Digital Camera

[bufferman71]

Anyone have any advice or reccommendations on a digital camera. any help is appreciated.

[dcswd]

Two questions:



Are you just a casual camera user/beginner? Or do you have a lot experience with taking pictures in the past (with standard film or whatever)?



and... What are you looking to spend? Do you want a "starter" camera thats a bit cheaper that will work, or something very very good?





The Canon Powershot line is reccomended. I have the A75 and I like it a lot. Its not the best camera in the world, but it does take good shots. Only when my picture taking skills improve (im still a beginner at this stuff) will I upgrade to something truely great.

[JasonD]

My fiance just got a Canon Powershot ELPH S500 and we love it. It`s compact, takes a great picture, has a nice zoom, and is easy to use.



I have a Canon Digital Rebel EOS SLR. This a beginners SLR, but advanced point and shoot, if you know what I mean. I like it mostly because it accepts any lens Canon makes and takes rapid pictures without loss of quality due to movement. Only downfall is the size. It`s very bulky compared to the regular point and shoot types.



Regardless, you can`t go wrong with just about any Canon or Nikon.

[SilverLexus]

The Canons and Fujis are two great brands. If you can spend the $1,300 for a Nikon D70, that was Popular Photography`s Camera of the Year.



Several friends are having fun with the more reasonably priced Panasonic Lumix cameras which have Leica optics.

[tom p.]

how much will you spend?

[jasonmac]

This site has some decent information:



http://www.steves-digicams.com

[zesty-man]

i asked the same question some time ago and ill just pass on a really good website for digital camera reviews, it should answer a lot of technical questions for you.



www.dpreview.com