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Digital Camera recommendations

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MrHood22

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I think i'm going to start looking for a Digital camera for christmas. I'd like it to have 7.1mp at a bare minimum, 3x zoom (minimum), and $100-$200.

Suggestions?
 
Take a look at the Canon SD1100 if you are looking for something small and nice.

This one might be out of your price range......

I just bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5K (for about $240 on Amazon..... strangely, the price has gone up to $269! And I got a free 4 GB SD card....). Anyway, I absolutely love it - I think it is the smallest 10X optical zoom camera and it takes really great snaps! Easy to use, too...
 
don't get hung up on the megapixels of the camera.
 
High megapixels are important, however, you can overkill depending on your needs. It all depends on the size of printouts you want combined with the DPI resolution you desire.

7 MP is generally considered optimum for a 300 DPI A4 size printout, however anything down to 4 MP is usually acceptable from a distance.

However, along with looking at the MPs you also want to make sure you get a camera with a good image sensor. Different sensors have different advantages, and different cameras have different capabilities. There are many different cameras for many different needs.. depending on what you want there are many different choices.

Here is an excellent resource for picking a camera. They have reviews from everything from point and shoot all the way up to high end DSLRs.
 
kilgore777 said:
Take a look at the Canon SD1100 if you are looking for something small and nice.

This one might be out of your price range......

I just bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5K (for about $240 on Amazon..... strangely, the price has gone up to $269! And I got a free 4 GB SD card....). Anyway, I absolutely love it - I think it is the smallest 10X optical zoom camera and it takes really great snaps! Easy to use, too...
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MrHood22 I know you said your budget topped out at $200. But this TZ5 is awesome. You cannot underestimate the difference extra optical zoom makes. If you don't up your price get the highest optical zoom you can for under $200. I think you can get a decent 6x zoom model for less than $200
 
Will this camera be used mostly outdoors or in low light?

Megapixels are not the most important part of a camera. The glass (lens) and the sensor or more important.
 
I have a Panasonic 10mp, i forget the specific model number, it runs on 2 AA batteries not the lith-ion pack. The camera rocks, with a 16gb SDHC card I can take 1000+ pics in 10mp format or about an hour of raw 1080p video.

The camera overall is of high quality with easy to use options menus, the pics this thing takes look amazing and the detail it picks up is way beyond what I have ever seen in another digital camera for under $2000 with a $500+ lens.
 
megapixels don't mean crap. Until i got my SLR - the best camera I ever had was a sub 2 megapixel mavica with a large CCD.

The CCD is the optical capture part of a digital camera. all the MP's in the world won't help an ultra-small CCD. the larger the CCD, the better the clarity at ALL resolutions and at all light levels.

for this reason, i'll almost always choose an olympus, in terms of ultraportables. (i like canon SLR's however)

a 5 MP camera with a large CCD and a good lense (5x optical or better) will take pictures several orders of magnitude better than a 12MP camera, with a smaller CCD and lower optical zoomage.

for entry level cameras, I like the olympus FE series. look for the 370, 380, or higher, whichever you can afford. The 370 can be had for between 100-130.00 if you shop around. they have a 1/2" (roughly) CCD, which is small compared to an SLR, but large when compared to other ultra slim, ultraportable "pocket cams" - in this segment a 1/4" or 1/3" CCD is popular... hence their utter suckage at low light levels.
 
Goatcrapp said:
megapixels don't mean crap. Until i got my SLR - the best camera I ever had was a sub 2 megapixel mavica with a large CCD.

The CCD is the optical capture part of a digital camera. all the MP's in the world won't help an ultra-small CCD. the larger the CCD, the better the clarity at ALL resolutions and at all light levels.

for this reason, i'll almost always choose an olympus, in terms of ultraportables. (i like canon SLR's however)

a 5 MP camera with a large CCD and a good lense (5x optical or better) will take pictures several orders of magnitude better than a 12MP camera, with a smaller CCD and lower optical zoomage.

for entry level cameras, I like the olympus FE series. look for the 370, 380, or higher, whichever you can afford. The 370 can be had for between 100-130.00 if you shop around. they have a 1/2" (roughly) CCD, which is small compared to an SLR, but large when compared to other ultra slim, ultraportable "pocket cams" - in this segment a 1/4" or 1/3" CCD is popular... hence their utter suckage at low light levels.
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Thanks for the clarification. I never knew this.
 
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