Need a great camera....

LAYLAMOMMY24 · #1 16th October 2003, 10:10 PM

Okay so I admit it I am a picture freak and I hate my cheap digital camera.
I want a really good one that I can snap away with and not worry about red eye, zoom or flash.
Does anyone know of a good camera?
Thanks
Nikki

jray · #2 17th October 2003, 06:00 AM

My suggestion is go to Consumer Reports web site - consumerreports.org and search for cameras. I love the website and use it all the time. You might have to register and pay the $3.95 but it's worth it. It's never failed me in anything I've bought!

BrazilBoxer · #3 17th October 2003, 08:26 AM

Sona Mavicas are WONDERFUL. One of the things I like the most about it, is that it doesn't use memory cards, it uses cheapo 3.5" floppies. That way you can take pictures of people and just give them the pictures to take with them, or you can keep them yourself. I think they are about $700.

Consumer Reports is great, and so is Amazon.com for reading product reviews. You can get professional reviews as well as real customer reviews.

Mariah.

Karen J. · #4 17th October 2003, 08:48 AM

Check your newstand. The most recent issue of Consumer Reports reviews digital cameras. I'm shopping this weekend for one because it's going to be my birthday present. I'm also getting the HP printer that prints the photos from any type of memory stick or cd. Yippee!

MacFish · #5 17th October 2003, 10:46 AM

This is an awesome site.

http://steves-digicams.com/

He reviews almost all digital cameras.

What price range do you want to stay in?
What is your end goal? Do you want to be able to email pics, upload them to your web site, print out 4x5 pics, print 8x10 pics?

Your end goal really plays into which camera you should buy. No need buying a 4.0 Megapixel camera if all you want to do is email pics but at the same time, if you want to print a good quality 8x10 image, you are looking in the $700.00 price range.

As for the Sony that takes floppy disks, I wouldn't recommend that. Again, it depends on you goal but if you want to take good quality images, they are going to big enough that you won't be able to fit many on a floppy disk. You don't want to have to carry around a bunch of floppy disks.

douma · #6 17th October 2003, 11:23 AM

This is a good site,it reviews all digital cameras and also you can find there a very good discussion forum

http://www.dpreview.com/

I have a Canon D60,it's a very good camera and i love that i'm able to change the lenses,like you i was very tired about my little dig casio and i bought a big one

Good luck

LAYLAMOMMY24 · #7 17th October 2003, 09:05 PM

It doesnt have to be digital. I dont have a printer to print out my own pics so I would have to take it somewhere anyway. Price is open it is my xmas gift from the honey and my two girls..

Snork · #8 17th October 2003, 10:41 PM

I have Canon EOS 10D. A little pricey, but it's an SLR and it's absolutely wonderful. It is NOT, however, a point-and-shoot. It can be, but if you only want point and shoot, digital SLRs are an overkill.

That being said, I'll never go back to point-and-shoot again. Or to a camera that is not SLR, for that matter. The quality of image taken by a high-end digital camera can not be compared to the quality of image taken with point-and-shoot.

-snork

myrocky · #9 18th October 2003, 07:26 AM

For a regular camera I have an Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80. I love it! It is a nice small camera with a close over front. This way the lens is always protected and you don't have to worry about taking accidental pictures.

My digi cam is a Canon PowerShot A70 which is also another great camera. My honey did lots of research (including Steve's site

) and this was a good camera for a beginner and for the money.

Andie

azskso · #10 18th October 2003, 02:24 PM

We have a sony DCS-750, it has 5.0 megapixels, works very good.

Scorpio · #11 18th October 2003, 08:01 PM

Heres a link to a previous post re cameras

Need help choosing a digital camera!!

Hope its helps

**Boxerworld** · #12 19th October 2003, 09:41 AM

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Originally posted by LAYLAMOMMY24
Does anyone know of a good camera?

There are many good cameras but you need to tell us more about what kind of photos you want to take

If you take mainly interior photos, it would be nice to have a wide angle lens (like 28mm). If you are into photos of birds, a long zoom is needed. If you want to take photos of insects, stamps, coins etc, a macro would be useful.
If you like to take many photos, a digital camera would save you a lot of money! I do have a photo printer but I rarely print them. By the way, it is often cheaper to make them print online (in 6x4) than using your own printer (ink and quality photo paper are expensive!).
I think for you a "bridge" camera like the new Sony 818 or the Minolta A1 and their 28-200mm zoom (x7 optical zoom) would be nice as they can do almost everything. Some people do not like their lcd viewfinder so be sure to try them before buying.
I prefer SLRs like Snork and Sophia but they are expensive (to the cost of the camera, starting from around $900 for the new Canon 300D, you need to add the cost of a lens and a good fast lens would cost at least $1,000).
The red eye problem is usually caused by the flash being too close from the lens. It happens often with compact cameras. With an addon flash, you can prevent it.

Olly