Suggest a good digital camera?

I'm looking to buy a Digital camera to take photo's of friends and family but i would also like a digital camera that records good quality video clips (only short video clips, 5 minutes or so). I have about 拢250 to spend on a camera. Any suggestions are welcome.

Many Thanks

Sony PowerShot A570 IS
Plus it has an image stabilizer which many other cameras lack.

You don't need a more expensive one for family pictures, trust me!

Canon and Sony make great products. Stay clear of Olympus.

Canon A630. And he's right about Olympus.

I have owned/used Kokak, HP, Casio, SONY and Canon. Canon makes the best digi cameras in my opinion. You can't go wrong with their Powershot line. Choose your megapixel size and price from there. Some of the higher end models have Image Stablizer.

All the Powershot models have a battery pack as compared to using AA or AAAs. They take great pics AND movies. I made a movie using my Powershot SD400 of my friend skiing down the slope w/me following him on my board!

I think the Samsung Cameras are very good quality, their products are very reliable and good value for money now

my suggestion
go to yahoo shopping
digital cameras
digital camera GUIDE
be sure to check titles on the left side
the guide should answer your questions

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i have a vivitar vivicam 8400 and i love it! ok, so i did have an earlier model (it was made by premier then) which broke, but i had it replaced under warranty and its perfect for those shots of family/pets etc as well as doing short video clips (with sound) and it cost under 拢100!
it doesnt get very good reviews but get some rechargeable batteries and it runs like a good'un!

ebay has got many diital slrs secondhand of course in that price territory..it wil be a great start up and you can upgrade lens/memory/flash and other accesories until you are ready for an upgrade check out Canon 300D

Well what makes a good digital camera...

IMHO until they produce a fast camera that is not a specialist item that works like a regular SLR, I wont own one...

I use my phone camera instead as it takes nice quality considering, the phone is the Sony Ericsson K750i which has a 2 Megapixel camera on it.

Even though I personally own this ultra compact camera, I would still like to highly recommend the purchase of a Nikon Coolpix L10 for the following reasons:

1. Besides taking well-exposed hi-quality 5 megapixel pictures, it uses a standard set of rechargeable double AA batteries which last a very long time;
2. Has a 3x optical zoom;
3. The flash setting for "red-eye" correction is on the navigator wheel and not within a submenu;
4. It's very small and light;
5. Uses inexpensive SD memory cards;
6. The digital video feature takes wonderful "sound" videos which are noise free. It records the piano very well with it's built-in microphone;
7. Has macro feature for closeups under 6 inches;
8. It comes with a USB 2.0 transfer cable which you connect to your USB computer port;
9. Has tripod mount on bottom of camera;
10. And the price is a mere $119 [sold at Samy's Camera - www.samys.com, and Staples.com.]

Review(s) can be found at www.amazon.com [Query: "Nikon Coolpix L10" along with pictures provided by satisfied purchasers.]

Good luck!

If you're looking for an SLR, then Canon or Nikon are the ones to be looking at.
If you're after a compact, the Panasonic range are in effect re-badged Leicas with different software at lower prices. They also have true wide angle lenses on some models.
(Leica are a long established luxury camera maker renown for their lenses and reliability.)

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