cheap and nicety digital camera

[zemlin]

Canon A60 - there are also the newer, more expensive versions the A70, A75, A80 ... maybe one or two others.

Nice feature set, good image quality, and good prices. I think the A60 is discontinued now, but if 2MP is a large enough image for you, you can probably pick one up for just a little over $100.

[Tim L]

I picked up a Kodak DX6340 a few months back and love the thing... takes great shots!

• 4x optical zoom (Schneider- Kreuznach lens)
• 3.1 meg pix
• Nice size LCD
• Both auto/ manual settings
• Movie w/sound mode

I found it for about $180 US.

[Bill@WelcomeHome]

I'm using a Nikon 500, with a 35x zoom. I opted not to buy swappable lenses, something I insisted upon for my film cameras of the past. It is a 12 megapixel camera.

The model 510 was just announced, it is a 16 meg camera with 42x zoom.

My neighbor is a pro photographer... he shoots lots of wildlife and nature scenes (many from my back yard) and sells the prints in large format, Just had a gallery show of his work last month. After I selected the 500 as my choice I ran it by him, only to find out that it is the camera that he uses.

All that said, I have a Minolta A2 for sale with spare batteries, memory cards, a new Kodak camera bag, and an A1 for spare parts for sale.

[foldback]

Originally Posted by Renie

any recommendations, anything new on the market worth checking out?

thanks

What is cheap? $100 or $1000 or $5000 or more?

I bought my GF a Nikon Coolpix 3100 for our vacation in St Martin last September, the picture quality is stunningly good for a tiny point and shoot.

Even more amazing is the video quality it shoots. This is not for commercial work but if you're just wanting to document things and have great pictures without a lot of work this camera is really impressive.

Next Tuesday the iPad3 should be revealed and I bet it's going to have a good point and shoot camera in it.

Nikon has a new $7000 model hitting the market, this one is being used by many people producing high end films and high end video.

[Chrisc_o]

1 - This thread is from 2004. OP requested info on "new" models in 2004.

2 - Should this even be a discussion in this forum?

[Analok]

I was just thinking to myself "Man, 3.1 megapixels from Kodak for $180.00...are you insane?!?" Then I realized the age of this thread. Can we have this thread removed? It's not even related to the forum whatsoever.

[Jim Williams]

Canon Rebel XT2's are discontinued and on sale for cheap. 18 mp, 1080p hi def video, all those cool Canon lenses fit.

Nothing better for the price, love mine.

[Skept3k]

I'm glad at least 1 other person saw that this is a thread from 2004

[Michael_2112]

I'd also suggest the Nikon D40 w/ 18-55 dx kit lens. They can be had used for under $300 if you look and it's a ton of camera for the money. It's pretty much been my suggestion to anyone looking for a quality consumer level DSLR for pennies on the dollar.

I wouldn't be overly concerned with things such as body construction, lens mounts and weather sealing unless you intend on being in the jungle or overly humid climates. The lower cost dx lenses offer a lot of bang for your dollar and the overall construction of something like the d40 is solid.

I'm actually a professional photographer by trade and currently shoot with the Nikon D700 and also have the D200 and D300 and a few f4's kicking around. I wouldn't really suggest going the full frame route unless you want to spend a lot of money. The prosumer cameras are spectacular and offer a ton of options as well... But might be a bit too involved, big and heavy.

[Michael_2112]

Ha... Guess I should have noticed the thread date as well... Oh well, thus is life. lol

[Anthon]

Personally, I wouldn't waste my money on cheap compact cameras.
Go for DSLR, even if it's the cheapest one. Even entry level DSLRs are very very good
What's more important, it's the set of accessories, like lenses, flashes, diffusors etc etc.

I recommend Nikon or Canon (Canon will probably be cheaper in the long run). These are 2 big dogs in DSLR market, there are others, like Sony, Pentax - but are practically non existent for the professional, so why bother.
Once you buy a camera, you will have to stick with the same brand for the accessories (unless you go for third party lenses/flashes). But Nikon and Canon have basically the same stuff.

Buy any DSLR + 18-55 kitlens + 50mm 1.8 lens + an external flash with cheap wireless trigger + cheap tripod.
Add some patience and you can get very good, dare I say professional, results.

I did semi-pro photography, before my kit was stolen

[Yago]

Box Brownies are pretty good , served me well for many a year .

Don't have it any more , just traded it in for hire purchase deposit on one of those new fangled black and white televisual receivers .

[cuckoo.old]

Originally Posted by Yago

Box Brownies are pretty good , served me well for many a year .

Don't have it any more , just traded it in for hire purchase deposit on one of those new fangled black and white televisual receivers .

Wow, that's pretty advanced.

I've been getting ok results with a cardboard box with a hole in it. I put photo paper in it in the dark and then when taking a photo I allow light into the box, through the hole.
The image quality is so much better than using the box without the photo-paper and sketching the picture in.

Where do I find these Box Brownie things?