What's a good digital camera to buy thats not too cheap or too expensive?ALWAYS determine what you need a camera to do before thinking about brand names and models. You might find a tremendous bargain with a brand name 3 megapixel camera with 3x optical and 10X digital zoom, only to find that is falls way short on producing good 11 by 14 inch prints.
Or you can spend way too much money on a high end camera for taking family snapshots for holiday gatherings.
Ask yourself some very serious questions about what you expect your camera to do, then do the reseach to find the unit that does it. Read the professional reviews, AND the user reviews. THEN shop around for a good price, from a trustworthy source. Buy the best cannon for what you want to spend. I used to work at Kodak and can say cannon blows everyone else away in the mid camera market. personally i like my olympus sp 350. it retails for just around $300 and is a simple point and shoot camera. it has 8mp and can create beautiful 37x42 posters! it has an auto memory so you will not need a memory card, but i do suggest you get one. there is a built in flash and can attach a removable flash if needed. it really is a good deal for the money.
oh you are also going to need to buy an extra battery and charger. It saves a good charge, but you never know when you will need an extra battery. 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. It comes with a USB 2.0 transfer cable which you connect to your USB computer port;
8. Has tripod mount on bottom of camera;
9. 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! 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 canon powershot a540 or higher..........540 is very good and about $199 or less They can run $50 to a few thousand. How much are ya willing to spend? my suggestion
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the guide should answer your questions Panasonic Lumix series have excellent performance I have read.
I have a Samsung S500 (very cheap and not so bad) | 