What is the best digital camera to buy on a small budget?
I need to take pics and also get about 5 minutes of video footage (mpeg) to send home to the folks week by week. I don't want to spend more than 拢100 and would liek it to be USB compatible.
It is fo travelling so need to be compact and not too complicated Try this camera selector. It lets you select the features that are most important to YOU (including price ranges) and gives you lots of information on models that have the features you want.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare....
This is much better than just getting people to tell which cameras THEY like. I like casios personally they are really good value and I havnt been let down by one at all and i've had a few. Out of all the digital cameras i've had casios are my favourite Brand isn't as important as features are. When I researched digicams for myself, I learned a lot about what to look for. Things like optical zoom vs digital zoom (Digital zoom refers to how big you can resize it on your screen. Optical zoom refers to actual lens zooming, like on a regular camera. The higher the optical zoom, the more you can zoom in or out.) and battery performance, how much storage you can add, ease of use, size, etc. Try checking websites (Cnet, Amazon, Circuit City, etc) that sell digital cameras for user reviews. They're also a good indication on how well a camera will perform.
If you have electronics or big box stores (Like Walmart, Circuit City, Best Buy in the US) go and check some out. Find one that fits your price range, feature requirements and size. Then go online and research the best price. It might take some extra legwork, but it's worth it to have all the facts. What might work well for one person might not work well for someone else.
Hope this helps! Have to agree, dpreview is great.
There is a lot of information and depending on your knowledge can appear a little overwhelming. They have great glossary pages and lots of links to the glossary from the actual pages your browsing. Good way to learn as well as find the perfect camera for your needs. Please post a new question. Tell us how much you want to spend, what you plan to use the camera for most of the time, and what your prior experience is with photography. With this information, we will be much more helpful to you.
Steve's reviews updates the "Best Camera" list periodically:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/best_came...
This is somewhat out of date, but check this page for a general idea:
http://tech.yahoo.com/rc/digital-cameras... Most cameras mentioned have been replaced with newer models, which we will hope are as good or better than what they replaced.
Here's another resource for you. Look on down the page if you are interested in point and shoot cameras instead of dSLR's.
http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/ratings...
Here's another listing in order by ratings. They are only separated according to general groups, such as "Highly Recommended," etc. They are NOT listed within the groups according to higher rating. They are listed by date tested.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/default....
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.] Kodak 653 at $130 Best place to buy great quality digital cameras is from www.argos.co.uk or please visit your nearest argos store. Currently they have a Kodak Easyshare C743 Zoom Digital Camera for just 拢99.99 and its a 7MP digital camera with x5 digital zoom, 2.4" lcd display screen x3 optical zoom and it has many other great features and yes it also has video capture facility. | 