Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 172 Location: west virginia, united states
Digital Camera Shopping Posted: 05-30-07 09:39am
i hope this doesn't get moved, because the
girls in here post a lot of pictures.
i'm shopping for a digital camera, since i
don't have one of my own. i use my
sister's whenever i get the chance, and
that's the only way i can post pictures
online, but she's not home often.
i was wondering, what digital camera do
all of you use? and, was it expensive? i
only want to spend between $100 &
$150. digital cameras have been around for
a long time now, so i figure i can get a
decent one for semi-cheap. also, does it
print nice pictures? i don't want
something that takes clear pictures, but
when it comes time to print them, they
look fuzzy & awful.
thanks! hopefully i get something soon,
because i'm getting bigger by the week!
plus, once our baby is here, i want to
show her off.
PS. yesterday, we found out it's a healthy
little girl!
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Blink for Soup
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 106 Location: Tampa, Florida
Posted: 05-30-07 09:47am
honestly go to comsumerreports.com and
then search the web for the best price. i
have a sony cybershot (but it was almost
$600 including all the accesories) but my
first camera was a casio exilim (sp?) they
have some now that are cheaper and i think
theyre undre $200. MAKE SURE that when you
buy one it has a REAL anti-shake on
it..especially once you have your little
girl and shes doing something really cute
and you want to snap a quick pic..cuz it
may only happen once and you wouldnt want
it to be blurry! but thats my advice. i
love cameras and have done alot of
research into them. oh and you really dont
honestly need anything bigger then a 7 or
8 megapixel..anything bigger is for making
larger pictures (like bigger then 8 X 10)
Good Luck!
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mamaTT
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Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 2039 Location: Illinois, USA
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Posted: 05-30-07 09:56am
I have a kodak easyshare and I absolutely
love it. It is 5.1 megapixels and the
pictures look great. I have printed many
pictures out, some as big as 8x10 and they
still look great. I think we only gave
about $165 for this one, but that was a
couple of years ago. We got it off of
ebay, so we got a really good deal on it.
Good luck in your camera hunt!!!
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kaerbear
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Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1557 Location: ,
Posted: 05-30-07 09:57am
It depends on what you're looking for. If
you're looking for just a regular point
and shoot compact camera that can make
standard sized prints here are a couple
you can look at. I don't know a lot about
smaller cameras but I do use a digital slr
and I know that quality wise you need at
least 4 mp if you are going to do any
enlargements. The more megapixels you
have the better your prints will look.
that said, it's also important that the
thing takes good photos also. Optical
zoom is better than digital zoom. One in
this price range would probably have about
a 3x optical zoom. If you're a beginner,
one like the .nikon coolpix .l4 has a lot
of modes that will help you take your
pictures with the click of a button.
another one that's pretty good if you can
find it in your price range is the Olympus
FE-230. I have a friend who has a canon
power shot A520 and she likes it. Not too
sure how much she paid for it though. I
think canon and olympus are manufactured
by the same company but canon is the
higher end brand name so you are probably
getting a pretty similar camera if you buy
the olympus.
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AuDacia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 172 Location: west virginia, united states
Posted: 05-30-07 10:01am
mamaTT
wrote:
I have a kodak easyshare and
I absolutely love it. It is 5.1
megapixels and the pictures look great. I
have printed many pictures out, some as
big as 8x10 and they still look great. I
think we only gave about $165 for this
one, but that was a couple of years ago.
We got it off of ebay, so we got a really
good deal on it. Good luck in your camera
hunt!!!
i saw this camera at best buy the other
day, when i was looking. and no lies, it
was the one i liked most. they wanted $200
for it, though. and when i brought it up
with my boyfriend, he told me that it was
overpriced & i'd be insane to purchase
it. i almost did, too. because i want a
camera .THAT bad. i'm going to try looking
it up online, and like you said - ebay.
thanks!
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AuDacia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 172 Location: west virginia, united states
Posted: 05-30-07 10:03am
kaerbear
wrote:
It depends on what you're
looking for. If you're looking for just a
regular point and shoot compact camera
that can make standard sized prints here
are a couple you can look at. I don't
know a lot about smaller cameras but I do
use a digital slr and I know that quality
wise you need at least 4 mp if you are
going to do any enlargements. The more
megapixels you have the better your prints
will look. that said, it's also important
that the thing takes good photos also.
Optical zoom is better than digital zoom.
One in this price range would probably
have about a 3x optical zoom. If you're a
beginner, one like the .nikon coolpix .l4
has a lot of modes that will help you take
your pictures with the click of a button.
another one that's pretty good if you can
find it in your price range is the Olympus
FE-230. I have a friend who has a canon
power shot A520 and she likes it. Not too
sure how much she paid for it though. I
think canon and olympus are manufactured
by the same company but canon is the
higher end brand name so you are probably
getting a pretty similar camera if you buy
the olympus.
thanks! i'll check them out more online
& see if they fall into my price
range.
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confused_girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 102 Location: vermont
Posted: 05-30-07 10:05am
Also a good place to buy from is
Overstock.com they have some good deals on
cameras. maybe some in your price range
too. Shipping is around $2.95
