camera

[MAG_Pythons]

I'm thinking about investing in a new camera, it has to be digital and not too expensive .... ne brands that you recomend? it needs to be of pretty good quality too i have a poliroid now and it stinks

[Bangswitch]

I use an old sony Mavica fd-92 it seems to work great for me. Its only 1.6 mega pix but its 4 years old. LOL I hope you get better choices than mine. Good luck. Thomas

[mpgt]

Canon model A610 or A620.

[CharlieJ]

Mag,
If you're a typical camera user, you'll want to find a camera that has the best OPTICAL zoom (NOT digital zoom) you can afford; along with macro, ASA/ISO of at least 400 and a decent built-in flash. SD memory is the most expensive. Compact Flash is the cheapest.

I would suggest you visit http://www.dpreview.com and use the Buying Guide. You can pick and choose a lot of features -- including budget. They also have some great reviews -- including user reviews. Let me know if you have other questions.

[CharlieJ]

Here's a link (for anyone who finds this older thread) about the differences between optical zoom and digital zoom.

Difference between optical and digital zoom

THANKS to Nikon for providing the info!

[gix1kguy]

i just got a Sony cybershot dsc-w5 5.1 megapixel and i'm lovin it

[JuliusSqueezer]

I have never owned a point and shoot digital until recetly. But with doing shows and stuff, I really don't like leaving my case full of expensive D100 equipment laying around and it's quite heavy to haul so I bought a little 3.1 mp olympus Camedia D-550 zoom off of ebay for 66 bucks so I can have something that will fit in my pocket and I can snag snapshots. I took it camping this past weekend and was very satisfied with the image quality. Here is a box turtle I found while out looking for gopher tortoise burrows.

I really can't imagine it being any sharper.

I just snagged another pocket sized digicam off ebay to try out too. It's a little canon A-something. I think it's 3 mp too. I got the camera, case, 2 batteries, charger, all cables and software for 5 bucks! ...because the guy spelled canon "canion" in his auction title so noone saw his auction or bothered clicking it open lol. Typos rule! It's not here yet though.

[HisssssyFit]

Very cool pic JS, great deal on the camera too. Hope Mr. canion sends you your $5 camera, btw would shipping actually cost more than the camera itself?

While I love my canon to death I miss actually being able to hold actual pictures sometimes