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Looking for a digital cam for about $200 (recomendations)

There needs to be some more information before I can suggest anything.

1. In what situations do you take pictures ? (indoor, outdoor, night, how is the lighting conditions)
2. What do you take in picture ? (Animals, scenery, people, sports)
3. When you take your pictures, can you usually get closer to have a better view ?
4. Do you have any brands preference ?
5. Do you have any battery format preference ?
6. What size do you expect your camera to be ?
7. Do you like to be in control of the camera or prefer to simply point and shoot ?
 
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Ok I am looking for someting around 10 megapix. and about 3/4" thick or less if I can get one in/around my price range; and I would like something with a "zoom" lens and not fully digital zoom......I hope that is enugh info for you to make a recomendation. I really dont know to much about digital cams. I looked at cannon's site but I dident know 90% of what thay were talking about. In terms of the specs.
 
Will get back to you later today. Canon's offering is good. Is there any reason why you are looking at 10mp ?
I would never recommend using digital zoom. Would your pictures be taken mostly inside or outside ?
 
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Well the reason for 10mp is that I would like to get into amature photography figured something with 10mp or so should be plenty. I would take my pictures inside and outsite I like to be able to keep my picture taking options open. As for what I will be taking pictures of that could be anything (hope that is not to vauge). I like to point and shoot but I would like to have the option to be in control of the camera. I look forward to you your recomendations.
 
First as far as shooting. Get anything from Canon or Nikon in that price range since in the sub $200 pice point they are going to be the best choice. On the subject of megapixels. More is not always better. Now i am not saying your going to get great pictures at 1MP. but for most purposes anything in the 6-8MP range does a fairly good job. (basically any MP rating over 6-8 just allows you to make a bigger print) If you want to eventually get into dSLR then i would save alot of money as it is very expensive (the lens' are the biggest expense). As an example i shoot with a fairly old body (canon rebel XT) it's only 6MP but i can still get some really nice shots thanks to my lenses. If your able to and willing to wait and save some more money say in around the 500-600 price range you get something like a G10 or SX10. I think you would have a much nicer experience. Also those cameras allow an easier transition to dSLR. As an example here is what's in my current kit with what i paid for each to give you an idea.

Canon Rebel XT - $499 futureshop sale
Canon 70-200mm F/4-5.6 L - $699
Canon 50mm MKII F/1.8 - $129
Canon 17-55mm F/4-5.6 Kit - $0, came with camera
Sigma 23-135mm F/4-5.6 1:2 Macro - $145, ebay store
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 Wide Angle - $649
Canon Speedlite 580 EXII Flash - $480
Battery Grip - $100
LowePro Computrekker Case - $150 on sale
Manfroto Tripod (traveling model) - $79, ebay store

Total Investment: $ 2930.00 Approx.

A couple of other tips. One Shooting with an IS lens is nice but shooting with a non-IS lens will help improve your steady hand much quicker. It will also make you judge your light settings more. Another thing. IS in dSLR are built into the lens in canon making the lenses very expensive. But it is alot fun.

Also check out henry's ebay store as they have some good deals as well as B&H photo from newyork. They have some good prices to even after the exchange rate.
 
Gameplaywarrior said:
Well the reason for 10mp is that I would like to get into amature photography figured something with 10mp or so should be plenty. I would take my pictures inside and outsite I like to be able to keep my picture taking options open. As for what I will be taking pictures of that could be anything (hope that is not to vauge). I like to point and shoot but I would like to have the option to be in control of the camera. I look forward to you your recomendations.
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You don't need 10mp; 3 or 4 is perfectly fine.

Unfortunately we live in a society that is dominated by marketing shoving shit down our throats that 10 or 12 is pretty normal now.

The only upside to having a 10 or 12 megapixel camera is so that you can make pictures in sizes of like 20x20 and have no distortion.
 
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