Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, easy to use digital camera; hopefully not hideously expensive? I'd like to buy one for my husband and I know nothing about them and he's the first to admit he's far from hi-tech.
All I have to say is DON'T buy SONY. I've gone thru two that I absolutely loved & took care of, but BOTH ended up getting little, hinky problems that aren't worth the high cost of repair. The Cybershot got a "lens error" out of nowhere! Just one day quit working because of a "lens error" & I found that MANY other people had the same problem & were posting on the internet & there was no solution except send back to Sony for a fix at a minimum charge of $130.00.!
My lovely Sony Handycam developed a Memory Stick problem. It locked 'em up so I couldn't do ANYTHING to clear them. I'm on my 5th $25.00 memory stick & all of a sudden the LCD panel & viewfinder are black....I get the menu items, but can not see anything in my room thru them. I discovered on the internet where there's a Class Action Lawsuit for bad CCL's whatever that is, it causes the black screen; so I've got a return authorization for them to fix it free, thank God(ness) cuz I can NOT afford a new one!
ANYHOW, don't buy Sony--they're fabulous, but when they go bad--they're TERRIBLE!
I hate having to go back and constantly read directions on technical stuff so I wanted something that was easy to use and not have to keep re-reading the directions on. I found it this past weekend. It is a brand carried at stores like Target and Best Buy and Circuit City (maybe even Walmart). I don't have it with me at the moment so I can't tell you the name but think it's something like Argus or something like that...definitely starts with an A. It cost about $99 retail and then you had to get flash cards to insert for storing the photos. This one is both a digital camera and a movie camera. I love it! It is so simple to use and I didn't have to read a long drawn out technical booklet to start using it right away. Oh, and I got the flash disks at Circuit City because they had a special of $19.95 each (I bought 2) of 2 gig disks. I would have paid $49.95 for the cheapest one at Target along with the camera so buying 2 at CC was a great buy. I hope that helpsl!
I found a Concord 4 mb with all kinds of special effects including short movie bytes and close-up lens for under $150 about 2 years ago. It's good enough to use on my journalism job, where the pix are published in newspapers and magazines. I think it came from WalMart. Good luck!
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Request: Digital Camera Reviews
Archived on 07/13/2007
Every so often you have a column on cameras written by Michael. Might I please have the link to it so that I can evaluate the best digital camera to buy to sell items on ebay. Thank you.
Joesgirl from Beverly, MA
Editor's Note: We weren't able to find the column that Joesgirl is looking for but I am sure readers have some good digital camera recommendations. If you have a digital camera that has worked well for you please post feedback about it.
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RE: Digital Camera Reviews
I just purchased a Kodak Easy Share camera V530. It is easy to use and the pictures are great. Make sure whatever camera you buy, get one with a rechargeable battery. Regular batteries get eatten up so quickly. Good Luck.
By aline
RE: Digital Camera Reviews
I have the Casio 8.1, small compact camera, takes excellent pictures, very user friendly. I take a lot of pictures and have not had any problems with the camera. Would buy another Casio.
By Poco
RE: Digital Camera Reviews
I love my Nikon Coolpix 3100, and there are more Nikon's out there that they have just come out with that are even better than this one. My friend who was a photographer for the military told me also this brand is the best.
By Karen in SC
RE: Digital Camera Reviews
My friend showed me his Casio Exlim 5 pixel and I fell in love with it. It has a larger screen than some of the others I looked at and loved all the extra things that you can do with it. It even takes movies on it and all transferable to my computer. My screensaver is all my pictures that were downloaded from my camera. I have pictures enlarged and they are also very sharp. I carry my camera with me at all times. I am a photo nut and love my camera. Have fun!
By Linda from Las Vegas, NV
RE: Digital Camera Reviews
I used to do eBay, and I bought a Sony Mavica FD73 to take my pictures. They don't make this model any longer, but you can still buy one from Amazon.com in used but good condition. The features that I like about this camera are the 10X Zoom that is great for taking closeup pictures of items for eBay and the fact that it saves the photos to a floppy disk instead of a memory stick. I have used this camera for about 7 years, and it still works very well. I had to replace the rechargeable battery once in all these years. I submit many pictures to ThriftyFun, and they are all taken with this camera. I have started using this camera instead of the 35MM camera that we used for picture taking for years. I can take the pictures with this camera and see them immediately to know if I got a good shot. With the 35mm, I would usually take multiple pics so that when they were developed, I could expect to have at least one good picture. I download them to my hard drive from the floppy and then can reuse the floppy. And, if I want prints, I can upload them to Walgreen's. In about an hour, the prints are ready to pick up. Great pictures with no film to buy or have developed.
