new cam help

tnx4yourhelp · August 13th, 2006, 07:35 AM

i am looking to buy my first digital camera.what is the best one that is decent MP for up to say 300-350$ at most.i want it to take everyday pics as well as pics of my animals and me and also pics from things like all the car shows i go to and what not.i dont need anything to fancy im basically looking for the camera that most people would recommend.like an ipod is to mp3 players.also what is a good reliable website to buy it from?thanks

**pliny_2001** · August 13th, 2006, 12:31 PM

I've been using Canon since I went digital: I got the SD 700 w/ optical image stabilization and 4x zoom earlier this summer, and it's my best yet: a little out of your stated range at $430 @amazon, but I'm sure that Canon makes something at the #350 price point. I also like the ultra-slim ones from Sony and the like, but have only used friends' models.

And once you get to 5 (or even 4) MP, you can effectively ignore them: the optics are more important that the sensor in that range.

**ppsuprise** · August 13th, 2006, 01:56 PM

i have a canon SD400 and i love it so far and its around that price range your looking for. your could ge the SD450 for a little more $$$ but all it has extra is a 2.5 lcd instead of a 2 lcd liek mine is othe rthan that there bothe the same thing.

BigPerm · August 14th, 2006, 11:51 PM

tnxforyourhelp.....

What is the price range you are looking for? I shoot with Nikon and love it! The D70 is their good low - mid range camera and you can now pick it up for around $1200....but for the $350 range I would go with a sony point and shoot.....

tnx4yourhelp · August 15th, 2006, 06:29 AM

im not looking to spend over 500$ since its my first camera and the more complicated it is the worse off i will be.i went into futureshop last night and they have some sales on.the one i was looking at was a 6 MP cannon with a 2.5 display (sorry dont know the model number) and that sale comes with a dock printer and is under 500$.what do you guys think?out of all the flyers i looked through that was the best sale but dont want to get a bad camera just since its on sale.

i know cannons are supposed to be good.am i being dumb narrowing it down just because it has a printer that comes with it?how much do you guys use your printer if you have one?

tnx4yourhelp · August 15th, 2006, 06:34 AM

i will be using it for taking pics of me to track my progress.pics of my reptiles for the reptile forums i go to and from the events i go to(car shows,sports game etc.etc.).if that makes a difference but is 6 mp more than enough?

**pliny_2001** · August 15th, 2006, 10:44 AM

6 MP shots can be blown up to something like 8.5x11 w/o becoming pixelated, so they're more than enough: I think that anything over 4 MP considered good enough for point-and-shooters.

I've got the Canon CP-220 photo printer. It prints out a 4x6 dye-sublimanted picture - looks as good as anything I ever got developed, but I'll be honest with you: I've used it once in the last year, and that was when I needed a passport sized photo after the UPS store had closed. I think it's cool, but kinda worthless.

You might want to read reviews at cnet or amazon to see if the camera's what you're looking for.

Beatlejuice · August 15th, 2006, 10:15 PM

You probably don't need anything more than a 3.2 MP camera.

My first digital about 4 years ago was an olympus c320, I bought it because it had 10x lense zoom and 3x digital zoom. I still use it for vacations but I currenly,own the Nikon d70.

This olympus can be had for under 300.

most of these photos were taken with the olympus, check out the photos.

http://www.pbase.com/minorlgphotos/new_york_baseball