Best digital camera around $150?

I am looking for a new digital camera that takes amazing pictures without a huge cost. I want it to take especially great close-ups and landscapes. I am looking for at least 12 megapixels, any more would be great. I would like for it to have its own memory card and rechargeable battery & charger. One that has at least 512 MB memory and decent battery life would be ideal. (I am willing to purchase a memory card if necessary.) $ 150 is just a starting point, but please try to make it no more than $ 170. The most important feature is for the camera to take great, detailed, colorful pictures. I am not that much into all those hundreds of little features, such as face detection, smile detection, blink warning, etc., although those certainly would not stop me from buying a great camera, they are just not required. Please provide a brief overall rating of each camera you suggest (pros & cons). Thank you very much. This helps A LOT.

Answer by iloveinternet
A lot of options for you at that price range, which is good right? so here are a few I found and it seems that most digital cams have a lot of standard features these days, which is good as well.

1. Canon Powershot (max image resolution 4000 x 3000)
2. Sony Cybershot (15MB built-in memory)
3. Fuji Finepix (great lense but a little pricey)

So this covers a wide scale of prices and features for you to choose from based on budget and options

Answer by Elvis
Refer to the buyer’s guide below

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/newsLetter/Point-and-Shoot-Buyers-Guide.jsp

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The size of lenses and filters also required

Answer by tinkerbell
Try Canon 300D — Get lens 18-355

Answer by islestar
One of the best sources of shared info is www.photo.net

Answer by melvinschmugmeier
The camera matters a lot less than the lenses.

For birds you should have at least 400mm available to you.

For landscapes you’ll want anywhere from 16-50mm.

For ‘miscellaneous shots’ I’d also add in a 70-300 and a 28-70 or 28-90mm lens.

As for filters, a circular polarizer and neutral densite as well as a graduated neutral density filter are pretty key. You also MUST have a tripod. Without a tripod, the rest of the stuff just does not matter.

All of this stuff really depends on what you want to shoot [i personally have everything that I list and more in my bags].

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