There are so many digi cameras out there I never bought one because the market was so intimidating. I want to start recording all of my memories, however, and need some advice. Key is compact, capability in low light situations - the biggest problem for me with most compact digi cams is avoiding the nasty 'flash and reflect' effect created when you use the built in flash indoors, the only alternative being a blurry-or-tripod flash-free pic.. er, if you get what I mean.
So a camera w/ high resolution, compact , much versatility and decent at capturing light in variety of situations; (very good at mimicing film quality) and lower to mid range of the price spectrum.. No the Sony is too cumbersome and crud quality :( but thanks, the Lumix is a beautiful camera, but still expensive as f&*( The best camera for under $200 is the Canon A550
* 7.1 Megapixel
*4X Optical Zoom
* Very good photo quality, noise levels low through ISO 400 (in good light)
* Well built for the price
* Very good performance
* LCD visible in low light
* Some manual controls
* AF-assist lamp, good low light focusing
* Good movie and continuous shooting modes
* Impressive software bundle
* Uses AA batteries; great battery life
* USB 2.0 High Speed support you get SONY DSC-S50 for 120$ I got a lumix camera made by Panasonic check them out. Not terribly expensive but good quality my suggestion
go to yahoo shopping
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digital camera GUIDE
be sure to check titles on the left side
the guide should answer your questions 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 $99 [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.]
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