I am a first time mom, and i want to capture all the little moments of my litte one. The digital camera i have now sucks....I need one that will take a picture with good quality and is fast, so i wont miss anything! Can anyone suggest a good 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 Something at least 5.1 megapixels. the higher the better. I have a samsung and love it! DONT get a kodak! They ALWAYS have problems!!! sony! any camera that's more than 5.2 megapixels...otherwise it goes realllllllllly slow! i know...i used to have one before HP is one of the best brands. If you want a real thin camera, try the Xlim from Sharper Image. Stay away from Kodak, they look like real user-friendly packages but they have lots of problems. Get a Kodak I have one and it is great! same thing i was wondering a year ago but with my nephews so i bought a canon not a bad camera but i went back to film to capture those special quick shots nothing beats a film camera Canon Powershot, any model. They aren't cheap, but they aren't expensive either. Get one with at least 5.0 mega pixels, it will be worth it later. Who cares? I usually break cameras. Wowsie wowsie woo woo. I love my Canon Powershot. You should try to spend a little extra when it comes to digital cameras. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for when it comes to those. Look for the cameras that don't require standard, disposable batteries, they don't last long at all. I went on a 7 day vaca and went through to packs of batteries. Look for the cameras that come with a battery that you can recharge. It's a great investment, you'll really love it. I have a canon poweshot sd630 and i love it.
it has a lot of different settings so you can take better pictures at the beach, outside , inside, and with kids and pets. you can also do black and white pics. it isn't that expensive and its pretty fast. my choice is the nikon coolpix s5. it is a great phone but a little pricey. NIKON IS THE BEST BRAND OUT THERE!
it has neat features, great design, 5.1 i think megapixel, image stabilization and everything else a first time mom would need . i have this camera and it is great. hope this helps! :) Honestly, I would go with the Canon SD800IS. It is a VERY nice, sleek camera, with an AMAZING picture quality. This camera features all of the following (and more!):... Image stabilization, a variety of shooting modes, record video clips, continuous shooting (take a numerous amount of pictures in less than a second), and special picture/video effects! I've tried this model of camera before, and I absolutely loved it, although it was out of my price range at the time. They run for about $350. Depends on what you will be using it for. For the Internet and printing pictures up to 8 x 10, anything in the 3.2 to 4.0 range will work great. If your making a masterpiece, 5.0 to 8.0 is good enough for most photographers. As to name brands, Sony has great quality for the price. If you want zero shutter lag so you don't miss anything, you want an SLR. I love posting this answer, because it is so right for so many people. My wife got a D50 specifically so she could take pictures of kids and has never regreted it. The D40 would be just as good for this purpose. They even have a "child photo" mode that selects the best settings for a typical child photo if you don't know much about these things.
The Nikon D40 is a great little camera, very easy to use and quite reasonably priced. It has a few "consumer friendly" totally automatic modes that make it very easy to use, but still offers total photographic control when you are ready to take charge. It will get you in the Nikon family which is a great place to be. If you buy accessories and lenses, you will be able to use everything on any Nikon that you might upgrade to later on.
Check out Nikon's "Picturetown" promotion, where they handed out 200 D40's in Georgetown, SC. http://www.stunningnikon.com/picturetown...
Here are a few reviews, in case you have not read them yet. Be sure to note that they are several pages long and some of the reviews also have some sample images that you can look at.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond40...
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_revi...
http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3756/cam...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40/d40...
I hate to see people slam the camera because it can't autofocus with older Nikon lenses. It is true that there is a "slight problem" with older Nikon lenses not autofocusing on the D40, but if you do not own a bag full of older lenses, it is not going to be a problem. It is barely a problem anyhow. If you check www.nikonusa.com for "AF-S" lenses, which are ALL 100% compatible with the D40, you will find 23 lenses, including 7 "VR" (vibration Reduction) lenses and one true macro lens with "VR". There are another 25-plus lenses in the current catalog that provide all functions except autofocus as well as many (possibly dozens) "out of print" lenses that will work just as well. In addition, although these lens will not autofocus, most of them will still give focus confirmation. From the D40 manual: "If the lens has a maximum aperture of f/5.6 of faster, the viewfinder focus indicator can be used to confirm whether the portion of the subject in the selected focus area is in focus. After positioning the subject in the active focus area, press the shutter release button halfway and rotate the lens focusing ring until the in-focus indicator is displayed." (See www.members.aol.com/swf08302/nikonafs.tx... for a list of AF-S lenses.)
The D40 only has 3 autofocus zones arranged horizontally at the center, 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock positions. This might be considered a limitation, but realistically, most people will find this perfectly adequate, especially if you are moving up from a point and shoot with only a center zone.
There is no "Status LCD" on top of the camera, but Nikon chose to use the rear LCD for this information. This is actually a nice move, as the display is bigger than the top display and you aren't using the read LCD for anything BEFORE you take the picture anyway. This is not a step backwards and it actually makes sense to me.
You can get the D40 with the 18-55 kit lens at B&H Photo available through Yahoo! Shopping or at 1-800-622-4987) for $550 (May 2007) and this is with TWO Lexar 1 GB cards. You can get the same kit with one Lexar Platinum (higher speed) card for $560. Get a Kodak dual lens. They're a little bit expensive, but they are worth it! Because of the dual lens the pictures are crystal clear! Everybody gots there own choice and so do I. My choice for you won't set you back over $500-
According to Website dpreview.com The Canon PowerShot A710IS is selling at Beach Camera for $248-
6X optical zoom, 7 megapixels. Has image stabilizer, and viewfinder, quick next shot delay and above average battery life. Takes AA rechargeable batteries. I would recommend the Fuji Finepix 500. It's a 5.1 megapixel camera it's very easy to use. The pictures are very clear and sharp. And it's excellent if you want to store your pictures on your computer because it comes with a program you can install on your computer. That program allows you to order prints on the internet. Plus it also comes with a usb port which makes it real easy to download all your pictures to your computer. Even though I personally own this 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. It comes with a USB 2.0 transfer cable which you connect to your USB computer port;
8. And the price is a mere $120 [sold at Samy's Camera - www.samys.com, and Staples.com.]
Good luck! Fujifilm Z5 or FD40 my suggestion
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