Digital camera

[Dzhessika]

So I am looking into getting a digital camera within the next month .Is there a certain model that you like over another nothing to fancy just something to take pictures! Thanks for any suggestions you got.

 

[Sketcher]

Buying Guide: Features Search: Digital Photography Review

This is a very useful site for picking out a good digital camera. For point-and-shoot cameras, I've had good experiences with Canon PowerShots.

 

[Dzhessika]

Thanks for the link will check it out!

 

[PinkSweetart]

I like sony cybershot for a simple camera that gets the job done.
Mine is really old though, so I don't know what they are like now.

 

[scraparcs]

Answer a few questions for me first:

1. What types of photos do you usually take? (Landscapes, portraits, sports, wildlife, etc.)
2. What is your budget?
3. What knowledge do you have of photography, and how much do you wish to learn?

 

[Dzhessika]

Answer a few questions for me first:

1. What types of photos do you usually take? (Landscapes, portraits, sports, wildlife, etc.)
2. What is your budget?
3. What knowledge do you have of photography, and how much do you wish to learn?

1 . Usually pictures of my pug ,sometimes landscape and occasionally me lol

2. Preferrably under or around 100

3. Not a whole lot I know how to take a picture my brother had one and then went and sold it on me boo! I just want a camera for when I go on vacation I can take pictures with and what not time to upgrade from the lovely disposables.

 

[scraparcs]

So you're looking at a point & shoot. Do you usually use it outside when there's a lot of light?

 

[jameseb]

*grunts*

Camera go 'click-click'.

*scratches his head, shrugs*

 

[broken_one]

My friend has a CoolPix one that isn't very bad.

 

[Sketcher]

Usually pictures of my pug ,sometimes landscape and occasionally me lol

Get one with the highest shudder speed you can (within your price range). This is denoted in fractions of a second. The smaller the fraction, the higher the speed. This is useful for taking pictures of moving things - such as quick-moving dogs which don't really understand the concept of photography.

 

[Amber.ly]

I bought a Nikon S3000 last week from Best Buy and love it for a point and shoot. It was $140 but I also needed a camera that could take good videos so you may not need that option.

I love anything Nikon really though. I also have a Nikon D60 and adore it. They make really great cameras.

 

[Inkachu]

It shouldn't be hard to find something within your budget if all you want is to take pictures (I had to have something capable of taking a decent amount of video). Also, try to find something with a rechargable battery, it'll save you tons of money and hassle from always having to pop new batteries in. Also, see how much money you'll need to spend on a memory card (unless you plan to take like, 5 pictures at a time, and that's it), and don't forget a good, hard carrying case! I don't like the soft ones because if you drop it, your camera isn't protected.

 

[Tink]

I have a fujifilm finepix and it's about five years old and still works REALLY well. It cost me $120 then.

 

[Tehchad]

I carry a Canon Powershot A1000IS. It's 10 megapixel with a decent zoom. Does EVERYTHING I need.

 

[white dove]

I don't know if you can get a Canon for $100 (if you could, great), but if you can get a Nikon for around that price, I would look into them. Both them and Canon have great reputations for being quality cameras.

 

[Tehchad]

oh, I paid $130 for mine on amazon a couple of years ago.

 

[Dzhessika]

Thanks all for the replies!

 

[Keri]

Nikon ftw!

 

[Qyöt27]

Not that it'll help, but I'd go with Olympus, personally. I got mine (a C-740, which has probably been out of production for a long time) for graduation six years ago and don't have any complaints. It does seem as if the memory card greatly affects the readiness speed, though - it's pretty snappy when using the 16MB one it came with, but the 512MB card I got later needs a couple of seconds after each picture to save correctly (this is because the two cards were branded with different speed settings, of course). Now if only I'd realized sooner that it didn't actually require those expensive CR-V3 batteries and could take regular alkaline AA's...oh well, I know it now.