digital cameras

[Thor Von Clemson]

I am looking to buy a digital camera for my girlfriend for christmas. I am looking to spend around 300 dollars, and I have no idea where to start. She liked some of the sony cameras. Can anyone help me out? Thanks

Zach

[pagemalicious]

Re: digital cameras

I have a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P72. It's pretty cool and cheap. The pictures are really clear and if you have a memory card big enough you can record short movies. Very handy piece of equipment

[Thor Von Clemson]

Re: digital cameras

another question I had was where is the best place to get one? Best Buy seems pretty expensive. I was looking on amazon and they seem to have some pretty good prices...

[wulfe13]

Re: digital cameras

The sony cameras are good, I have a Sony DSCP9 4mp's... make sure you get one with (optical) zoom! Digital zoom and Smart zoom don't mean anything! I would also recommend getting a camera with Lithium Ion Battery...

[Number Of The Priest]

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And massive amounts of megapixels means jack all if you don't have decent optical zoom. Next to megapixel amount, optical zoom is the next big price-determining factor in a digital camera. Something with 3.2MP and 3x optical zoom is better than a camera with 5.0MP and no optical zoom. I've always regarded anything more than a measly one megapixel is overkill anyways because I mostly use my camera for web-sized photos (640x480, you know, the "standard" size where multiplying 640 by 480 is 1/3rd of a million pixels anyways) and unlimited video recording.

But the present is useless unless she has a compatible memory card/stick to go with it. So pick up one of those too unless you know someone else is going to get her a memory card/stick that's compatible with her camera. Talk to her family/friends to coordinate on the gifts.