Any suggestions for a great digital camera that wont break my bank?

[Reign in Acai]

Fuck if I know. I'm in the same situation as you are. I just want a low budget camera for every day tomfoolery. Several people in this thread reco'd the Sony Cybershot, and that's a pretty stellar price from what I have gathered.


Where's Cool Cara when you need her?

 

[Krilons Resa]

Probably being cool...or pooping.

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

I'm not sure about that model, it doesn't have the Carl Zeiss lens from what I can tell. I own the DSC - W55, got it at Circuit City for $200, memory card included. Looks like CC has the camera on clearance now, sans memory card. I highly recommend it though, as would Captain Beard.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony...sem/rpsm/oid/172527/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

It takes good pictures

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

Probably being cool...or pooping.

I was jumping da fuck up. I mean, working out :Spin:

 

[Thanatopsis123]

I'm not sure about that model, it doesn't have the Carl Zeiss lens from what I can tell.

Mine has a Zeiss lens. No fucking clue what that means though. Is that a good thing?

 

[dorian gray]

Sounds like a Nazi to me

 

[Tide In Mind Out]

what a stud!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Zeiss

 

[dorian gray]

I'll just reiterate that my "budget" Canon ($100 in 2004) is a piece of crap. Plan on spending a good $300. That should get you something really nice these days.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Kenneth,

Sony DSC-S700 Cybershot for 1 Ben Franklin. Free Shipping.
http://www.pcrichard.com/catalog/product.jsp?modelNo=DSCS700

I pulled the trigger on this Kenneth. I suggest you do the same nikkuh, before this deal passes you by.


Review

http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3056&review=sony+cybershot+S700

 

[einride]

y'all keep your dinky little sonys -- i'm due to get some cash rollin in soon and i'm gonna spend most of it on an olympus e-510 with the double lens kit (14-42 and 40-150 -- 28-84 and 80-300 35mm equiv. respectively) soon

this shit is gonna RULE HELL all over the place -- image stabilization, dust removal, live view, the workz.

i'll need an american dudeguy to help me out though (it's outrageous -- this kit is about twice as expensive in sweden as it is in america but i need to have it land in america first and re-sent in an anonymous box to avoid swedish 25% sales tax) but that's a later thread

 

[dorian gray]

Dust removal? Is that an electron microscope or something?

 

[einride]

it has a mechanism that shakes the dust from the sensor and collects it on a strip of sticky tape (!) inside the camera body

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Sounds great. That is, until it becomes self aware.

 

[lurch70]

well for those of you in the market for a camera ... this IS THE DEAL
... one day only!!!

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4194407&JRsource=nytimes.bgad03142008

12 megapixel!

 

[einride]

well for those of you in the market for a camera ... this IS THE DEAL
... one day only!!!

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4194407&JRsource=nytimes.bgad03142008

12 megapixel!

megapixels don't mean shit, admittedly that still looks like a decent deal but megapixels are some of the most irrelevant specs of a digital camera for most practical uses

 

[Hell Mike]

well for those of you in the market for a camera ... this IS THE DEAL
... one day only!!!

http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=4194407&JRsource=nytimes.bgad03142008

12 megapixel!

And what the fuck would you/the average user need 12 mpx for?

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Because you want to hide your GIGANTIC broken LCD TV (from playing WII sports after a vigorous round of masturbation that left you with sweaty palms) with a really large low quality blurry picture.

 

[lurch70]

I just replaced my 4 year old Kodak with this Canon:
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=145&modelid=15655

main reason for purchasing it besides the great reviews ... one of the few point and shoots on the market with a nice 28mm wide angle lens.

 

[Krilons Resa]

I still haven't dropped the hammer on this.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Canon all the way. excellent cameras