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OK, my old camera is a piece of.......work, NOT
I'm looking at Digital Cameras, but what type? There are so many to chose from, What are recomendations? What do YOU use/prefer? Features? Price (looking under $250 if possible)?
Mainly to be used for PHlocking Photos and such type pixs, so night time picture is improtant. Also size(smaller is better) and zoom is important.

Joe, this is my new one...has everything you talked about...
and it makes movies....!

You can find it cheaper than this, but this is the link to the description..I didn't pay anywhere near this!

http://www.outpost.com/product/3970598


Yeah..has a zoom too.....

Nice looking camera Connie. But I'm looking for something a little thinner. Thanks for the idea, though

On advice from Charlie, Nikki and Corey and I bought this Canon:


It has worked great for me and I like it because I can fit it into the back pocket of my jeans, which makes it perfect for phlockings. Although I love the pics I get out of my big old Nikon, I haven't used it since I got my digital cam, except for taking wildlife shots.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 2?v=glance

That is the type i looking for Kathy, a pocket camera. I have a 35mm Canon that I love, but it is rather bulky to carry around all over in like KW.

Sidew13 wrote:That is the type i looking for Kathy, a pocket camera. I have a 35mm Canon that I love, but it is rather bulky to carry around all over in like KW.

I have been pleased with it. It's obviously not great for distance pics...but for phlockings it is good, that's what I have had at all the shows and phlockings, and now is is the only thing I take with me to ATL for pics of the kids.

I would definitely go with a Canon..ease of use, price, features, and quality. The Powershot A75 is a great piece..4 MP..it's the one we have...anything above 4 isn't necessary unless ur doing professional work or want to make giant prints. Good luck on whichever you buy though

Lastplaneout wrote:I would definitely go with a Canon..ease of use, price, features, and quality. The Powershot A75 is a great piece..4 MP..it's the one we have...anything above 4 isn't necessary unless ur doing professional work or want to make giant prints. Good luck on whichever you buy though

I should put in a good word for the Canon as well. When I was looking for a digital camera last year, I was already using an iPaq w/ Compact Flash memory card expanders. After a lot of research, I settled on the A80 (now they are making the A85), 4mp resolution, 3x optical zoom, and something like that for digital as well. I figured that by the time I shot about 30 rolls of film (actually, the digital equiv) thru it, it would have paid for itself in savings over the film version.

Even with the upgrades: additional memory cards, 3 sets of rechargable batteries for it; and a few blank CDs... it has paid for itself.

I can recommend the Canon (altho the one Connie got was/is a close second as well).



Of course, I just picked up 2 lenses for my Canon AE-1, and am burning some film thru it to test those out as well.. Sheesh.

Canon has great consumer friendly cameras. If you want a good price try one of the camera houses in NYC, I like B & H myself. Most of us pro's use Canons or Nikons.

photogal wrote:Canon has great consumer friendly cameras. If you want a good price try one of the camera houses in NYC, I like B & H myself. Most of us pro's use Canons or Nikons.

I have a Canon Rebel EOS w/ an extra 75-300 len. But that iis just a little too big and bulkey to tote around concerts. Great for races and vacations, but not for bar hopping

Sidew13 wrote:Also size(smaller is better) and zoom is important.

These two things conflict. I've found that if you want a camera with decent optical zoom (ignore digital zoom, it doesn't really matter) then you have a camera that is a little bulky to deal with the lens. I know a lot of people are recomending Cannon, but if you want ease of use, look into the Kodak easy share line of cameras. I recently bought one for Christmas for my mother. She had never used a digital before. In about five minutes she was taking some really good shots (and printing them out with the printer you can get for it). I can't remember the number of it. But, all of the cameras in that line worked the same way.

Sidew13 wrote:

photogal wrote:Canon has great consumer friendly cameras. If you want a good price try one of the camera houses in NYC, I like B & H myself. Most of us pro's use Canons or Nikons.

I have a Canon Rebel EOS w/ an extra 75-300 len. But that iis just a little too big and bulkey to tote around concerts. Great for races and vacations, but not for bar hopping

You know.. you could go Canon Digital Rebel..

RinglingRingling wrote:

Sidew13 wrote:

photogal wrote:Canon has great consumer friendly cameras. If you want a good price try one of the camera houses in NYC, I like B & H myself. Most of us pro's use Canons or Nikons.

I have a Canon Rebel EOS w/ an extra 75-300 len. But that iis just a little too big and bulkey to tote around concerts. Great for races and vacations, but not for bar hopping

You know.. you could go Canon Digital Rebel..

The One He Wants Is $1000.00

i still stand by the canon digitals.... looking at the D20 to replace the last of my canon film bodies. and my S200 2 Mpixel is still going strong.

if you're looking to keep the price down and based on what you want to do with it you don't need much more than 3 Megpixels. 4 is nice but it will be add 50 to 100 bucks...... optical zoom is a must, ignore any model that only has digital zoom.

i've bought some stuff from KEH cameras in ATL and highly recommend them. most of the NYC shops are pretty sleazy and you have to be very careful to check to see what you're really getting. are the batteries, camera strap, memory card etc. really included in that great price?

http://www.keh.com

i have a canon A70 which i think is great.good price and one of the top rated cameras

I have a Canon A40. It's an older 2MB version of the A70 that Tomm has.

I've had it for two years this month and been very happy it.

I have this one from Fujifilm.. simple, basic, but has a lot of bells and whistles to keep ya entertained. And less than $250, generally. I've been pleased with mine.



http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/digital/camer ... /index.php

Billy Cruiser wrote:

Sidew13 wrote:Also size(smaller is better) and zoom is important.

These two things conflict. I've found that if you want a camera with decent optical zoom (ignore digital zoom, it doesn't really matter) then you have a camera that is a little bulky to deal with the lens.

The only zoom I'm looking for is just that tad bit extra. Not 300 which is on my other camers. 3x optical or something like that

i was looking at this one, the new canon SD200 it's much thinner than the the s500 or s400.

http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/contro ... elid=10595

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:i still stand by the canon digitals.... looking at the D20 to replace the last of my canon film bodies. and my S200 2 Mpixel is still going strong.

if you're looking to keep the price down and based on what you want to do with it you don't need much more than 3 Megpixels. 4 is nice but it will be add 50 to 100 bucks...... optical zoom is a must, ignore any model that only has digital zoom.

i've bought some stuff from KEH cameras in ATL and highly recommend them. most of the NYC shops are pretty sleazy and you have to be very careful to check to see what you're really getting. are the batteries, camera strap, memory card etc. really included in that great price?

http://www.keh.com

See, I told you Charlie gives good advice.