A request for my flist

[mousme]

Okay, folks. Now that I will, in the medium-term future, have a bit more money to throw around, I would like to get myself a digital camera. Bearing in mind that I don't have oodles of cash and am not in any way, shape or form a professional photographer or even a good amateur, I would like suggestions about a reasonable model to look into purchasing.

The payoff is that you'll all get nifty photos in my LJ after that (behind cut-tags, of course).

So. Suggestions? Horror stories? Anything?

Comments

[mellybean71.livejournal.com]

We were lent a Pentax for our trip and it is *not* a fun camera to use. Too long a delay between pressing the button and taking the picture-- half the pictures I took didn't turn out.

I asked this same question and it seems like people are happiest with Cannon. I know that that's what I plan to buy.

I'd suggest that you try the camera out in store if you can. At least to see what the delay is like.

addendum

[mellybean71.livejournal.com]

Do you have a good printer? The reason I asked is that we just picked up the Canon Pixma MP150 (it's a 3 in 1) and I am so in love with it. We paid $91 and that includes an extra $10 for the (slightly) extended warranty. They're being liquidated at Bureau en Gros so I dunno how long they'll be around.

[elanya.livejournal.com]

I am a fan of the Olympus Stylus series. I'm on my second - the first got stolen :(

They have a nice range of easy setting, but you can do fancier stuff if you are more informed.

I have seen pretty good deals on some of the older models, in the 3-4 megapixel range, which would probably do just fine for what you want :)

[joane.livejournal.com]

I lovelovelove our little FujiFilm. They've probably got much better versions than ours out now (ours is three years old), but they make a lower-end idiot proof point-zoom-and-click model that fit our needs perfectly.

I'd also recommend going to the CompuSmart downtown; the one just south of the Bay, but I can't remember the street name. We got ours there, and the camera guy (Alan? Adam? Something like that) was awesome about showing us cameras, giving us options, talking prices - he actually ended up recommending one that would give him a decently smaller commission, because it was better for what we wanted it for than the flashy one.

[julienne64.livejournal.com]

Love my Canon. Just enough nice extras to keep me happy but still basically point and click.

[prolixfootle.livejournal.com]

I like my Kodak. The dock makes recharging and transferring easy, and it takes great pictures. It's a great little point and shoot.

[angelovernh.livejournal.com]

I've had good luck with Olympus brand. Had a diff. one before, but now I use Aramis' camera. it is an Olympus Camedia Digital Camera c-700 Ultra Zoom. It's pretty old, but works very well. I would say if you get a refurbished or even used camera on ebay that should work fine.

[karine.livejournal.com]

I'm an Olympus user. Love it, but my experience with digital cameras is rather limited, so I don't know much about other cameras.