a GOOD camera for $200ish?

[l Xes l]

The girl friend unit wants to purchase a camera.. she's willing to apart with $200 for it.. any recommandations?

 

[yhelothar]

fuji f10.. a bit of a stretch, but a good stretch.

 

[l Xes l]

dat's at least $50-80 stretch.. nONONO!... anything cheaper? she no flexible..
unless u want to convince her..

 

[yhelothar]

ah nm froogle's prices are skewed.

So is the camera just for taking random snapshots of her and her friends to post on the web or to print 4x6?

If so, a good 3MP compact like the Canon SD200 or Pentax Optio S would be great. Yeah the pentax is really small and fits in an altoids tin.

 

[l Xes l]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
ah nm froogle's prices are skewed.

So is the camera just for taking random snapshots of her and her friends to post on the web or to print 4x6?

If so, a good 3MP compact like the Canon SD200 or Pentax Optio S would be great. Yeah the pentax is really small and fits in an altoids tin.

yea.. she ain't opening up photo gallery.. anything that's reliable and yea..

 

[Jeff7181]

I like my Canon SD200. It's little, easy to use, takes good quality photos, and can be had for well under $200 used.

 

[l Xes l]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I like my Canon SD200. It's little, easy to use, takes good quality photos, and can be had for well under $200 used.

k.. i will tell her.. but isn't going for 4MP better or is MP just skewed view of a noob?

 

[jpeyton]

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[tfinch2]

powershot a520

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: l Xes l

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I like my Canon SD200. It's little, easy to use, takes good quality photos, and can be had for well under $200 used.

k.. i will tell her.. but isn't going for 4MP better or is MP just skewed view of a noob?

She's going to be resizing it to 0.5MP 80% of the time. So 3.3MP and 4MP would be pretty much negilible.
Anything above 2MP is pretty much useless for 4x6 printouts.

 

[DeviousTrap]

I just gave my sister a Pentax S5z for her birthday and she loves it. 5MP and extremely small for just about $200.

 

[l Xes l]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
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they seem pretty cheap and good looking.. how are those virtual?

 

[yhelothar]

Anyway's here's the 5MP Optio S for $176 at buydig.com
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=PKOPTS5Z
pic of it in an altoids tin

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: l Xes l

Originally posted by: jpeyton
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they seem pretty cheap and good looking.. how are those virtual?

Steve's Review

Although Steve isn't exactly the best source for reviews; DPReview or DCResource are better.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Anyway's here's the 5MP Optio S for $176 at buydig.com
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=PKOPTS5Z
pic of it in an altoids tin

The Optio S fits in it, but that's the 3MP camera. The 5MP Optio S5z doesn't. I tried

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Anyway's here's the 5MP Optio S for $176 at buydig.com
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=PKOPTS5Z
pic of it in an altoids tin

The Optio S fits in it, but that's the 3MP camera. The 5MP Optio S5z doesn't. I tried

Ah I thought they had the same body size judging from the pics

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: l Xes l

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I like my Canon SD200. It's little, easy to use, takes good quality photos, and can be had for well under $200 used.

k.. i will tell her.. but isn't going for 4MP better or is MP just skewed view of a noob?

She's going to be resizing it to 0.5MP 80% of the time. So 3.3MP and 4MP would be pretty much negilible.
Anything above 2MP is pretty much useless for 4x6 printouts.

:thumbsup:

You have to be pretty anal to find anything wrong with an 8x10 print from a 3.2/3.3 MP camera. I have multiple 8x10 prints from that camera and zero complaints about any of them after retouching in Photoshop.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: l Xes l

Originally posted by: jpeyton
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they seem pretty cheap and good looking.. how are those virtual?

Steve's Review

Although Steve isn't exactly the best source for reviews; DPReview or DCResource are better.

I don't care much for the reviews. The reviews are all about pixel peeping and comparing numbers.
Plus don't forget that this is for your average highschool teenager girl that takes snapshots with on camera flash of their friends. Not exactly the most beautiful pics in the world.

 

[jpeyton]

True, but a 2/3MP digicam will give you little room for error regarding composition if you want to print 8x10.

OTOH, I can crop out good portions of a 6MP image and still make a 8x10.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
True, but a 2/3MP digicam will give you little room for error regarding composition if you want to print 8x10.

OTOH, I can crop out good portions of a 6MP image and still make a 8x10.

I don't normally print 8x10's. The 8x10's I do print are shots from a series of the same scene or object. If you only have one shot of a specific thing, chances are it's not important enough to make an 8x10 out of, so composition won't be an issue.

 

[l Xes l]

my gf likes this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7.../104-3251458-9241537?v=glance&n=502394
she says it has like this anti-shake system that won't blur out stuff and she could get it for $127 refurb at ebay... good one?

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Anyway's here's the 5MP Optio S for $176 at buydig.com
http://www.buydig.com/shop/product.aspx?sku=PKOPTS5Z
pic of it in an altoids tin

The Optio S fits in it, but that's the 3MP camera. The 5MP Optio S5z doesn't. I tried

Ah I thought they had the same body size judging from the pics

It almost gets in, it sticks out by a power button. For comparitive purposes they're pretty much the same size.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: l Xes l
my gf likes this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7.../104-3251458-9241537?v=glance&n=502394
she says it has like this anti-shake system that won't blur out stuff and she could get it for $127 refurb at ebay... good one?

I would think optical zoom would be more desireable than higher MP.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: l Xes l
my gf likes this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7.../104-3251458-9241537?v=glance&n=502394
she says it has like this anti-shake system that won't blur out stuff and she could get it for $127 refurb at ebay... good one?

I would think optical zoom would be more desireable than higher MP.

It has 3x optical zoom.

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: jpeyton
True, but a 2/3MP digicam will give you little room for error regarding composition if you want to print 8x10.

OTOH, I can crop out good portions of a 6MP image and still make a 8x10.

I don't normally print 8x10's. The 8x10's I do print are shots from a series of the same scene or object. If you only have one shot of a specific thing, chances are it's not important enough to make an 8x10 out of, so composition won't be an issue.

That's you.. keep in mind this is your average high school teen girl that just takes snapshots with flash of their friends at random places. These pictures HAVE no composition. It has no aesthetic value. It's just a snapshot.
That said, I highly doubt she would make any 8x10 prints with it.
When was the last time your mom made an 8x10 enlargement of one of her friend's pics?