Digital SLRs, Interchangeable Lens Compacts & Lens: What digital camera would you buy that is under $200....?

Thursday, June 9, 2011

What digital camera would you buy that is under $200....?

What is the best camera to buy that you can record video clips, and nice quality pictures. Also that you can zoom in alot.

Please name a brand and a pic url would be nice. Any reviews would be nice?

Answer by water_skipper
I don’t think you’ll get all that in a cheap camera. I’ve been very happy with the Fujifilm Finepix F10. Since it’s two years old, you should be able to buy it for $ 150. It takes good pictures and shoots videos with sounds, but only has a 3X optical zoom.

Answer by VINTAGE MUSIC
You might try the reviews of dpreview.com
of Canon PowerShot A630, Fuji E900, and Fuji F30.

Answer by Lost Soul
Coolpix L10 Features:

* 5-megapixel effective CCD imager
* Nikkor 3x optical zoom lens (37.5-112.5mm in 35mm equivalent)
* Compact and lightweight body
* Macro focus with AF as close as 5.9 inches
* Exclusive Face Priority AF makes taking incredible portraits easy
* 256-segment Matrix metering
* Large 2.0-inch bright LCD color monitor
* Automatic exposure and 16 pre-programmed Scene modes
* 640×480 @ 30fps movie mode w/sound, length limited only by memory card capacity
* Built-in flash with auto, fill, slow sync, and red-eye reduction
* Nikon's D-Lighting automatically brightens dark images in playback mode
* In-Camera Red-Eye Fix™ automatically fixes most instances of red-eye in the camera
* 7MB internal memory and SD/SDHC memory card slot
* USB connectivity, PictBridge direct-print compliant
* Runs on two standard AA batteries, Energizer lithium are included

Sample photos can be found here:

http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon/coolpix_l10

You can read reviews and buy it here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N49WPC/ref=pd_cp_p_1/002-1538902-7846410?pf_rd_m=ATVP

Answer by Sharing Mind
why not go to my profile and check out a discount store that let you browse for product by its discount percentage or price range. there also user reviews and that is good for some evaluation. just go there and compare price and see what other people are saying. for me i would go with brand like canon or sony.

Answer by Paul
I came across a site which might be helpful. There are reviews of various cameras and also gives you links. I will put it in the source box for you and hope it helps.

Take care

Paul

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I am looking for a slim pocket digital camera but I would love for it to have the following features:

1. viewfinder (this is a must as I cannot always see well through LCD screens).

2. decent Optical Zoom capabilities (digital zoom is fine too but would like some optical zoom as it’s superior).

3. capabilities to take video/sound recording.

4. capabilities to shoot photo after photo without a lot of delay.

I’ve been researching cameras with my husband for an upcoming holiday and each time we see one we like, we end up finding something we don’t like about it or negative reviews. We just want a decent compact, stylish camera if this is possible. The viewfinder problem is especially annoying to us as viewfinders conserve batteries much better than LCD screen and they are easier to see through.

I hope someone will have some good suggestions for us

Thanks,
Sissy

Answer by ELSON B
check out http://www.livemegadeals.com

Answer by Cirric
Hi. This site is well known for camera reviews and advice. http://www.steves-digicams.com/

Answer by fhotoace
Yes there are some out there. I have put a link in the source list below. You can play with the camera features search and see what else there is. You may have to actually do a search on each camera on the Internet to see if sound playback is available on each camera.

All “point and shoot” cameras have some kind of shutter lag especially when using flash. You really have to get into the DSLR class of camera before the lag become negligible, but then you have lost your ultra-compact feature.

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