Digital Camera? Help?

[shortyes]

Hey All. I'm moving and can't borrow my roommate's camera anymore. I need to buy a new one. I recently got 400 dollars in Circuit City Gift Card. Joy. That will help pay my bills. LOL, since I can't get cash and I need a camera as well as a vid card I need help.

What is the Best Camera to by right now? I am looking at least a 3 MP camera. I saw the Sony P10 and that looks nice.

So far I am leaning towards the following models

Sony P10 for $310 AR
Fuji A210 for $180

Any other brand and model might be useful, please help. Personal exp greatly appreciated. It has to be available from CC plz.

 

[mrnuke]

cannon g3 or any of those models work well, i have the g4 myself and its very nice

 

[shortyes]

Can you be more specific? Like how much you paid? What you like about it and what you hate or wish they had improved plz?

Edit: GAH CC does not have the G3 or G4. They have the G5 and that is like 700 dollars

 

[Supchaka]

I just bought the 3.2mp Sony DSC-P32 for $199 at Best Buy. I guess the only con is that it doesnt have an optical zoom which I'm fine with. Has alot of features, does video/audio clips and takes nice pictures.

Heres a pic I took tonight in sepia of my daughter... 530k
http://supchaka.dyndns.org/images/dsc000502.jpg

 

[glebka11]

When you talk about optics and ease of use, Canon is the best.

 

[DayUSeX]

yup get a canon powershot those are some of the best digital cameras i have ever seen.

 

[gungeek]

Check out a Canon A70 for close to $300. It's not tiny and not huge, but is a good 3MP digital camera; do a search, lots of reviewers agree. If you want to play, you can manually adjust all or some of the settings or set it to auto and point-n-shoot. For $100 or so, you can add a telephoto or wide-angle lens to extend the useful range of the camera lens. The 3X optical zoom plus 2.4x telephoto is nice. Guess who got a new camera for Christmas

 

[shortyes]

Thanks all, I decided after checking all the cameras I went with the Sony. The canon was nice but was a little bulky for what I had intended. Can't go wrong with a 5MP camera for 310 AR