Nikon. At least their lenses r better. It's generally been said that the lenses are the ones that takes better pics. But that's not mainly the case anymore, but also the camera body! I used to have a Sony CyberShot, but don't find them as good as the "recognised film-camera" brands. I don't know how much the Nikon S10 or an S4 will set u back in the US, but I use a Nikon S10 and it does wonders for me. Go for an IXUS(very light and extremely compact which u can shove in your pocket) if it's not over $150, with at least a Digic2 processor and 3.2Megapixel. Mind u a 5 Mega-Pixel one would do wonders for u, if u want to crop and edit(and is much easier than using the software [driver] that's supplied with the camera)! I always use a memory card reader, just to save the hassel. The software-driver is good for if u want to show the date on the photo!

Answer 2

megapixel:
One million pixels. Refers to the resolution of a digital imaging device (monitor, scanner, video camera, still camera, etc.). For example, a five-megapixel digital still camera might take a picture composed of 5,038,848 red-green-blue color dots (pixels). The image would have a 2592x1944 resolution: 2,592 pixels across, 1,944 pixels down.

Although its sometimes good to have a lot of megapixels, all you really need is like 6-8 megapixels. If you go too high, and you want to print a picture, some printers cant print so many dots in one place, therefore reducing the quality of the picture.

Here is the perfect camera for almost anyone. Its has a perfect balance of everything to provide you with VERY good pictures:

You should get the PENTAX Optio W30. It has TONS of features, VERY good picture quality, its sleek & stylish. And to add to all that, its waterproof! You can see the camera here: http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/product_details/digital_camera--Optio_W30/reqID--9587364/subsection--optio
I have had the PENTAX Optio W10 (a slighty older version) for a few years now and I absolutely LOVE it!

Go try it out at your nearest Ritz Camera!

Answer 3

In that price range, Fuji and Canon are great. Anything 6mp or higher will be fine- I actually have a 3MP camera that I've had for years which takes great photos. The most important thing is make sure your camera has a good optical zoom (not digital zoom, which degrades image quality quite badly) You might check around for discontinued models- you might find a real deal that way.

For more expensive SLR cameras, the top brands are Nikon and Canon.

Answer 4

All of the above are pretty good choices, another Camera you might want to consider is the Sony S-650, 7 megapixel, right at $150 (or lower) and it has a top quality lens

Answer 5

ok i am including a link on cameras that cost under $200. 5 mega pixels should be plenty enough for what you want to do...don't go below 5 i say.
for $150 you can easily pickup a 6 or 7 mega pixel digital camera...try the panasonic because they do have some face-recognition and stabilization around that price.
http://www.trendycams.com/pricerange/0%20and%20200.aspx

Answer 6

the best brand would have been Canon.. But if ur budget is only $150, i would recommend fujifilm or panasonic, for $150, u probably will get urself a 5MPX or lucky, 6.

Japanese brands are better in camera than others

Answer 7

I've got a Sanyo that's awesome, but I would recommend Canon or even Kodak

Answer 8

Panasonic or Sony works just fine, 3 megapixels should do it especially at that price range =)

Answer 9

my fugi is awesome and i got it on sale for $150 i also had a pretty nice sony and kodak as well...i think both were like $100

Answer 10

5 mp or higher

check out
samsung 630
sony 650