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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:12 PM
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Give me your AFFORDABLE Digital Camera Recommendations!
Hey hey y'all, i'm looking to buy someone a digital camera for xmas...nothing too fancy, but with some features. Ideas? :)
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:37 PM
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1. C'mon...pleeeeeease?
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:42 PM
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3. *
I don't know anything about them.

:kick:
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:46 PM
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5. Awwww, thanks for the kick
I like your smilie :hi:
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:40 PM
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2. Canon...
... whatever model you can afford.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:45 PM
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4. there's a few that i can afford, but...
i'm having a realllly hard time narrowing it down.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:59 PM
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11. I second Canon
have you seen this site? www.dpreview.com

And this site has good deals. www.bhphoto.com
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:03 PM
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20. I have a PowerShot A75
... I like it alot. Replaces a Nikon Coolpix 950 that I dropped from a height of about 1 foot and ended its life :)

The cameras keep getting better and cheaper. I paid $900 for the Nikon, about $250 for the Canon, and I'm sure the Canon is cheaper by now :)
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:48 PM
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6. I like my Nikon a lot
There are nicer models than mine at affordable prices now, but I'm still happy with my camera. It's a Coolpix 3100, if that helps.
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:49 PM
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7. Get the most pixels you can afford,
and if it has zoom, optical is better than digital zoom for picture taking.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:52 PM
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8. Give the top $ amount that you define as AFFORDABLE.
That would help.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:54 PM
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9. eh...up to $225
there's a ton of good sales on Amazon right now...so many too choose from! :o
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:16 PM
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14. The Canon Powershot is a very good camera, available at several different
pixel/price levels.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:18 PM
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15. Yeah, I'm looking at the A520 right now...
I have an A75 myself and love it, the A520 is 4MP with a 4x Optical zoom, only $180 on Amazon.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:24 PM
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16. That's what I'd get right there. :-)
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 08:55 PM
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10. Here're some tips on what to look for
http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/learningcenter/home/digitalcameras.html
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:06 PM
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12. gateway dc-m42, 4.0 mega, i think hubby got it for $150...
it's got'ah zoooom B-)
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:15 PM
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13. I can say DO NOT buy an HP M23.
I bought one and returned it, because it didn't appear to be working right. The replacement did exactly the same thing.

What it does is this: it has problems recocnising the battery level. Sometimes you can put a fresh pair in, and it'll read them as dead or low. In a few minutes, it'll read them as fully charged, or half-way, or totaly dead. There's no predicting.

I kept it, because it has panorama and it's SD format, charges internally and I need those three features for work. If I didn't, I'd take it back.

It's the only camera I could find that had panorama and SD for under $150.
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fight4my3sons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:46 PM
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17. We like our Fuji Finepix,
Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 09:49 PM by fight4my3sons
but I don't know how much it cost it's an F700 we purchased it at BJ's 3 years ago. My mom got a Finepix last year and loves it too, she replaced the Gateway digital camera that she HATED.

on edit - I see the picture taken with the Gateway camera a few posts up looks really good, so I don't know what my mom's problem was :shrug:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 09:51 PM
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18. Get as much optical zoom as you can get.
Not sure of the model, but Olympus makes a nice one.

Also, I bought a used Canon Powershot S1 from B&H Photo/Video online for $189. Only 3.2 MP, but 10x optical zoom. It's nice. :)
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 10:01 PM
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19. I just bought a Polaroid PDC-3080 for $65 or so on sale at Target
Regular price was like $120.

I haven't used it, since i bought it as a gift, but it's a 3.2 Megapixel with 3x zoom, including USB cable, carrying pouch, and hand strap.

It's about 3"x3"x1.5"

Seems like a hella nice camera.
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