Digital Camera

juangela

Hey ladies. DH and I are in the market for a new digital camera - just a typical point and shoot, nothing fancy. Mostly used for cataloging memories and posting them to Facebook. We are planning on buying a Flip in the new year, so it doesn't even need great video capacity.

Do you love your camera? Hate it?

We are looking in the $100 to $200 range. Unleash your opinions!

Krissie117

We have the Olympus Stylus 850SW...it's shockproof and waterproof (DH has a habit of breaking technology).  I like being able to take it out and not have to be afraid of liquids being on it or dropping it and ruining it (we went hiking with some friends last fall.  At the top of the mountain, my friend dropped her camera and it broke right there.  I dropped ours all over the place on rocks and stuff, and it's fine). 

Plus, being able to take underwater pictures is cool! The quality of the pictures is great. 

I've blown up several of the pics to 8x10 for framing in our house, and they look great at that size. Our camera is an 8 megapixel model.  And I believe the waterproof/shockproof cameras have come down a lot in price, so they're pretty affordable.  HTH!

nrbg116

I always recommend Sony cameras. I love mine...

I have one similar to this one, but I have the newer model, I just bought it and it was $399 

But this is also a Sony and my sister has this one, and its great...

This one is $149 at Best Buy and you can get it in a couple different colors.

Regardless of what you buy, I would go to Best Buy.com or another site and look at reviews. I always read the negative and see what they wrote, a lot of the time the poster should release you get what you pay for. You don't get a professional camera for $200 or even $400 most times. Watch out for posting that talk about the cameras being easliy broken, thats bad news and could cost you lots of money to replace or fix it. HTH! Good Luck!

krc18

I have had the Sony cyber-shot for a few years and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! It is seriously the greatest gift DH has ever given me and I highly recommend it. The pictures come out so clear and it has a lot of great settings but is really easy to use and figure out. The only thing I would recommend is getting an extra storage/memory card. Its not that much cost wise and its nice to not have to take the photos off the camera right away.

wittyschaffy

I have an Olympus Sylus as well and love it!  Hubby had a Sony Cybershot that is probably 3 years old now and he can't stand it.  Pics are always blurred (shutter speed too long maybe, I'm not good with cameras so i don't know) and color is off.  He uses mine all the time now.  I love that mine is weather resistent and compact.

Witchys_Woman

This is my camera. It's a Canon A710is. I am in love with it. I did a lot of research before buying a camera and this one has all the features I wanted plus ones I didn't even realize I wanted. You can also get a wide angle and telephoto adapter for it as well as a waterproof case.

arobertson62282

I have a canon powershot that I carry everywhere. I bought it a couple of years ago and has great point and shoot capabilities. I took all of our honeymoon pictures with it - and honestly, after I did a little editing, I'm not sure how much you could tell that I wasn't using a nicer camera.

mom2one14

I bought DH a Canon Powershot A590 for his birthday last year. My price range was the same as yours and this one fell somewhere in the middle. It's nicer than our old one, but the photos still aren't the best. It had good reviews and I've always heard Canon was a good brand, but I'm not impressed with it.

jamlsull

nrbg116:

 

I have this one.  It works great & my last camera was a Sony as well so I would really recommend those.

Just get at least 10 or 12 MP and definitely buy a larger memory card (at least 1G).  It is a good idea to go and try them out.  I hate cameras with bad shutter lag (it takes a few seconds after pressing the button before it actually takes the picture) so I make sure to test & see how that is. 

mikesboo23

I've had a kodak, canon, fujifilm, and sony and DH has had a canon and a kodak and we've both found that Kodak is always the best quality pictures.  I have a sony cybershot now and it won't take clear pictures unless the flash is on and even then they're not as great as the same picture taken on DH's kodak.

One of my friends just got a Nikon a few months ago and it's not great.  Almost all of the pictures I've seen from it are blurred.

A friend who uses her camera mainly for a pet rescue organization also uses a kodak and loves it.

 

Fotophreak4c

i 2nd the canon powershot, my sister has it and sometimes it shoots better pics than my SLR.

lok09

We also have an shockproff/ waterproof Olympus camera.  I'm not sure if it is the same model pp are talking about.  It was about $240 with tax and we bought it late last year.  I have no complaints other than it takes forever to take the picture.... you have to hold the button forever.  Other than that, it takes beautiful pictures and I too love that you can drop it, get it wet, take it underwater etc.

kelliejo83

DH's gift to me at the wedding was a new digital camera - the new Samsung model with the screen on the front.  I love it!  We are often in places where it's just the two of us (like the honeymoon!) and the front screen really works.  Plus the back screen is huge, which I like. 

arobertson62282

I will tell ya that cameras can depend on the photographer. My MIL and I were both taking pics this weekend. I picked up her camera (also a canon) and every shot was blurry. She'd just point and shoot and walk away before the pic was fully taken. I was explaining to DH that depending on the light, sometimes you need to let the shutter do it's thing. THen later on, it just broke. I think she dropped it or something.

KatieintheCity

I'd highly recommend the Nikon Coolpix. I've had two and I love them (The first one broke but that was all my fault). My sister has a Sony Cybershot and she likes that as well.