Best Digi Cam
 

Whats the best Digi cam from the 150-350 dollar price range, cant really convert that into Euro, or pound right now, so how about from 3.2 mp - 4.1 or 4.5? My B-Day is coming up in 18 days now, so im looking for a digi cam.

This should probably be in the computers section, where there are already a few threads discussing digi camera's.
I have a Fuji A607, which is great for my needs (car sightings.... :wink:).

personaly i use a canon ixus I (also know outside australia as Canon PowerShot Digital ELPH SD10)

it's small kicks arse 4megapixle, the chicks love it.

but the bad thing is it doesent have optical zoom :(

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2003_reviews/sd10.html - review.

you use your camera to pick up chicks do you?
Having no optical zoom is no good, I only have 3x but its better than nothing....and 10x digital zoom but never use it.
How much did that camera cost you?

it is $500, and i managed to get it for $400, and i also got a 256mb SD card for $75.

optial zoom aside, i absalutley love my camera!

I'd snoop around ebay.com and see what you can get. Optical zoom is nice, bur image quality is more important. Stopped looking for cams a while ago, but see if you can find a Fuji S5000 or perhaps S304 if 5k is too expensive. On a buget, I'd say these are about as good as it gets - good lens, nice warm Fuji colors, extremely easy to take good shots with.

If you turn around and decide to spend more, don't pussyfoot and get a prosumer - save and get a nice used 300d or D70 if you can afford it. I've had a sucession of prosumer cams the last few years - Minolta D7, D7HI, Fuji S7K - all good but they completely pale into insignificance compared to my D70 w/18-70 kit lens and 70-200 f2.8. At the raceway I can now actually take the shot I want to take, not just snap away like mad hoping to catch it :shock:

Canon....thats my favorite. I would take the all new Canon Powershot A95 5Mpix with flipscreen and AA batteries compatible :P . Cheapest places have it for around 350$

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/a95.html

Perhaps look for a superceded model (such as the Canon A80/A85, or Canon IXUS/ELPH400) It would be cheaper.

i went for the Pentax Optio S4 (limited edition black!) 4mp.
almost went with beaver and the canon ixus i, but was convinced by the 3x optical zoom - i love my optical zoom :wink:
256mb mem card too. can store 200-odd photos at 1600x1200 on lowest compression/highest quality.
good enough for me!
oh and they threw in an extra battery! bonus! :lol:
it's great having such a tiny camera for a change. genuine take-anywhere.

http://img86.exs.cx/img86/5153/IMG_0034.th.jpg