What is the Best and affordable digital camera?The best camera for under $200 is the Canon A550
* 7.1 Megapixel
*4X Optical Zoom
* Very good photo quality, noise levels low through ISO 400 (in good light)
* Well built for the price
* Very good performance
* LCD visible in low light
* Some manual controls
* AF-assist lamp, good low light focusing
* Good movie and continuous shooting modes
* Impressive software bundle
* Uses AA batteries; great battery life
* USB 2.0 High Speed support I'd recommend either the Canon IXUS 800 IS 6.0 MP Digital Camera or the Sony Cybershot W35 7.2MP Digital Camera . Here's my "Best Cheap Camera" answer.
Some of our best answerers always recommends the Fujifilm FinePix F20 camera as the best-for-less choice. I have to say that I like the sample images at Steve's site (below). If Morey000 or SpaceCowboy show up after me and make this recommendation, choose them as the best answer, because I'm just passing along their suggestion. I have no personal experience with this camera. I see it at B&H Photo (available through Yahoo! Shopping) for $150; $190 with a 1 GB Sandisk memory card.
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_revi...
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My brother has the A540 and my mother-in-law has the A530 - on my recommendation - and neither one has stopped speaking to me yet. Based on this and experience with other Canon Powershot cameras, I am now recommending the A550 as a nice and relatively inexpensive camera.
Canon just introduced the A550, which has more pixels, but offers less user control. I'd be happy with the A540, but the A550 is probably also worth considering, especially since the A540 has been discontinued. I've seen it for $140 in some stores like WalMart and Target.
The A550 costs $160 at B&H and, of course, you'll need a memory card.
A550 review: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_revi...
Steve's reviews updates the "Best Camera" list periodically:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/best_came...
Consumer Reports from May 2007 has a short article on digital cameras and they recommend 10 different point and shoot cameras in the following order within groups according to camera design:
**COMPACTS**
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 (Overall score 75) [$410]
Kodak EasyShare C875 (Overall score 73) [$165] - Rated better for shutter lag
Nikon Coolpix P4 (Overall score 65)
**SUBCOMPACTS**
Canon Powershot SD500 (Overall score 72)
Casio Exilim EX-Z850 (Overall score 72)
Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 (Overall score 70) [$180] [Similar to W55] - Rated better for shutter lag
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX3 (Overall score 69) [$200] [Similar to FX-10, FX-12]
Olympus Stylus 720SW (Overall score 61) [Similar to 770SW - $360] (Waterproof)
**ADVANCED COMPACTS ("Near SLR")**
Fujifilm Finepix S6000fd (Overall score 77) [$300] - Rated better for shutter lag
Fujifilm Finepix E900 (Overall score 73) [$250]
[Things change so quickly in digital cameras that I can not find all of these models listed for sale and it's not even May yet. Prices are from B&H Photo, April 2007.] get a cannon or niikon I recommend the Olympus D-595
I picked mine up refurbished, good as new and with a warranty for only about 150 dollars. It's 5.0 Megapixels, (more than enough to produce beautiful, detailed 8" x 10"'s and higher) has 3x optical zoom, macro mode and super macro mode (it really takes amazingly detailed ultra-close-ups.) A very useful feature (and rare for a consumer level point-and-shoot) is the option to set the exposure time manually, anywhere from 1/2000 of a second to 15 seconds. It's great for night shots and is small enough to carry in your pocket. Here is a collection of photos I've taken with it: http://anachronist84.deviantart.com/ Your best bet is to go to Cnet and compare prices. They Have Good price ranged Digital Cameras under $100 dollars from Top Name Brand Camera Producers. The Price ranges are under $100, $100-$200, $200-$300, $300-$400, and $400-$500...Seriously, I've had my Kodak EasyShare C533 For over a year. And It comes with rechargeable batteries AND a Printing dock. And it's price was $66!! Can you believe that? Really give this site a look......http://reviews.cnet.com/Digital_cameras/... In compacts, the newer Canon and Sony models are the best deal both on quality and price.
On the serious level, the best quality for the money value comes with Canon's 400D. my suggestion
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