Looking For a Mid Range Digi Cam

[SFDMALEX]

My sister is looking for a camera to buy. It's for taking pictures of people more then anything, no car or nature photography so no special lenses nor mega pixels required.

Whats do you guys recomend, for a mid range, not shit, not great camera.

Thanks in advance.

[nthfinity]

http://www.canon.hu/dl/sajtofotok/fo...shot_a75_1.jpg

thats the camera that mihai has
its not terribly expensive, and can take nice pictures... and isnt a high megapixel, only work in good light- type camera
http://everyprice.com/item.asp?item_Id=21092&101112G

my brothers camera is nice too, but i dont recall the model at this time

[antonioledesma]

you'll go safe with almost any canon or nikon.
but check any web page that has reviews and recomendations on digital cameras. You'll have a great guide.
also have in mind how small the camera must be. As I've seen, girls like smaller cameras that they can put inside their tiny handbags

[ae86_16v]

Dell.com has the Canon SD200 3.2mp for only $160 American. Really good deal.

[SFDMALEX]

Thanks guys, that Cannon nthfinity posted is exactly what I had in mind. Now I have to find a Canadian retailer.

[BADMIHAI]

Originally Posted by SFDMALEX Thanks guys, that Cannon nthfinity posted is exactly what I had in mind. Now I have to find a Canadian retailer.

I bought mine at FutureShop. Go for it. She won't regret it. And it surely has gone down in price a lot since I've bought it.

[twboy1999]

i got the a80.. that is the 4mp one
is great... i am not ure if 3.2 will be enough to be honest..

this camera is awsome.. i have taken some nice nite pictures with it.. cuz it has fully manual mode.. here are some example of poics i hae taken

http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic29zq.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic38mo.jpg
http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic47pf.jpg

[BADMIHAI]

Originally Posted by twboy1999 i got the a80.. that is the 4mp one is great... i am not ure if 3.2 will be enough to be honest.. this camera is awsome.. i have taken some nice nite pictures with it.. cuz it has fully manual mode.. here are some example of poics i hae taken http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic29zq.jpg http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic38mo.jpg http://img397.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pic47pf.jpg

Cough...3.2 MP is more than enough. And here are a couple of shots I've taken with a Powershot A60 (just to show that megapixel doesn't matter that much unless you are a cropping freak, or want to print poster-sized prints).

http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/294...y_BADMIHAI.jpg

http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/294...y_BADMIHAI.jpg

Night shots....the whole damn lot.

http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/294...y_BADMIHAI.jpg

http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/294...y_BADMIHAI.jpg

http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/294...y_BADMIHAI.jpg

http://fs5.deviantart.com/i/2004/294...y_BADMIHAI.jpg



Not to mention the lenses on these point-and-shoot cameras aren't exactly professional grade, so if you have a large megapixel sensor and shoot at full res, you'll just get a blurry image when enlarged to 100%. This whole megapixel race for consumer cameras is, IMO, bullshit.

[MartijnGizmo]

[quote="BADMIHAI"]

Originally Posted by twboy1999 Not to mention the lenses on these point-and-shoot cameras aren't exactly professional grade, so if you have a large megapixel sensor and shoot at full res, you'll just get a blurry image when enlarged to 100%. This whole megapixel race for consumer cameras is, IMO, bullshit.

Exactly! Now that the megapixel-market is filled, they're racing about zoom-factor. I'll stick with my dSLR.

[c0wb0y007]

Originally Posted by SFDMALEX My sister is looking for a camera to buy. It's for taking pictures of people more then anything, no car or nature photography so no special lenses nor mega pixels required. Whats do you guys recomend, for a mid range, not shit, not great camera. Thanks in advance.

My parents bought one a few weeks ago, they bought a 5megapixel one by Samsung and the pictures are just perfect, colour reproduction is just great, very sharp and very easy to operate. It is the Digimax V50, I have to admit that I was surprised by this camera. Here is all the needed info mate > http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...amsung_v50.asp

The camera was quite cheap as well, there was quite a big difference in price between this one and other 5megapixel cameras.
It is really worth the money, it is a great pocket-sized digi cam.

Good luck with mate.

Cheers

[ae86_16v]

[quote="MartijnGizmo"]

Originally Posted by BADMIHAI Originally Posted by twboy1999 Not to mention the lenses on these point-and-shoot cameras aren't exactly professional grade, so if you have a large megapixel sensor and shoot at full res, you'll just get a blurry image when enlarged to 100%. This whole megapixel race for consumer cameras is, IMO, bullshit. Exactly! Now that the megapixel-market is filled, they're racing about zoom-factor. I'll stick with my dSLR.

Goodpoint. . . I was in the same market a few weeks ago. Thanks to you guys, I ended up w/ SD200 w/ only 3.2MP.